Michael Swanson

Production

Michael Swanson

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Production

Credits

7 titles

Emmy Award winner Michael Swanson is a Hollywood TV studio executive, movie producer and theatre producer. He is also a visionary entrepreneur and president and CEO of the entertainment company, Faith Filmworks. As senior vice president of production at Universal Studio Group, Michael is the studio executive responsible for the production of Universal Television’s Parks and Recreation, Hacks, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Good Girls, Never Have I Ever, Community and Master of None. Throughout his distinguished career in entertainment, Michael has produced movies to critical and audience acclaim including Albany Road, All About You, All About Us, For the Love of Ruth, To Hell and Back…

Known for

All About Us poster
4.4

Two Hollywood filmmakers attempt to find Morgan Freeman in Mississippi and convince him to star in their next movie. When life gets in their way they soon discover what matters to them most.

All About Us

2007

Albany Road poster
4.6

On her way to the most important meeting of her career, severe weather forces a New York executive to share a rental car with her former nemesis, her ex-fiancé's mother, only to discover that the mother is hiding a major secret.

Albany Road

2024

All About You poster
9.0

Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that stands between them and a second chance is each other.

All About You

2001

The Wayman Tisdale Story poster
4.0

Embodying his life's approach of compassion, courage, and optimism, The Wayman Tisdale Story is a feature length documentary that offers a detailed account of the life of former basketball star and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale. Told through his own words, The Wayman Tisdale Story journeys through Tisdale's life, from this childhood as a preacher's son to his battle with cancer. A story of human courage in the face of adversity.

The Wayman Tisdale Story

2011

No artwork available
NR

Considered the midwife of the modern American Democratic Party, Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer gives her impassioned testimony and a prophetic warning to the country. FANNIE is a riveting portrait of the human rights, voting rights, and civil rights icon and her ground-breaking speech in front of the Democratic National Convention's credentials committee on August 22, 1964. Starring Academy-nominated actress Aunjanue Ellis, this powerful short is directed by Christine Swanson.

Fannie

2022

No artwork available
NR

Examining the overall impact Black jockeys had on the horse racing industry and American society when they became the dominating champions of the Kentucky Derby, the most famous horse race in the world.

Derby in Black

2007

Film credits

Behind the camera

All About Us poster
4.4

Two Hollywood filmmakers attempt to find Morgan Freeman in Mississippi and convince him to star in their next movie. When life gets in their way they soon discover what matters to them most.

All About Us

2007

Albany Road poster
4.6

On her way to the most important meeting of her career, severe weather forces a New York executive to share a rental car with her former nemesis, her ex-fiancé's mother, only to discover that the mother is hiding a major secret.

Albany Road

2024

All About You poster
9.0

Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that stands between them and a second chance is each other.

All About You

2001

The Wayman Tisdale Story poster
4.0

Embodying his life's approach of compassion, courage, and optimism, The Wayman Tisdale Story is a feature length documentary that offers a detailed account of the life of former basketball star and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale. Told through his own words, The Wayman Tisdale Story journeys through Tisdale's life, from this childhood as a preacher's son to his battle with cancer. A story of human courage in the face of adversity.

The Wayman Tisdale Story

2011

No artwork available
NR

Considered the midwife of the modern American Democratic Party, Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer gives her impassioned testimony and a prophetic warning to the country. FANNIE is a riveting portrait of the human rights, voting rights, and civil rights icon and her ground-breaking speech in front of the Democratic National Convention's credentials committee on August 22, 1964. Starring Academy-nominated actress Aunjanue Ellis, this powerful short is directed by Christine Swanson.

Fannie

2022

No artwork available
NR

Examining the overall impact Black jockeys had on the horse racing industry and American society when they became the dominating champions of the Kentucky Derby, the most famous horse race in the world.

Derby in Black

2007