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Michael Thomas Dunn (born June 26, 1977) is an actor and film director.

He founded a production company in 2000 and currently produces independent feature films at the ten acre film complex located in Central Florida.

History

He is the only son of two mathematics teachers from New Jersey. Michael was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After graduating from J.P. Taravella High School, Dunn relocated to Orlando, Florida to pursue a career in film. While attending the at the University of Central Florida, Michael directed the groundbreaking 1998 short film Midnight Conflict. This short film was originally shot merely as a student film, but the short was an audience favorite at over two dozen film festivals in six different countries.

Out of Time was the second film from Dunn. It starred Greg Mackie and Jean-Paul Gibeau, who also both starred in Midnight Conflict
. This comedy was a complete departure from the action packed Conflict, and blended the slapstick Buster Keaton silent film genre with a contemporary 1990s setting. Mackie's funny delivery made his accident-prone character a great comic hero. Probably the best of Dunn's short films was the 1999 thriller The Standoff. This film starred Joe Granato as a twisted psychopath toying with a young detective played by Dunn. Dunn's emerging trademark of mixing unusual genre's once again was demonstrated as he blended film noir, action and silent film. Dunn chose to film the project in 16mm reversal to give it a darker, grittier look.

In 2001, Michael explored documentary film with the project Steel Legends. The film explored the history of railroads throughout North America. He soon followed this film with his feature film directorial debut, 2004's Alone and Restless
. This drama starred an ensemble cast including Martin Seijo, Allan Medina, Jamie Belanger, Caterina Christakos and Jean-Paul Gibeau. It followed the lives of two hustlers battling for control over the downtown drug trade and the innocents caught in the crossfire.

Michael is a trained method actor who has appeared in 2 Fast 2 Furious
, The Punisher, Sheena, and Mortal Kombat: Konquest. His upcoming film roles include appearances in the action film Silent Night and the horror film Vixen
.

Trivia

— Michael owns a collection of performance cars and classic automobiles.
— Dunn received corrective eye surgery when he was in the second grade. If left uncorrected, would have gone blind by the age of ten.
— Veteran TV Producer Danny Bilson (The Sentinel, Viper) had pushed/coached Dunn to pursue a career in the Film Industry (starting in 1998). To pay homage to Bilson, Dunn named the recurring hero in the independent films Midnight Conflict and Silent Night, "Paul Bilson." This character's name was derived from the producing team of Paul DeMeo and Danny Bilson (who created the Flash, Viper and The Sentinel).
— Michael was the first film maker at the Film School of the University of Central Florida to shoot a film project in Digital Video/DV (1998's Midnight Conflict).

Actor filmography

{2007)
Silent Night (2006)
Alone and Restless (2004)
The Punisher (2004)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Sheena (2000)
The Standoff (1999)
Mortal Kombat: Konquest (1998)
Midnight Conflict (1998)

Director filmography

Vixen (2007)
Alone and Restless (2004)
Steel Legends (2001)
The Standoff (1999)
Out of Time (1998)
Midnight Conflict (1998)

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