Michael W. King - Filmmaker - Producer - Director
Michael W. King has produced, directed, and written documentaries, music videos, and feature films for over two decades. Currently, he’s developing a TV series titled The Ministry with UK best-selling author Damien Lewis. Read full story.

Prior to these projects, in 2011, Michael completed his critically-acclaimed documentary The Rescuers with Sir Martin Gilbert, Stephanie Nyombayire, and HRH Prince Charles. The film documents the diplomats that risked everything to save tens of thousands of lives during World War II. The Rescuers was nominated for an NAACP Image Award (2012). At the request of the US State Department, Michael recently traveled abroad to promote The Rescuers, attending screenings in several different countries for international diplomats and dignitaries. The film recently screened at the United Nations Conference on January 23, 2013. The United States and Rwandan ambassadors presented the film to an assembly of high-ranking diplomats.

In 1999, Michael’s PBS documentary on youth violence in America, Bangin’, won the Emmy and International Television and Video Association Award for Best Documentary and Best Editing. In 2007, he completed a feature documentary entitled Rapping with Shakespeare (2008), which examines a popular English teacher’s usage of hip-hop and rap as mediums to help his students better access Shakespeare’s works. The film also explores the lives of five South Central Los Angeles teenagers attending Crenshaw High School and the parallels between their experiences and that of Shakespeare’s characters. Michael was nominated for an A&E Indie Filmmaker Award in 2008 for Rapping with Shakespeare. He also was the executive producer for Crenshaw Nights (2008), the American Film Institute film starring Vondie Curtis-Hall and Judd Nelson. In 1991, Michael’s MTV music video about Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech received national recognition. In 1995, Michael produced, directed, and wrote a PBS documentary entitled, Making A Living, The African-American Experience. In 1997, he directed and wrote his first feature film, Vanity Kills, in the Czech Republic.