January • 2025
Professional and creative. A great visual storyteller and will elevate any crew and any project. Also a joy to work with.
Michael R.
Dallas, TX, USA
1 review$600 - $1500 / Day
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Michael Rowley is an award-winning documentary director, producer, cinematographer and editor living in Dallas, Texas. Rowley’s work has been characterized as defiant, visceral, and deeply human. Themes of justice, human connectivity, and harrowing circumstances emerge throughout his films. Rowley’s voice has earned him a spot on DOC NYC’s 40 Under 40 List of notable documentary filmmakers, five festival jury awards for exceptional work, and the Austin Film Society’s North Texas Pioneer Film Grant three times. Following his feature documentary directorial debut Hurdle (2019), and co-directing Praying for Armageddon (2023) with Tonje Hessen Schei, Racing Mister Fahrenheit (2024) was Rowley’s third documentary feature film. IMMORTAL will be his fourth feature film and is currently in production.
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Racing Mister Fahrenheit
A 74-year-old financier sets out to gain a “pinch of immortality” by attempting to break a world speed record on a hand-built motorcycle - Mister Fahrenheit. Bobby Haas, once the owner of Dr. Pepper and 7-Up abandons his business career in search of cementing his name in the land speed record books. But when things take a sudden and devastating turn, Bobby and those closest to him must pick up the pieces and face death at the finish line.
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Praying for Armageddon
Praying for Armageddon is a political thriller that investigates the dangerous consequences of the fusion between Evangelical Christianity and American politics. Through years of reporting, this film not only reveals how structures of fundamentalism weaken the very fabric of American democracy, but also highlights the devastating impact religion wields on U.S. foreign policy.
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Hurdle
Living under military occupation, Palestinian youth respond to a world of walls, checkpoints and arrests in an unexpected way. Sami and Mohammad, begin teaching the creative practices of parkour and photography to the youth of their communities as a means to overcome the personal and political obstacles that often feel inescapable. Though these young men are separated by a wall, they are united in leading the next generation toward freedom and self-determination.
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5.0 Produced for Sikhlens
Videographer/Cinematographer for Short Doc about Sikh Physicians Organization
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- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro
- Canon EOS C300 Mark III
- Canon EOS C70
- Sony a7S
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- Audio Recorder
- Directional Microphone
- Lavalier Microphone
- XLR Microphone
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- Gimbal
- Shoulder Rig
- Slider
Lighting
- LED Lights
Lenses
- Standard Zoom
- Wide
Editing
- Adobe Premiere Pro
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