January • 2021
Michiel is a true professional. He was communicative throughout the entire process, offering creative ideas for the shoot, and delivering footage that demonstrates his adept eye as a filmmaker.
Michiel T.
Los Angeles, CA, USA
17 reviews$850 - $1500 / Day
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Belgian native Michiel Thomas is an Emmy® winning documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles, CA. His debut feature, Game Face (Netflix, 2016; Peacock, 2023), screened at 50+ international festivals and won a dozen awards. His second feature, That's Wild (AMC Networks, PBS, 2021), played on five continents, earning five awards. His third, Gemmel & Tim (Tubi, Dekkoo, Revry, 2022), was selected by 30+ festivals and won eight awards.
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November • 2020
Michiel was great to work with - super communicative, hard-working and got exactly what we needed! I would definitely work with him again and highly recommend him.
March • 2021
Michiel is a true professional and always a pleasure to work with.
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Game Face
Game Face chronicles the coming-out journeys of Fallon Fox, the first ever transgender professional MMA fighter, and Terrence Clemens, a gay college basketball player in Oklahoma.
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Gemmel and Tim
Synopsis: Friends reminisce on the lives and deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean, two black gay men who died at the hands of West Hollywood politico Ed Buck. www.gemmelandtim.com
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That's Wild
That’s Wild highlights three teenage boys from Atlanta, attempting to climb four snowcapped peaks in the heart of the Colorado wilderness, all while overcoming their own personal mountains.
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The American Army Dream
'The American Army Dream' is a short documentary by Michiel Thomas (Game Face) on Audrey Franssen from Belgium. In the summer of 2016 Audrey moved to Pennsylvania to pursue her unusual American Dream at Valley Forge Military Academy and College.
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Ballin’ Out
This 5-part Emmy-winning documentary series, presented by Outsports, follows the LGBTQ+ women on Team USA's wheelchair basketball as they compete at the World Championships in Dubai, while simultaneously shining a light on their personal walks of life.
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60SD – Placenta Encapsulator
Valerie Rosas has prepared 2,000 placentas for people giving birth who seek to consume the organ, hoping to combat postpartum depression. From raw placenta smoothies to dehydrated placenta capsules, she believes that reintroducing the placenta into the body helps moms stabilize their mood, and bond with their babies.
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