Michael O'Rourke
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Film and Theatre Producer |
| Location | Madison, WI, United States |
| Introduction | [Ancestors were Irish, Welsh, English, French & German]. Michael is executive producer of Shadow FX Films. He earned a Master’s at the University of Wyoming, worked 7 seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and co-founded Actors’ Theatre in Ashland, Oregon, where he served 13 years as producing artistic director. He has produced unprecedented collaboration with the American Indian Center in Oregon, the Alaska Native Heritage Center, and a performing arts education program in Uptown Chicago that integrated the hearts and minds of the streetwise with the trained professional. He’s written more than 20 scripts, 18 of them produced, which include adaptations of classics, musical books, histories, and the award-winning screenplay "In the Land Where Acorns Dance." His film and video credits include script consulting on the independent feature All for Liberty, and fancy dance producer for a Native American Music Award (NAMA) music video in 2005. A recent graduate of Palm Beach Film School, he learned to write, shoot, direct, and edit short films, culminating in production of six student films, including "Refuge." |
| Interests | Traveling and camping with Becky, Yoga, Red Tara Practice, Native American culture past, present and future |
| Favorite Movies | Kagemusha [Shadow Warrior] directed by Akira Kurosawa, Blood Diamond directed by Edward Swick |
| Favorite Music | Sacred Mountain by John Mazzei, Songs of Resolution on Native American Flutes by Skyhawk, A Celtic Tale: The Legend of Deirdre by Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna, Childish Things by James McMurtry, Soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| Favorite Books | Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke, Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, Dream Songs and Ceremony by Frank LaPena, The Epic of Qayaq: The Longest Story Ever Told by My People by Lela Kiana Oman, Somebody's Heart is Burning: A Woman Wanderer in Africa by Tanya Shaffer, the unpublished works of Jacob Young |