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Smart, talented African-American actor Michael Warren could have followed in the star shoes of Sidney Poitier but Denzel Washington beat him to it. Best remembered for his Emmy-nominated role as police officer Bobby Hill in the Steven Bochco crime series Hill Street Blues (1981), Mike's respected turn on this quality show should have led to much bigger things.
Lloyd Michael Warren was born in South Bend, Indiana in 1946, the youngest of three children. Excelling in sports at South Bend Central High School, he earned a scholarship to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he majored in television, radio and film. Mike later became an All-American basketball star at UCLA under the legendary John Wooden, and served as the team's captain for two years. His Bruins teammates would include Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor), Lynn Shackleford, and Lucius Allen. His strong leadership and prowess on the court as a guard helped propel UCLA to two NCAA national championships during the years 1966-1968.
Following an unbilled role as a basketball referee in the film Halls of Anger (1970), Mike received his first big acting break by chance when a job as a technical consultant for the basketball sequences in director Jack Nicholson's film Drive, He Said (1971) led to an on-camera featured role in the film. Developing an ad agency in Los Angeles to counterbalance the unsteadiness of a fledgling acting career, he landed some commercial work here and there before earning his first regular role on the short-lived TV series Sierra (1974). He proceeded to take his earnest young mug to such "blaxploitation" films as Cleopatra Jones (1973) and to daytime programming with a 1976 stint on Days of Our Lives (1965). After more episodic work and a failed series pilot, not to mention a supporting role in the basketball-themed comedy Fast Break (1979), Mike hit the TV jackpot with the award-winning, critically-acclaimed Hill Street Blues (1981).
Possessing the same kind of street savvy and cerebral handsomeness as Denzel, Mike seemed a shoo-in for film stardom. Instead, his career moved rather slow and erratically after the end of his hit series in 1987. He did co-star with Cicely Tyson in the holiday season greeter The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990), and with D.B. Sweeney portraying a basketball coach in Heaven Is a Playground (1991), but, outside of this, nothing of great significance followed. Other series work came and went, the best of the bunch being a recurring role on the series Soul Food (2000).
Broaching the millennium, Michael was featured in the films A Passion to Kill (1994), The Hunted (1995), Trippin' (1999), Mother and Child (2009) and Anderson's Cross (2010) and American Skin (2019), but primarily found work on TV. He was a co-star on the hospital series City of Angels (2000), was given recurring roles on Soul Food (2000) and Lincoln Heights (2006) and Single Ladies (2011), and appeared in guest spots on "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," "JAG," "The District," "Night Stalker," "Girlfriends," "Criminal Minds," and "Sadie and Emmie."
Nevertheless, Mike continues to work, has a stable home life and presently lives in Los Angeles with his second wife, Jenny, and their two children. He also has two children from his first marriage.- Director
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Michael John Warren is a six-time Emmy nominated writer, director, showrunner, and executive producer known for highly stylized yet story-driven documentary series, music documentaries, and innovative concert films.
Most recently, Warren was the Showrunner for Amazon Prime's explosive true-crime series, Free Meek. The critically acclaimed series features an investigation of the systemic corruption and racism in the Philadelphia Police Department and the Pennsylvania Judicial System-unearthing new facts that ultimately led to the release of Meek Mill and the dismissal of the charges that kept him entangled in the system for twelve years.
Warren made his directorial debut with what many consider to be the greatest hip-hop film of all time - Jay-Z's Fade To Black. Since then, he has gone on to profile many of the biggest names in the music industry with Drake: Better Than Good Enough (2010), Nicki Minaj: My Time Now (2010), Nicki Minah: My Time Again (2015), Vh1's Heavy: The Story of Metal (2006) and the theatrical concert film Hillsong: Let Hope Rise (2016).
It's recently been announced that Warren is writing, directing, and executive producing a documentary series on Nick Minaj for HBO Max. This is Michael's third collaboration with the musical icon.
Warren's work extends into the sports world as well. In 2007, Warren directed the award-winning Kobe Mentu-a Nike documentary series in Mandarin seen by tens of millions across China. He was a major creative force behind the controversial series Friday Night Tykes (2014). The hit show made a significant impact by revealing the shocking intensity of youth football in Texas. In 2016 Warren directed the spine-tingling documentary series about professional bull riding called Fearless for Netflix. The cinematic series was nominated for 3 Emmys, including Warren's second nomination for "Outstanding Long Form Editing." In 2018, Warren showran and directed the IDA-nominated basketball documentary series Best Shot (Executive Produced by LeBron James), which premiered on YouTube Premium and found a second life on ESPN.
In 2018, Warren also directed the Eleven Madison Park episode of the Netflix series 7 Days Out. The film focuses on the "#1 restaurant in the world" as it underwent a gut renovation and raced against the clock to reclaim its culinary glory despite harrowing conditions.
Warren made history by filming several iconic shows on Broadway. In 2008, he captured the first-ever complete "live" performance in a Broadway theater with Rent: Filmed Live On Broadway. The remarkable achievement was so successful that DreamWorks soon followed suit, and Warren helmed Shrek The Musical Live On Broadway (2013). In 2015, Warren was invited to film selections from the Tony Award-Winning musical Hamilton just days before it opened on Broadway. This noteworthy work was heavily featured in Great Performances: Hamilton's America on PBS, 60 Minutes, The 2016 Tony Award broadcast on CBS, and many other outlets. His latest Broadway offering, Oh Hello On Broadway, starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, premiered on Netflix in June 2017 to rave reviews, with The New York Times calling the show "stupendously entertaining."
Warren has directed all over the world, including Africa, Asia, The Caribbean, Australia, Europe, South America, and North America. He has collaborated with some of the most influential companies in the industry, including Bron Studios, Boardwalk Pictures, Vox Media, IPC, Radical Media, 441 Productions, 25/7 Productions, ABC, CBS, PBS, ESPN, AMC, MTV, Vh1, Esquire Network, USA Network, BET, Heineken, Nike, Wyden and Kennedy, BBDO, Sony, Paramount, DreamWorks, Universal, Warner Bros, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, and Netflix.- Producer
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- Michael Warren is known for Softly Softly (1966), ITV Play of the Week (1955) and The Body Stealers (1969).
- J. Michael Warren is known for Murder, She Wrote (1984).
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Michael Warren works as an actor, producer and/or crew member. Michael is known for Stand On It! (2020), Synchronic (2020), The Farmer & The Belle: Saving Santaland (2020), Christmas Cars (2019), and NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series 2018-2019). Michael has worked at John Schneider Studios in Holden, LA, since March 2019. He is knowledgeable and versatile about film production having worked as an actor, producer, and/or crew member. Michael was also an executive producer for John Schneider's gospel album Recycling Grace (2019).- Additional Crew
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David Michael Warren is known for The Host (2013), Homefront (2013) and Slow Dance with Me (2016). He has been married to Jaclyn Mosing since 20 August 2011.- Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Warren is known for The Book of Eli (2010), Terminator Salvation (2009) and Seraphim Falls (2006).- Director
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Michael Warren Wilson is a filmmaker and artist who was born in Arkansas. His films, collaborative projects and multimedia art and initiatives have been exhibited at the Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna), Bermuda Film Festival (in competition), Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Entermultimediale, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, and the Rotterdam Film Festival. His first feature documentary, "Silhouette City", premiered in competition at the Miami International Film Festival, had a theatrical run, aired on the CBC, BBC and was featured at special screenings/panel discussions at Harvard, UCLA, UCSD, Pitzer College, UC Riverside and many other campuses. He has taught film, multimedia and art practice at Pitzer College, UC-Riverside, UC-Irvine, Otis College of Art, San Francisco Film School and Cal-Poly-Pomona. He holds an MFA from Yale School of Art.- Additional Crew
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Michael Warren (2 September 1991), is an English Narrative Photographer, Screenwriter, Director and Editor who is best known as the writer of fantasy based scripts "The Devils Swindle, "The Sandman" and "Finding Summer". He studied BA Hons: Graphic Design (Motion and Interactivity) at the University of Salford from 2010 to 2013 and returned to specify in an MA: Media Production (Television Documentary & Drama) from 2015 to 2016 after working in the CBeebies Development department at the BBC. Michael returned to BBC children's to work in predominately Interactive areas, before taking up work for both the Film Team and Interactive areas on the production of Blue Peter (Series 60). Michaels Twitter describes himself as a "Designer & Animator by day. By night I write, film, photograph, edit and sometimes pretend I can draw."- Warren Michael is known for Blackstone (2009), HeartBeat: Changing Places (1998) and The Stevie D. Show (2013).
- Michael W. Warren is known for The Last War Crime (2012), Larry Edgerton (2007) and I Hate L.A. (2011).
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Michael Joseph Warren is known for Knight and Day (2010), Red Riding Hood (2011) and Date Night (2010).- Michael Warren is known for Near (2023).
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Michael Warren is known for Darlie: An All-American Murder.- Michael Warren is known for Pebble Mill at One (1972).
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Michael Warren is known for Meow Wolf Behind the Scenes (2020).- Michael was born into a military family and had a rather adventurous life growing up. Since the age of five, he has studied the martial arts. Always bouncing from place to place as military families tend to do. He entered active military service at the age of 17 in 1996 and served with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) as a paratrooper and special operations Soldier. He is now a combat veteran and currently an instructor for the Army while still serving in the Reserves. He developed a passion for Sci-Fi and Action films while serving and one of the first ventures he has made into film work was with Dark Operations A Dark Odessy Begins when he and a war buddy of his funding their first film. Since then he has done work with Black Powder Red Earth and some commercial work with Bravo Company Manufacturers where his expertise and combat experience can best be displayed.