Michael Gonzales
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Michael Gonzales is developing film projects for his banner, FILMGIANT, in Beverly Hills, CA. His current project is SANDSHARK, a WWII submarine adventure film not unlike DAS BOOT, but dealing with the American journey of a Pacific Fleet Navy Sub Commander having to make difficult choices in combat.
Michael is also a screenwriter, having started his career writing the Jean-Claude Van Damme film BLACK EAGLE [1], where he wrote the screenplay on the island of Malta.
He has just completed co-writing two feature screenplays, a Latino baseball film called THE ALEX SANCHEZ STORY and SECRETS, a murder mystery set in the Central Coast of California.
Michael is also a tenured film professor at Biola University. He holds an earned Ph.D. in Intercultural Education, a Master’s degree in Screenwriting from University of Southern California and a Master’s degree from Loyola Marymount University in Communication Arts.
BRAVURA, Michael’s short dramatic film was an award winner in Milan, Italy at the Sabaoth International Film Festival in 2004. His feature documentary, DIVORCED AMERICAN, also won an Aurora Award in 2006 for outstanding feature documentary.
Michael is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America, Independent Documentary Association, National Association of Latino Independent Producers, and the International Press Association.
