Michael Schelp
Michael Schelp is an American writer and director, former producer of the 2008 television series Cha$e, and current executive producer of MANswers. Schelp founded the New York-based production company Spark Plug Entertainment in 2006. The company has created several mockbuster direct-to-video CGI films.
Career
In the 1990s, Schelp was Fujisankei Communications Group's spokesperson and manager of business development.[1][2] In 2007, Schelp became producer for MANswers, a project of Fujisankei Communications International.[3] Schelp has also acted as translator for Fujisankei, both in creating English subtitles for such projects as Dragon League, and in acting as interpreter for Fujisankei food star Harumi Kurihara when she visited the United States.[4]
While with Fujisankei, Schelp founded Spark Plug Entertainment in 2006 as a New York-based production company to produce direct-to-video CGI films that were based on films from Pixar, DreamWorks as well as other major studios.
Filmography
Direct-to-video
- Bug Bites: An Ant's Life (1998) (writer/producer) (Re-released 2006) (piggy-back on A Bug's Life)
- A Car's Life: Sparky's Big Adventure (2006) (piggy-back on Cars)
- Spider's Web: A Pig's Tale (2006) (writer/director) (piggy-back on Charlotte's Web)
- Plan Bee (2007) (writer/director/producer) (piggy-back on Bee Movie)
- Piper Penguin and his Fantastic Flying Machines (2008) (piggy-back on Surf's Up and Happy Feet)
- Car's Life 2 (2010)
- Frankie Stein (2012) (piggy-back on Frankenweenie)
TV
- Cha$e (6 episodes, 2008) (producer)
- MANswers (19 episodes, 2007–2010) (producer/executive producer)
References
- ↑ Watanabe, Teresa (6 May 1991). "Japanese Media Try to Export Coverage". Los Angeles Times. pp. Business; PART–D; page 1. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ↑ Toy, Vivian S. (13 August 1995). "WNYC Fans Fear Programming Loss". New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ↑ Nordyke, Kimberly (13 December 2007). "More 'MANswers' at Spike". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ↑ Brunskill, Joan (26 April 2006). "Japanese star has own take on tradition". Associated Press (The Free Lance–Star). Retrieved 29 January 2010.