Michael Trachiotis - Award Winning Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Producer, Director and Editor. Comic Creator, Writer, Artist and Animator.

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His short films "Death Knocked 3 Times" and “Innocence Lost” have received multiple awards.

 

Michael’s scripts “The Black Hatchet,” “Blue Girl,” and “The Chrysanthemum Garden” have also won multiple awards.

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His writing and story development experience includes working for legendary director and producer Penny Marshall and Parkway Productions in story, script and project development.

 

As well he has been retained to consult and strengthen scripts that encompassed analysis, character development, dialog, story arc, editing, rewriting and generating original material.

 

Michael’s limited edition, animated proof-of-concept graphic novel The Black Hatchet  (a compendium of the three comics) sold out at comic-cons and on Amazon (Comics are available free).

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At AAU, his MFA thesis project - a screenplay, proof-of-concept comic book and film prevision materials - were featured two years in a row for outstanding achievement in the Spring Exhibitions.

 

Stan Lee read the book in it’s early development and praised him for it's art and story and shared advice on how to make it more compelling that Michael used to engineer The Black Hatchet.

 

Several years later he returned to AAU and taught graduate and undergraduate students in the art of building compelling Hollywood stories and screenplays.

 

Furthermore, Michael has a BS, Journalism (Cal Poly, SLO – Advertising and PR), BA, Cinema (SFSU – Screenwriting) and MFA, Motion Pictures and Television (AAU, SF – Producing and Directing).

 

He also implemented and ran a very lucrative AR apparel and consulting business and produced multiple campaigns including 2D/3D films for Fortune 25 companies.

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Additionally, Michael built a very profitable boutique ad agency, PR and design firm that included art direction, copy writing, illustration, graphic design, script writing, plus he produced, directed and edited over 80 projects that comprised print, TV, AR, digital and radio commercials and campaigns.