Michael worked as a script supervisor for several years on films including: The Wedding Banquet, Eat Drink Man Woman, Happiness, You Can Count on Me, Monster's Ball, American Splendor, Bad Santa, Garden State, and Thumbsucker.
Michael's works as editor over the years include projects like: The Order of Myths, Freakonomics, The Loneliest Planet, Hateship Loveship, Love Is Strange, and I Believe in Unicorns.
More recently, Michael edited the documentary, The Babushkas of Chernobyl, Free in Deed, White Girl, Youth in Oregon, and the acclaimed historical comedy, Elvis & Nixon.