Michael-Claude Winfield is a director-writer for-hire.
Disturbed, his second documentary short, had its world premiere at Capri-Hollywood International Film Festival, won a Gold Remi at WorldFest-Houston 56, and placed as a finalist at Malibu Film Festival, which is organized by the Directors Guild of America. His first documentary short, Ranger, won several cinematography awards.
Michael-Claude is looking to connect with profit-seeking agents and producers to bring his feature-length scripts to the big screen profitably. His scripts have been recognized as Quarter-Finalists, Semi-Finalists, and Official Selections at American Zoetrope (2012), Lift-Off Global at Pinewood Studios (2020), Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (Fall, 2020), ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy (2021), Script Summit (2021), 25th Annual Fade In Awards, SciFi (2021), Austin Film Festival (2021), Shore Scripts (2022), Vail Film Festival (2022), Beverly Hills Film Festival (2023), Richmond International Film Festival Screenplay Competition (2023), Outstanding Screenplays (2023), Creative World Awards (2023), and Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (2023).
Michael-Claude has three patents for a business process that incorporates machine learning. His patents are for sale to the highest bidder. He enjoys using AI to create absurdist and surrealist imagery, using drones for photogrammetry, 3D modeling with lidar data, and using computer vision techniques like 3D reconstruction (e.g., structure-from-motion). Michael-Claude also enjoys acquiring wealth in free markets and hopes to afford children in the near future.