Mike Messier is an 81 Award-winning producer, screenwriter, Director, TV host, and actor. He is also a playwright, Acting Coach, Live Event Host, and guest speaker. He has written novels such as the gothic horror A Distance from Avalon and the coming-of-age Fight or Play Basketball. Both of these stories have also been written as feature film screenplays.
Mike's other books include the graphic novel Wrestling with Sanity and Art and War of Directing Student, Low & No Budget Movies: A Primer for Creating and Participating in Independent Films, television & web series.
As an Actor, Mike has shared scenes with Meryl Streep & Elisabeth Shue in Hope Springs, Mario Van Peebles, Wesley Snipes & Cybill Shepherd (as her son) in Hard Luck, and Eric Roberts and Jason London in Mr. Birthday. Mike's YouTube Channels include 1 Man and a Camera Films, 1 Artist Mike Messier, 1 Mike Messier, and 1 Pro Wrestling and Sports Fan.
Mike founded "Avalonia Festival of Short Films etc." in 2017, which continues to run an annual Live Event and website. He participated heavily in the 2017 Play in a Day four-month series of performances from Natick, Massachusetts. Three of Messier's scripts from that series became short films he also directed; The Impeccable; So, You're the Guy?, and Dalmation. From 2015-2019, Messier hosted and produced the interview show Messier Mantra and the six-part Messier Peace Theater out of Seekonk TV 9 from Massachussetts.
Mike and frequent collaborator Tim Labonte completed a silent short film titled Disregard, with musical score by Tony Caramadre. A few months later, the three teamed again to complete Many Keys - The Heartbreak Monologue, derived from Messier's A Distance from Avalon novel/screenplay/stage play.