After being a successful professional painter all his life, European-based American Michael Lasoff turned to filmmaking in 2011. The scripts and most of the music scores are his own creations. In 2013, he made his first feature film followed by three more that have been awarded and shown around the world. His fourth "Forget to Die" and fifth film ""Salinger's Two Dark Muses" premiered at Mike's Badhuistheater in Amsterdam in 2018 and 2019. Recently (Jan 19, 2021) his metaphysical comedy "Spectrum" has had a world-wide virtual online premiere and is now making the rounds at festivals. This was followed by "Angels of Dust", an even greater international award winner.