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Film. Food. Friends. Wine. Hikes. Also. Can my dog come?

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Arrival/Departure by @madmikeb

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4 months ago

✨ Grateful and incredibly honored to have directed this piece for the @translawcenter

Huge huge love to the amazing team that showed up with generosity, kindness, and open hearts.

Soccer Star - @allymarcjacobs
Dad - @antoinew22
Director - moi 🙋🏼‍♂️ @madmikeb
EP’s - @halvinandcobbes @st.rebecca @zubin_anklesaria @director.ryanturner
Producing Team - @danielleswright @mitchkasaberi 👑👑
SuperFilms PM - @erineholt
DP - @chris_westlund
AD - @sarahschmaus
Prod Design - @jillybeans.jpg
Glam - @keshsworld.ii
Stylist - @anastasialarae
Editor - @emmajosephson
Music - @sebastianfritze @itsgoze
Color - @echobendpictures
Camera, lenses, grip and lighting - @freestylecinemarentals

In these unsettling times, few things feel as unmistakably true and deeply necessary as showing up with more love, more support, more empathy, and more respect!

Respect starts with us.
Respect trans youth.

ps - for the folks that want to discuss, I’m always open for thoughtful conversation, rooted in respect. taken in Los Angeles, California by @madmikeb

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9 months ago

✨ New Director work! ✨

We hopped into a Toyota Land Cruiser, headed up to The Catskills, and turned the Atlas Obscura podcast into a visual journey.

As film and advertising continue to rapidly evolve, my north star stays simple. Craft stories with intention. Protect authenticity. Stay curious.

Thank you @toyotausa & @atlasobscura for the trust.

A universe of gratitude for the amazing team that collaborated on this lovely and wholesome project!

Director/DP - moi 🙋🏼‍♂️ @madmikeb
Producing Team - @hazellubbock @immarycath @erineholt
Camera Team - @jaysonpaulbosteder @lukepengelly99 @charlie_dont__surf @topherhammond
Editorial Team - @scootpequeno @thebenhallman
Sound - @pleasant__view
Music - @itsgoze
Color - @nicksanders.tv
Agency - @we.are.saatchi
Adventurers - @thatsamobrien @geobeckly
Connector Extradonaire - @kbudelis
Cameras & Lenses Provided by - @freestylecinemarentals ❤️ taken in Shawangunk Mountains by @madmikeb

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10 months ago

My Sunday meditation ✨ taken in Franklin Hills, Los Angeles by @madmikeb

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a year ago

“Donald Trump was picking on kids for no reason other than it rallied his base. It worked,” says Michael Barnett, the director of Emmy Award-nominated documentary film Changing the Game, which follows the stories of three transgender high school athletes playing the sports they cherish.

When Barnett began making Changing the Game in 2018, Trump was roughly midway through his first presidential term.

By that point, his vigorously anti-LGBTQ+ policies were already having a damning effect: trans officers had been deemed unfit for service in the US military, and Obama-era protections for LGBTQ+ employees had been revoked.

Yet he was hopeful about a turnaround. Until Trump, there wasn’t much reason to believe that the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans would go anywhere but forward.

“When you make a human rights film, you assume things are going to move in the right direction,” Barnett says, on video call from Joshua Tree, Los Angeles.

Instead, Barnett is speaking to PinkNews just days ahead of Trump’s inauguration, the murky future of the twice-impeached President’s second term stretching out before America. “We’re going in the wrong direction. It’s regressive. We’re removing rights.”

“If we can strip kids of rights, what else can we do? What are we capable of?” Barnett says, pausing with exasperation. “I just assumed thinking about our constitution that we’re all created equal and everyone has a right to life, liberty, happiness, and that’s not the case. It’s a lie.”

Tap the 🔗 in our bio for find out more about Changing The Game

#LGBTQNews #TransNews #TransRights #ChangingTheGame by @madmikeb

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2 years ago

Wanderings. And other recent(ish) whatnots… ✨ by @madmikeb

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2 years ago

Spent the tail end of winter through spring in Oregon. Writing. Location scouting. Pondering. Catching pneumonia. Hiking. Eating. Sipping. Getting robbed. Exploring. Snowboarding. Waterfalling. And most importantly, hanging with so many good folks. Deeply grateful for every delicious moment! Except maybe the getting robbed part…

See you soon Oregon! ✨🏔️✨ can’t wait to film a movie in you! taken in Oregon by @madmikeb

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3 years ago

✨New Work!!!✨

Beyond joyful getting to direct and collaborate on this show!

Go watch EP 9 of Season 3 of Dave - @daveonfxx on @fxnetworks or @hulu now. We got to make some pretty weird stuff!

This show is legit funny, sweet, odd and emotional. I promise, you’ll dig it.

Swipe for some very NSFW BTS pics, and also some of our tasty frames from the show… taken in Las Vegas, Nevada by @madmikeb

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3 years ago

Homies in Bend! 🏔️
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@parishunterpaul taken in Bend, Oregon by @madmikeb

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3 years ago

48 Hours in Aspen taken in Aspen, Colorado by @madmikeb

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4 years ago

Maui. taken in Maui, Hawaii Islands by @madmikeb

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4 years ago

Back in LA… Cuz I had to make some dough. taken in Los Angeles, California by @madmikeb

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4 years ago