Michael Ott
Director, Writer
Michael Ott grew up on the outskirts of Los Angeles in the conservative, desert town of Valencia, California. With a 16mm camera and close-knit group of friends, Mike felt compelled to start documenting his environment. With a fetish for idiosyncrasies, reactionary behaviors and cult eighties films, he soon turned his small town into an on screen canvas of stories.

Mike began making narrative films on Super 8 after graduating from high school. He has since gone on to study at the School of FILM/VIDO at the California Institute of the Arts, where he received his MFA degree in May of 2005. While at Cal Arts Mike made a number of short films, as well as, directed a handful of music videos for the Seattle based bands Pretty Girls Make Graves (Matador Records) and, more recently, The Blood Brothers (V2 Records); all of which have gained regular airplay on MTV2 and the FUSE. Presently, Mike owns and runs his own record label, Sound Virus Records, where he releases CDs and vinyl for up and coming bands. This summer he plans on expanding his label by releasing a series of DVDs by local filmmakers.