Michael Giannantonio

Born March 12, 1973, Michael was destined for the entertainment industry. Michael displayed his creative and leadership abilities at a very young age. By the age of 11, Michael had made his first musical recording. Before age 12, Michael was performing complex magic tricks for his friends and family. Michael made his professional debut as a musician at age 15. Michael then discovered the video camera and began writing scripts, developing ideas and producing videos. Michael never lost touch with his creative side, even while making a living in the workplace. Before his 20th birthday, and working as a union journeyman electrician, Michael found himself managing crews on multi billion dollar projects for Intel, Honeywell and Motorola. It was during this time frame Michael saw what was to be the future of technology. Michael quickly accepted a position with a multi-site computer company. Michael soon found himself managing and expanding numerous retail outlets for a now growing company. Michael decided to harness his leadership abilities and formed his own successful technology based company. During this time, Michael's musical act was gaining in popularity. He was also honing his magical skills in his spare time. In the pursuit of his creative and artistic career, Michael began working with other professional magicians and hypnotists. He found himself on tour assisting professional entertainers on stage as well as managing their audio, video and special effects needs. Michael then began to develop and market his own magical and hypnotic stage shows. Over the next 10 years, Michael became a world renowned stage hypnotist and magician. He formed a talent agency and represented numerous entertainers. Michael was regularly featured on national and international on television shows, in print media and on radio broadcasts. During this time he was writing, consulting, and producing professional video related works. In late 2004, Michael found himself performing hundreds of shows each year for casinos, fairs, festivals, theme parks and more. In 2005, Michael made his first award winning short film. Over the next few years Michael found himself writing, producing, directing as well as managing complex technical areas on feature films, television shows, live productions, commercials and music videos. He had finally found his true calling. In 2007, after producing and directing thousands of live and planned productions worldwide, Michael shifted his focus entirely toward the television and film industry. Michael assembled production and post-production facilities and has entered the television and film industry full time.