Michael Swanson

Emmy Award winner Michael Swanson is a TV studio executive, film producer, theatre producer and Broadway investor. He is also an innovative, visionary entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Faith Filmworks, the celebrated L.A. based entertainment production company. As a senior vice president at Universal Studio Group, Mr. Swanson has been the production executive responsible for numerous shows produced by Universal Television for more than 10 years; including Parks and Recreation, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Master of None, Good Girls, Never Have I Ever and Community. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Swanson has produced movies and documentaries to critical and audience acclaim including All About You, All About Us, For the Love of Ruth, To Hell and Back, Andraé Crouch: Making The Journey, Two Seasons, Notre Dame First Time Fans: Legacy, The Wayman Tisdale Story and is involved with the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations. After a stint in Princeton Theological Seminary's Master of Divinity program, Mr. Swanson joined NBCUniversal's national prime time and network news sales team in New York City and co-managed advertising accounts reaching up to $30 million each. He was also a part of the NBC "Must See TV" sales team that became the first in broadcast network TV history to book over $2.2 billion in advertising revenue during an upfront selling period. Mr. Swanson earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Film, Television and Theatre from the University of Notre Dame before ultimately launching his career in the entertainment industry. He serves as a board member for Notre Dame's Performing Arts Advisory Council, the Success Through Education Program (STEP) benefiting students living in South Los Angeles and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. A South Side of Chicago native, Mr. Swanson resides in Los Angeles with his wife of 26 years, film and TV director Christine Swanson, and their four children.