Michael A. DOBBIN
Producer, COMPANY DIRECTOR
With one foot on each side of the Atlantic, Michael takes pride in bringing Canada, Europe and the World together. Recent titles include Boris Rodriguez’s Eddie starring Thure Lindhardt (Angels & Demons, Flame & Citron, Into the Wild), Stephen McHattie (Score, 2012, Pontypool, 300, The Fountain). The film is a Canada-Denmark co production distributed by Bavaria Film International. By the end of2011, Endre Hules’ The Maiden Danced to Death will have been presented in eight countries and nine international film festivals with more to come in 2012. The project is co production between Canada, Hungary and the first ever with Slovenia. Written and directed by Screen Actor’s Guild award recipient Endre Hules (Angels & Demons, Se7en, Apollo 13), the film was shot by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, Deliverance, Black Dahlia), known for his work with Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg. The film stars Hules along with Zsolt Laszlo (The Eagle, Kontroll), who won a best actor award in May at the Hungarian Film Week for his role in the film. It also stars Canadian talent Deborah Kara Unger (Crash, Sunshine, Shake Hands with Devil, Silent Hill, Combat Hospital), Stephen McHattie (Score, 2012, Pontypool, 300, The Fountain) and Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal, Shawshank Redemption, Weather Man). Past producer credits include Toni Harman’s The Devil’s Curse (AKA Credo) and David Chernushenko’s documentary Powerful: Energy for Everyone. Michael worked with one of Europe’s top script-development agencies, Arista Development and was mentored by BAFTA-winning producer Leslee Udwin: East is East and West is West. He’s an alumnus of Ryerson University. In March 2010, Michael founded the ‘Just Watch Me!’ Berlin Screeningroom with the Canadian Embassy, and as a story editor, script doctor and lecturer is in steady demand on both sides of the Atlantic.
