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Michael Dunaway(II)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Michael Dunaway
Michael Dunaway is the Founding Partner of Gasoline Films and of Poitier & Dunaway Motion Pictures; Editor at Large of Paste Magazine, and Creative Director of the Rome Int'l Film Festival, and works in development and acquisitions for Iris Indie. He was the producer and director of 21 Years: Richard Linklater starring Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Zac Efron, and many others, which was a New York Times Critics Pick and debuted at #8 on iTunes. He was a producer on You're Killing Me, Anne Heche's last film; and on Mario Van Peebles' Outlaw Posse. He was the director and a writer, producer, and actor in Six LA Love Stories, starring Peter Bogdanovich, Carrie Preston, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alicia Witt, and others. He was also the producer and director of The Man Who Ate New Orleans, with Oscar nominee Morgan Spurlock, Emmy winner Natalia Livingston, and James Beard winners John Currence and John Besh.

Previously he was a producer and director on several shorter projects, including serving as segment director on Frank Kelly's groundbreaking film 140, which won the Bronze Palm at the Mexico Int'l Film Festival. His short film Bread won Best US Narrative short at the 2011 Rome International Film Festival, where it premiered. He was an Associate Producer on 2011 Independent Spirit Award nominee An African Election. Current projects include a scripted historical civil rights epic with the King and Poitier families. He lives in Atlanta.
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      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Six LA Love Stories (2016)
    Six LA Love Stories
    6.0
    • Producer
    • 2016
    21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
    21 Years: Richard Linklater
    6.5
    • Producer
    • 2014
    The Journeyman (2019)
    The Journeyman
    7.0
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2019
    Bread (2011)
    Bread
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Whoopi Goldberg, Edward James Olmos, John Carroll Lynch, Mario Van Peebles, Cedric The Entertainer, William Mapother, Neal McDonough, Mandela Van Peebles, Jake Manley, Amber Reign Smith, and D.C. Young Fly in Outlaw Posse (2024)
      Outlaw Posse
      4.3
      • co-producer
      • 2024
    • McKaley Miller in You're Killing Me (2023)
      You're Killing Me
      5.0
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Lunch Hour with the President (2020)
      Lunch Hour with the President
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Kyle Gallner and Emily Skeggs in Dinner in America (2020)
      Dinner in America
      7.5
      • co-executive producer
      • 2020
    • The Journeyman (2019)
      The Journeyman
      7.0
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • QT8 : Tarantino en 8 films (2019)
      QT8 : Tarantino en 8 films
      7.3
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Angels in Rocket Field (2019)
      Angels in Rocket Field
      Short
      • associate producer
      • 2019
    • Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury (2018)
      Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury
      8.1
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Knots: Tending (2017)
      Knots: Tending
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Knots: Good Old Days (2017)
      Knots: Good Old Days
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Knots: The Kiss (2017)
      Knots: The Kiss
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Knots: Detour (2017)
      Knots: Detour
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Knots: Blame Game (2017)
      Knots: Blame Game
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Jake Cannavale and Kara Young in Interior Teresa (2016)
      Interior Teresa
      2.9
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Six LA Love Stories (2016)
      Six LA Love Stories
      6.0
      • producer
      • 2016

    Director



    • Knots: Detour (2017)
      Knots: Detour
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Knots: Blame Game (2017)
      Knots: Blame Game
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Six LA Love Stories (2016)
      Six LA Love Stories
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Christopher Randolph in The Sonnet Project (2013)
      The Sonnet Project
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • 21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
      21 Years: Richard Linklater
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2014
    • The Man Who Ate New Orleans (2012)
      The Man Who Ate New Orleans
      8.3
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Heaven and Hell in New Orleans
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Bread (2011)
      Bread
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • 140 (2009)
      140
      7.4
      • segment director
      • 2009

    Writer



    • Six LA Love Stories (2016)
      Six LA Love Stories
      6.0
      • writer
      • 2016
    • 21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)
      21 Years: Richard Linklater
      6.5
      • co-writer
      • 2014
    • The Man Who Ate New Orleans (2012)
      The Man Who Ate New Orleans
      8.3
      • writer
      • 2012
    • Heaven and Hell in New Orleans
      Short
      • writer
      • 2011
    • Bread (2011)
      Bread
      Short
      • writer
      • 2011

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    • Height
      • 1.85 m
    • Spouse
      • Gates Kellett DunawayJuly 9, 2005 - present (divorced)

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      His short film Bread won Best US Narrative short at the 2011 Rome International Film Festival, where it premiered. Dunaway co-produced, co-directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in the film.

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