Michael Lewis Foster is an American filmmaker who directed the film
''To Fall in Love'' (2023) and wrote and directed the short film
''Hush'' (2016). He has won awards at
Horrible Imaginings Film Festival
The Horrible Imaginings Film Festival (HIFF) was an annual film festival originally based in San Diego until 2018, when it moved to Santa Ana. It was established in 2009 by Miguel Rodriguez.
History
Director Miguel Rodriguez is the curator f ...
and
Oceanside International Film Festival
The Oceanside International Film Festival (OIFF) is an annual film festival held in Oceanside, California. It was founded in 2009 by the Oceanside Cultural Foundation.
History
The 11th annual festival was the first in person event since 2019. ...
.
Early life
Foster was born in
Oceanside, California
Oceanside is a beach city in the North County (San Diego area), North County area of San Diego County, California, United States. The city had a population of 174,068 at the 2020 United States census, making it the most populous city in the Nort ...
and attended
El Camino High School. He later moved to
North Hollywood, Los Angeles
North Hollywood is a neighborhood and district in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District, El Portal Theater, several art galleries, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The ...
.
Career
Foster's short film
''Hush'' was inspired by the
James Holmes trial
and premiered at the
San Diego International Film Festival
The San Diego International Film Festival is an independent film festival held in San Diego, California, produced by the nonprofit San Diego Film Foundation. The main event has traditionally been held annually in autumn at venues in the Gaslamp Q ...
in 2016. In 2018, he directed a film called ''
To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This''
which premiered at
Museum of Photographic Arts
The Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) is a museum in Balboa Park in San Diego
San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, ...
.
It was
remade in 2023 and premiered at
Heartland International Film Festival
The Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF) is a high academy qualifying film festival held each October in Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States ...
.
The film is based on a
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
article about a couple looking to save their marriage using 36 questions
and was previously a play at the
San Diego International Fringe Festival
The San Diego International Fringe Festival is a non-profit fringe theatre festival project of conTACT ARTS, in association with the Actors Alliance of San Diego, designed to help provide a platform for artists while also helping the community as ...
.
Filmography
Accolades
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American film editors
Film directors from California
Film producers from California
People from Oceanside, California
Writers from San Diego
Screenwriters from Los Angeles
Oceanside International Film Festival award winners