Michael Forstein

Michael Forstein is a producer and director based in Minneapolis, MN. A 2016 recipient of the McKnight Fellowship in Media Arts, his films have screened at festivals throughout the world including Sundance, SXSW, AFI Fest, and Rooftop Films, and have been featured on Short of the Week and Vimeo Staff Picks. In addition to making films, he produced the 2018 Camden International Film Festival, is the founder and creator of the Film Festival Database, and has worked in operations for the Tribeca Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Rooftop Films, and Walker Art Center department of Moving Image. He has taught master classes in filmmaking and film festivals at the San Francisco Academy of Art, University of Texas-Arlington, University of Minnesota, and St. Cloud State University. Michael is the creator of the Film Festival Database.