Michael Richartz

Michael's initial interests in film were sparked by shows and films such as Star Trek, Star Wars, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He would read up on how the effects were done and how his favorites were made. He never considered this field going into college where he studied computer programming, something that was new to his high school and generated an interest to pursue. While he enjoyed programming, one language he started studying took a bit to grasp and made him fall behind in the class. Once he understood it, he was too far behind to catch up for that semester and began to rethink his career goals. His father, who was an amateur photographer at one point, suggested he look and see what film courses might be available. Upon looking, he saw that Miami-Dade did feature such a program and changed his degree to Cinematography. After graduating Miami-Dade he worked on the film "Scarecrows." Soon after he transferred to the University of Central Florida in Orlando to continue