Michael Barnett is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker focused on telling anthemic human stories at the intersections of culture, technology, and social justice. Michael’s first full-length film, Superheroes (HBO Documentary Films) won over a dozen film festivals, and was nominated for multiple Emmys. Other award winning films include; Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (IFC and Sundance Selects), Becoming Bulletproof (Showtime Original), winner of over 25 Best Doc/Grand Jury/Audience Award prizes at film festivals around the globe, and The Mars Generation (Netflix Original), one of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival opening night films and nominated for Best Science and Technology Documentary at the 2018 Emmys. Michael’s latest film, Changing The Game (Hulu Original), premiered at Tribeca, won numerous festival awards including Outfest and Frameline Audience Awards, and premiered on Hulu in June of 2021. Michael is a worldwide cultural diplomat with the U.S. State Department and the American Film Showcase and is the founder of SuperFilms!, a Los Angeles based production company focused on telling extraordinary stories across all media platforms.
