Biography
From Jersey, based in London, Michael Pearce studied Film Directing at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth and the National Film & Television School where his graduation film won Best Short Film at the RTS awards. His next short film, Rite, was nominated for a BAFTA and a BIFA, screened at forty international film festivals and won Best Film at Rushes Soho Film Festival, Message2Man and Almeria Film Festival. In 2011 Michael was selected to one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow and was selected for BFI shorts 2012 and Channel Four's 2013 Coming Up Scheme.
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