Michaela Calabrese is a genderqueer filmmaker from Agawam, Massachusetts. They credit themselves as “Mick Gorley” in their projects.

Specializing in works that tend toward darker subject matters, Mick favors shorter narratives with a lower emphasis on special effects and a greater focus on performance. They have held many positions on film sets; ranging from scriptwriting and acting to camera work and directing. They have a completed feature-length screenplay in the fantasy genre.

After switching their major from Theater Directing to Communication Arts, Mick graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in 2019 with a Bachelor’s degree in Cinema, Television, and Emerging Media. In the Spring of 2020, they graduated from the School for Visual Arts with a Master’s degree in Film Directing.

Mick is currently working on the script for their next short film, currently titled Captis, in the genre of action/drama.

MPS Film Directing

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