From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Bryan Michael Stoller born in 1960 in Peterborough Ontario Canada is an award winning film maker who made films such as Turn of the Blade The Random Factor Miss Cast Away Undercover Angel and Lightyears Away which was completed in June 2007 After moving to Ottawa Ontario at age 6 Stoller began experimenting with movies and animation He got his first job in the film and television industry when he was 11 years old as host of a TV show on CBC called Film Fun in which he showed kids how to make their own Super8 movies He later was able to transform that talent into preparing commercials for various Ottawa businesses that were used on air in the 1970s Stoller moved to Los Angeles to attend the American Film Institute as a Director Fellow Stoller directed an episode of the classic George A Romero TV series Tales from the Darkside entitled The Bitterest Pill starring Mark Blankfield Stoller also wrote for The Ice Queen animated feature starring the voices of Lauren Bacall and Bryan Adams Stollers other animation writing credits include story editor on the Cinar animation series Animal Crackers He directed the international music video Hands Across America produced by Ken Kragen which featured appearances by Barbra Streisand Drew Barrymore and Robin Williams Stoller is the author of Filmmaking for Dummies He also is the editor of Screenwriting for Dummies and frequently lectures at various university film classes throughout California Nevada and Canada Bryan Michael Stoller directed the famous parody of the 1980s Pepsi commercial which features Michael Jackson The parody The Shadow of Michael caught Jacksons attention and he telephoned Stoller a phonecall which launched a twentyyear friendship They were friends until Jacksons untimely passing in 2009 Michael Jackson was featured in Stollers feature film Miss Cast Away amp the Island Girls aka Silly Movie 2 This was Michaels last appearance in a film Bryan Michael Stoller and Michael Jackson were scheduled to codirect the motion picture They Cage the Animals at Night based on the bestselling novel by Jennings Michael Burch Mel Gibson hired Stoller to write the screenplay adaptation of Burchs book with Stoller and Jackson signed to codirect Stoller was also mentoring Jackson and his three children on filmmaking Stollers latest movie First Dog stars Eric Roberts and features three original songs by Dolly Parton Description above from the Wikipedia article Bryan Michael Stoller licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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