Our Team

MICHAEL M. McGUIRE

Michael M. McGuire is a producer, writer, and director whose recent feature film, AQUARIANS, starring 3-time Emmy winner Chandler Massey, premiered at the Twin Cities Film Festival (Audience Award Runner Up, Best Performance Nomination) and sold out its screenings at the 2018 Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival on its way to a 13-theater release, and is currently available on Amazon Prime and other VOD outlets.

McGuire's many producing credits include the 2017 Sundance pick, BITCH, starring Jason Ritter, Marianna Palka, and Jaime King; ELECTRICK CHILDREN, which launched Julia Garner's career; DEAD WOMEN WALKING (2018 Tribeca Film Festival); and most recently THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE, starring Nicolas Cage, currently in post production.  In his capacity as a Production Executive for SpectreVision/Company X, McGuire also contributed to the genre hit MANDY, the Ubisoft VR game, TRANSFERENCE, produced TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES (Stage 13) and served as an Executive Producer on DANIEL ISN'T REAL (SXSW 2019).  McGuire is also the producer of two holiday TV movie favorites: CHRISTMAS CRUSH, starring Rachel Boston, for Lifetime, and NAUGHTY OR NICE, starring Hillarie Burton, for Hallmark.

McGuire's producing work in the commercial space includes content for Honda, Toyota, BMW, EA, Lucasfilm, Garmin, Reebok, TaylorMade, and Hasbro, among others.  Michael also produced the music video for Chris Cornell's "The Promise" (from the film of the same name), prior to the rock legend's passing in 2017, an ode to the current refugee crisis that intercut Cornell's Grammy-nominated performance with intense documentary footage from Syria and beyond.

McGuire is a Phi Beta Kappa alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and MFA graduate of the American Film Institute, where he serves on the executive board of the Alumni Mentorship Program.  A native of Wisconsin, he resides in Los Angeles with his wife Melissa and their 1-year old son, Aidan.

ANDREW WILLIAM CHAN

A filmmaker for the past 14 years, Andrew tells dynamic stories as a creator of Immersive Theater, Brand Trailers, Television & Feature Films.

Recently, in the Immersive Brand Activation sphere, Andrew creative directed and produced for Universal Pictures (Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines; Jordan Peele’s Us). Later this year, he is producing a stunt-driven immersive event for Hobbs & Shaw as well a touring immersive event for Fast and Furious 9 debuting in 2020. For the launch of Star Wars Battlefront he developed, produced, and directed for Electronic Arts & Lucasfilm in strategic alignment with the franchise’s refresh and lead up to A Force Awakens. He is currently in development on a live sandbox immersive event for Amazon Games.  

The success of these immersive activations draw from his love of marrying innovative technology solutions with tried-and-true methodologies for story and character engagement.  This passion continues with his feature film and series work—

Andrew’s first directorial effort was Ivory—produced by Gray Frederickson (The Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now), starring Academy Award Winner Martin Landau (Crimes & Misdemeanors, Ed Wood), Peter Stormare (Fargo, The Big Lebowski),  Travis Fimmel (Vikings, Warcraft), and Erika Marózsan (Gloomy Sunday).  In 2015, Andrew wrote, produced, and directed The Midnight Anthology which garnered awards at the New York Television Festival for Best Director and the Starz Network Rising Talent Award.  In 2018, Andrew optioned and co-wrote American Refugees, a Nicholl Fellowship Grand Prize Winner.  Devoted to writing, identifying, and developing compelling & poignant stories, his efforts in long-form creative development continues with the original TV series Anika Ronin as well as upcoming feature film projects.