- Michael started his career as a still photographer. He has had pictures in many magazines around the world.
- Michael started his movie career in casting. He became a producer in Sjelen's Speil (Soul's Mirror) when the writer/director Frode Graadahl needed a producer on the project.
- Michael asked Åsmund Brede Eike to write the screenplay and direct Den Dagen (That Day) on the story he had written. Den Dagen (That Day) won the best screenplay & best actress Line Beck at the Woodengate international film festival. Den Dagen (That Day) came second as the best film in the same festival.
- On Sjelen's Speil (Soul's Mirror) he meet actors Åsmund Brede Eike, Victoria Faale & Tony Llapi which he has worked with several times.
- Den Dagen (That Day) is dedicated to his mom. She came to him with a song called "Den Store Dagen" by Benny Borg. She said that Michael should make a movie out of the song. Michael's mom passed away in 2015, so he decided to make a movie inspired by the song.
- Brave is Michael's first film as a writer/producer & director..
- Has the disease cluster headaches.
- Is dyslexic, they didn't find out until he had to take his driver license at 18.
- Uses a silver charm of a feather on a silver chain.
- Has green eyes.
- His favorite movie is The Green Mile.
- Is good friends with Hollywood legend Max Kleven.
- Has an older sister Siva. She works as a General Manager in the production company.
- After seeing The Green Mile in the cinema, he told his fiancee that these are the types of films he want to make.
- Was a DJ when he was in his teens.
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