Flux Capacitor Studios (FCS) is 1.21 gigawatts of creative energy harnessed into a single focus: to bring to life unique, distinctive, mind-bending and delightfully different films, television and digital media through finance, development and production.
Michael Manasseri at the Cannes Film Festival
Michael Manasseri is the founder of FCS. Under Michael’s leadership FCS has grown from a regional midwest production house to an international provider of award winning film, television and digital content.
Michael has worked behind the camera for over 20 years. He is a 2020 Independent Spirit Award winner (John Cassavetes Award) for his work on the critically acclaimed comedy, GIVE ME LIBERTY, directed by Kirill Mikhanovsky. Michael also served as a producer on the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Camera D’Or winner, WAR PONY, directed by Riley Keogh and Gina Gammell.
Michael’s upcoming narrative feature productions include, A LOVE LIKE THIS, directed by John Asher, STEALING JOKES, directed by Mike Young, and I LOVE YOU FOREVER, directed by Cazzie David and Elisa Kahlani.
Most recently, Michael has taken a deep dive into the docuseries world, directing and producing the international science and exploration documentary, GENE HUNTERS: The Quest for Adaptation. The groundbreaking science behind the initial Gene Hunters expedition has resulted in the formation of a new biotech startup in Rome, Italy, with Michael as a co-founding member. Michael just returned from his latest sojourn across the European continent directing and producing the pilot docuseries episode for THE DAVINCI SOLUTION. Michael crisscrossed 4 countries in eight days with his Italian based documentary crew interviewing some of the leading experts on the life, art and inventions of the one-and-only, Leonardo DaVinci.
Michael has lectured on the art of producing and directing the world over and mentored hundreds of Cinema Studies students in the classroom and on professional film and television sets.
Additional information on Michael’s career in entertainment can be found on IMDB.
Flux Capacitor Studios (FCS) is 1.21 gigawatts of creative energy harnessed into a single focus: to bring to life unique, distinctive, mind-bending and delightfully different films, television and digital media through finance, development and production.
Michael Manasseri at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival
Michael Manasseri is the founder of FCS. Under Michael’s leadership FCS has grown from a regional midwest production house to an international provider of award winning film, television and digital content.
Most recently, Michael served as a producer on the 2022 Cannes Film Festival Camera d’Or winning film, War Pony, directed by Riley Keogh and Gina Gammel, produced the comedy, Stealing Jokes, with Detroit based production company, Woodward Original, developed and produced the upcoming science and exploration documentary, Gene Hunters; The Quest for Adaptation and wrapped principal photography in Prague on the holocaust survivor historical drama, Liberation.
In 2020, Michael was a winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassevetes Award for his work as a producer on the critically acclaimed film, Give Me Liberty. Michael has also directed three feature films.
Prior to his experience behind the camera, Michael was a child actor who appeared on Broadway, shared the stage with entertainment legend Yul Brynner, and starred in four television series in Hollywood in the 1990’s. Michael was the lead actor in the long running TV comedy Weird Science, which can still be found on various digital platforms the world over.
Michael has also mentored over 400 students through the FCS academic/entrepreneurial partnership with the Film Studies and Production program at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan.