About

You've already got a few Michaels in your life. Call me Callahan.

You've already got a few Michaels in your life. Call me Callahan.

 

I write and direct commercials for some of the world’s best-selling video game franchises. These videos have amassed over 300 million views across all platforms.

My process for every project begins with one question:

What’s The Story of this piece?

Every creative decision - shot choice, choreography, voice-over, music - is filtered through a single lens: is the story of this trailer being served by our choices?

I also build and mentor game capture teams from the ground up, and I can help you build and grow yours.

My love of video games runs deep. As a teen I wrote a video game review column with a circulation of 500,000, and was the youngest journalist to ever attend E3. Later, I split my time between USC film school, making popular short films, and co-hosting a filmmaking show for the Fox Movie Channel. I was also, briefly, the face of Arclight Cinemas. These days I enjoy vacationing in Bend, Oregon, long board game sessions with my amazing wife, and using iPhone’s Portrait Mode on our senior dog, Darcy.

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thecallahan@gmail.com