Michael Anthony Kratochvil

Michael Anthony Kratochvil is an award winning Writer and Director and first class honours graduate of the VCA School of Film & Television, Monash University and alumnus of Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab (Winner of ‘Best Pitch’) and Film Victoria Catapult Lab. His short films have screened at multiple Academy and BAFTA accredited festivals worldwide, including Palm Springs, Slamdance, Hollyshorts and Edinburgh. He was runner up for the John Hinde Award For Excellence in Science Fiction and inducted into the AWG Pathways program with his script ‘THE PARADISE SYNDROME’, which secured him LA based management at Authentic Talent & Literary Management. His debut feature as a Writer/Director ‘JUDETH’ was granted development funding through Film Victoria. He has worked with Truant Pictures / Animal Logic on a feature script ‘BIOHACKERS’ and was granted Screen Australia script development funding for the project. His two new 2021 short films, 'I CALL UPON THEE' and 'SWEET MARY, WHERE DID YOU GO?' have achieved over 60 selections at festivals worldwide so far, with selections at the biggest genre festivals in the world, including Sitges, Fantasia, Fantastic Fest and Beyond Fest. Michael was awarded ‘Best Director’ at the Academy/BAFTA accredited genre arm of the Rhode Island International Film Festival and won ‘Best Short Film’ grand prize at the 40th Terror Molins festival in Barcelona and the ‘Best Australian Short Film’ at Monster Fest and Sydney Underground Film Festival. He was recently awarded the ‘Bloody Judge’ award by horror icon Mick Garris (Stephen King’s THE SHINING and THE STAND) at Portland Horror Film Festival and is currently in development on the feature I CALL UPON THEE with Kristian Moliere (THE BABADOOK) and Joel Anderson (LAKE MUNGO) attached as producers. The project was selected for the 2022 Frontières International Co-Production Market, organized by Fantasia, in collaboration with Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes.