Michael Kang is a Korean American filmmaker based in New York. he is post-production with his feature filmn debut “The Motel” which is being produced by the Indie veteran director Miguel Arteta (“Chuck & Buck”, “The Good Girl”). Michael was a fellow in the Sundance Filmmakers Lab, 2002. “The Motel” is the recipient of the Sundance/NHK International Filmmaker’s Award, 2003. In 2002 he received the Geri Ashur Award in Screenwriting through the New York Foundation for the Arts. He also won the 24th Annual Asian American international Film Fetival Screenplay Competition, 2001. Michael recently completed directing Second Unit work for Wayne Wang on the upcoming film, “Because of Winn-Dixie” (where he got to direct a live bear). His short film “A Waiter Tomorrow” recieved both the FilmCore Post Production Grant, 1998 and the Freaky Film Festival, Audience Choice Award 1999. his film “Japanese Cowboy” was a co-recipient of the Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant, 199 and the Special JuryPrize at Film Fest New Haven, 2000. In addition, you may recognize him as the “Delivery Guy” alongside playwright David henry Hwang in the short film “Asian Pride Porn” by Greg Pak (“Robot Stories”).