
Michael Hoy
Director. Writer. Editor. Producer. Photographer.
I am a motion picture director, writer, editor, producer, photographer, and branded content creative director. I got my start as the assistant to director Richard Kelly, and producer Sean McKittrick (Get Out, BlacKkKlansman, Us) on the set of Donnie Darko, now a celebrated Indie/cult movie. After I got a taste of being on a movie-set, I simply just didn't want to do anything else. The fall after we shot Darko, I dropped all my classes at The University Of Southern California and started chasing the dream.
Since 2022, I have directed over a dozen narrative feature-length scripted movies, including tv-movies for Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, and the Lifetime Movie Club App, now available on Amazon Prime and YouTube for rental and purchase, and over the last calendar year I have directed eight feature-length scripted 9x16 vertical micro-dramas made for mobile consumption.
These vertical micro-dramas have been distributed on the explosively popular arising vertical entertainment apps including ReelShort, DramaBox, ShortMax and KalosTV. My most successful vertical title, ReelShort exclusive DADDY HELP! MOMMY'S IN PRISON topped all the rankings at ReelShort and has amassed over 100 Million views in just a few months, along with a profile piece in New York Magazine featuring leading man Marc Herrmann and behind-the-scenes stills from the production.
My BuzzFeed branded content has amassed over 250 million content views on digital social channels, and my commercial work has been awarded with more than twenty mentions on the Google YouTube Ads Leaderboard listing the ten "top ads that people choose to watch each month."
With over two decades of professional experience across production, development, business, and creative, including two years as a senior digital video editor on The Kelly Clarkson Show at NBC Universal, I have cultivated a well rounded industry experience both on and off-set.

TV Movies Directed by Michael Hoy

YouTube Ads Leaderboard Top 10's

BuzzFeed Branded Videos - Director

BuzzFeed Branded - Creative Director

Videos For Auto Brands

Pets and Animal Videos

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