Mike Winkler

Mike Winkler is a 34 year old filmmaker He currently resides in Olmsted Falls Ohio Mike was born on March 23rd 1989 at Fairview Hospital in Cleveland Ohio His parents include Traci Winkler and Michael Napier They later divorced His mother then later remarried to Mark Wanyerka in 1993 Movies have always been Mikes passion The first movie that truly inspired him was Star Wars A New Hope Since he was 5 years old he has been interested in movies and hasnt stopped since In fact he remembers the first film he ever saw at the theater It was Jurassic Park at the now closed down Berea theater His grandparents took him to see it when he was only five He wasnt scared one bit by it As years went on movies lingered in his mind His grandfather Paul gave him his first camcorder when he was 10 And so it began He gathered his friends in the yard and started shooting his own movies Including kung fu and Star Wars fanfilms At first his dream was to be an actor But as time went on He came to enjoy his time behind the camera more fun and interesting He loved directing and staging scenes This was it He knew this is what he wanted to do Direct his own films So as time went on he was making films But without scripts He started just brainstorming ideas and putting them on camera As he got older he decided it was time to learn how to develop a screenplay With that The Agency was born He completed his first screenplay for Pursuit of the Ares Virus in July of 2009 Casting began and the cameras started rolling on his first big production It shot from August to December of 2009 Released in January of 2010 Later he went on to produce two more sequels to create the trilogy His first movie series was complete Although his creative team changed from Agency 2 to 3 He held things together and now has teamed up with friends Stephanie Leonard and Jason GorzeAfter all three trilogy films were complete finally in January of 2011 It was time to move on with a new idea He wanted to do a thriller Deceived was created and released this past July Now he is currently in the process of making Time Travelers due out this summer Many more films are to come from Mike This is only the beginning Mike makes films for the sheer passion and pleasing and giving entertainment to the world He hopes to be successful and make the best movies he is capable of In Mike own words he says This is only the beginning