Mike Boas has been making movies in Rochester, NY, since 1998. His background is in art and animation, but also works as live action editor and producer.
Through his company, Mad Dog Movies, he has produced 2D cartoon animation and motion graphics for Animatus Studio, END Films, Red Shirt Productions, Wood Entertainment, and many others. His animation work has appeared in features, short films, advertisements, DVD/Blu-ray featurettes, industrial films, and at trade shows and film festivals.
Feature credits include AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE, THAT GUY DICK MILLER (each SXSW premieres) and QUENTIN TARANTINO: THE FIRST EIGHT. He animated the intro to the Rondo Award winning MEDIEVAL TIMES: THE MAKING OF ARMY OF DARKNESS. His short film H.P. LOVECRAFT’S THE OTHER GODS has played in festivals on four continents. Boas designed and animated the Apex Award winning HELP MIKEY MAKE IT OUT, a fire safety game for kids, produced by Animatus Studio for the Prevention 1st nonprofit.
In the world of live action, Boas acted as editor and first assistant director on the experimental feature 3.14, which involved shooting in California’s Death Valley. For the drama HERO OF THE UNDERWORLD, Boas was producer, co-editor, and first A.D.
Boas teaches animation and filmmaking as a visiting lecturer at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He also teaches students of all ages at Animatus Studio’s Animation Workshop. Boas is on the executive committee for the Rochester Association for Film Arts and Sciences and is co-runner of the Rochester Writers Workshop.
Untitled Tim Burton Documentary
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Documentary
by Tara Wood
Title Animation Showcases how Tim Burton brings his visions to life using his ability to meld the ominous and frightful with a sense of whimsy.
Special Needs Revolt!
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Film
by Espocinema (Comedy)
Visual Effects In a future dystopia, a man with Down syndrome joins a rebellion against America's cruel dictator who has put all people with disabilities back into institutions.
Frenzy Moon
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Film
by Gregory Lamberson (Horror)
Special Effects Crew Six college grad students and a mysterious stranger battle a pack of ferocious werewolves in a secluded cabin.
Laff in the Dark
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Film
by Peter McGennis (Musical)
Animator, Visual effects An annual pit stop at an antique shop uncovers the charm of a legendary amusement park, its mysterious matriarch and some unforgettable divas of the midway.
Manodrome
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Film
by John Trengove
Special Effects Crew Conflicted about his girlfriend's pregnancy, Ralphie's life spirals out of control when he meets a mysterious family of men.
Clowns In The Woods
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Film
by Espocinema (Horror)
Special Effects, Visual Effects, Assistant editor Marcus, a young man with a disability, is bullied and killed after a prank goes wrong. In the afterlife, he meets a group of ghostly clowns who help him exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
Fatal Influence
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Film
by MarkoftheLaw (Horror)
Sound recordist A social-media ambassador assembles a class of rising influencers. To gain followers they enter into a dangerous game of chance with a mysterious shadowy power, until all that remains is the content they were willing to die for.
Topside
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Film
by Logan George, Celine Held (Drama)
Special Effects Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home.
Castrate Me
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Film (short)
by Jason Ray (Music)
Producer Heavy metal musicians find themselves being replaced by homicidal monsters in this music video for Godbombs. With puppets!
3.14...
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Film
by G. Gotham Smith (Fantasy)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Editor Three guys, stuck in a life rut, run out of gas in the middle of the desert, where they meet magic burros, Shoshone Ghosts, fire-breathing zebras, and Hot Spring Chick (a girl with recurring relationship problems).
QT8: The First Eight
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Film
by Tara Wood (Documentary)
Animation department A documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino's career and includes interviews with his frequent collaborators.
Bubble Girl
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Film
by Peter McGennis (Family)
Animation department A young girl overcomes a childhood illness with the help of an imaginary friend.
Widow's Point
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Film
by Gregory Lamberson (Horror)
Visual effects An author who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse as a publicity stunt for his next book becomes a target for powerful supernatural forces.
Your Face Global Jam
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Film (short)
by Ken Mora, Mike Schneider (Animation and Musical)
Animation department In 1987, Bill Plympton, now heralded as "The King of Indie Animation" was nominated for an Oscar for his debut hand-drawn animated short film "Your Face." For 2017, animators around the world came together for the 30th anniversary of that nomination to 'Jam' this historic milestone and celebrate his world-wide influence.
From Barefoot to Stilettos: Finding Your Yes with Mind, Body and Soul
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Film
(Documentary)
Post Production A film that follows the journey of Marie Pizano, to finding a YES with Mind, Body and Soul. Interviews with medical experts to educate and inspire health.
Johnny Gruesome
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Film
by Gregory Lamberson (Horror)
Visual effects When rebellious high school student Johnny Grissom is murdered, he returns from the grave as a revenge crazed supernatural creature.
Greetings from Tromaville
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Film
by Espocinema (Documentary)
Editorial department Greetings from Tromaville follows the history of Lloyd Kaufman and Troma Entertainment. Lloyd, along with his partner Michael Herz, founded the independent film company Troma in 1974.
Midtown
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TV Series
by Scott Baker, Tom Malloy (Comedy)
Sound department Two NYPD Cops who never shut up debate mundane topics such as coffee, cologne, and who's got a gluten allergy.
Diffability Hollywood
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Film
by Espocinema (Documentary)
Editor Diffability Hollywood is a documentary about the history of people with disabilities in entertainment, how things have changed and still can improve.
Shannon Street: Echoes Under a Blood Red Moon
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Film
by Marie Pizano (Documentary)
Editorial department In January of 1983, the city of Memphis, Tennessee was shaken to its core when two officers were kidnapped on a routine complaint call in a quiet neighborhood of North Memphis. For the next thirty hours a horrific hostage siege unfolded on Shannon Street, the final death toll including one police officer and his seven captors.
Hero of the Underworld
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Film
by John Vincent (Drama)
Assistant Director, Editor, Producer Dylan Berrick is the polished and skillful Overnight Manager of the Century Grand, one of the most classy and upscale hotels in the city. After a shocking night, when a woman named Holly is nearly beaten to death in the hotel by her boyfriend Davis, Dylan takes it upon himself to seek out Holly and become her savior, rescuing her from the drug underworld that he himself is familiar with.
Medieval Times: The Making of 'Army of Darkness'
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Video
by Red Shirt Pictures (Documentary)
Title Animation Documentary that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the cult classic film "Army of Darkness". Bruce Campbell, who plays a central role in "Army of Darkness," is featured prominently in the documentary.
That Guy Dick Miller
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Film
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary and Biography)
Animation department Dick Miller is the last of the great American character actors. Whether sharing the screen with Nicholson, DeNiro, Schwarzenegger or The Ramones, Dick has been stealing scenes since his screen debut in 1955. He has worked with some of the great directors: Scorsese, Corman, Fuller, Dante, Cameron, Demme and more. Every moviegoer knows his face, but few know his name and even fewer know his story - an aspiring writer turned accidental actor. For the first time, Dick Miller has allowed filmmakers incredible access to his life and home for this funny and unexpected story. Joining him are the directors, producers, co-stars and friends who have helped make him Hollywood's leading "that guy".
The Right Stuff
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Television
(Reality-TV)
Animation department The Right Stuff is an Outdoor Reality Television Program featuring men that are experienced in various outdoor disciplines, specifically encompassing a military flare competing until there is only one winner standing.
Comfort Zone
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Film
by Sean P. Donnelly (Documentary, Drama and News)
Animation department What kind of problem is climate change? A scientific problem? An engineering problem? A psychological problem? How do we even begin to think about it? COMFORT ZONE shows us what climate change means in our own backyards, in a country that is a heavy producer of greenhouse gasses. It is the consciousness-changing story of three ordinary Americans confronting what climate change means for us -- scientifically, economically and personally -- as the problem challenges our very sense of who we are. Honest, revealing, and often funny, the film gets us thinking and debating. Written by Anonymous
Requiem for a Beauty Queen
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Film (short)
by Wayne Coughlin (Drama and Family)
Assistant Director, Producer Hayley has been on the pageant circuit for a long time, only competing in a major once ... a long time ago. She is ready to move to the next chapter in her life and leave this behind. Now the only thing she has to do is tell her Aunt and manager, Marge.
The Ephemerol Diaries: Ein Interview Mit Stephen Lack
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Film (short)
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary)
Animation department Stephen Lack talks about playing the lead in the 1981 sci-fi/horror cult classic "Scanners."
My Sweet Schizo
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Film (short)
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary)
Animation department
Perversions of Justice
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Film (short)
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary)
Animation department
Slasher Serenade
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Film (short)
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary)
Animation department
Anatomy of a Nurse Film
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Film (short)
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary)
Animation department Directors Jonathan Kaplan (Night Call Nurses) and Alan Holleb (Candy Stripe Nurses) discuss the anatomy of a Nurse Film and other trials and tribulations, when working for New World Pictures in the 70s.
Paging Dr. Corman
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Film (short)
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary)
Animation department Producers Roger and Julie Corman discuss the making of New World Pictures famous Nurse Films series.
A Couple of White Guys Sittin' Around Talkin'
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Film (short)
by Wayne Coughlin (Comedy)
Assistant Director, Sound department Two slackers, friends since childhood, spend an evening together interrupted by a blackout discussing Life, Love, the Prom, Poultry and the Supernatural.
Mason Darby, He's Our Man!
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Film (short)
by Wayne Coughlin (Comedy)
Assistant Director, Actor A group of married men, desperate for a 'guys only' weekend, invents a story about throwing a bachelor party for a long lost friend who is about to be wed. Things get out of hand when the wives want to meet the groom before the big event.
Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated
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Film
by NeoFlux Productions
Animator
Mind Rip
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Film
by Philrose Productions
Producer
John Carradine: Galerie eines Schauspielers
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Film (short)
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary)
Animation department
Message from Earth
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Film (short)
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary)
Animation department
Getränkt in Blut! Sam Sherman über Drakapa
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Film (short)
by Elijah Drenner (Documentary)
Animation department
Ammo & Attitude
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Television
(Reality-TV)
Animation department Ammo and Attitude is an outdoor television original and the first of its kind in reality outdoor programming. A true women's only outdoor oriented reality show that is based on each women's abilities in the outdoors. This is "Survivor" meets "The Apprentice" Outdoor Style! Contestants will compete in disciplines that will range from shooting sports, various hunting techniques, wilderness survival, trekking and overall sporting challenges. A panel of outdoor industry leaders will judge and decide the fate of each individual participant after each competition. Judges base their decision on their personal abilities and skill levels as outdoor women. At the end of each competition someone will be judged off the show and will be eliminated. The final contestant will be named the champion and walk away with thousands of dollars in prizes! Written by Anonymous
The Absolutely Positively Sometimes Incredible Real Life Adventures of Theresa Maria Mastropiccho
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Film (short)
by Wayne Coughlin (Drama)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Camera and Electrical Department An awkward teen age girl receives a surprising phone call while her mother and uncle struggle downstairs with lancing a boil.
Victims of an Earthquake in Some Country or Other
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Film (short)
by Wayne Coughlin (Comedy)
Assistant Director, Art department Bill, Mary, Duane and Terri fight to bring control into the chaos of their lives in a dark comedy about euthanasia, lunch boxes and yard sales.
The Wingman
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Film (short)
by Derrick Petrush (Crime, Drama and Thriller)
Assistant Director, Art department Recently reunited buddies Don & Matt go out for a night on the town like old times. Their plans are foiled somewhat as there's not too much action downtown these days; recent criminal activity has people staying home in fear. At their favorite watering hole, Don & Matt meet Lisa, the new barmaid who just might bring some excitement to their night after all.
Boxed In
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Film (short)
by Vanessa Tobis (Comedy, Romance and Sci-Fi)
Art department Awkward lab tech Irwin dreams of one day finding the right girl. His luck changes when his boss sends him on a mysterious errand, which leads to him to an out-of-this-world encounter.
American Grindhouse
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Film
by Lux Digital Pictures
Animator
Sirens
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Film (short)
by Benjamin Radford (Animation)
Animation department A young boy in a small-town library avoids his math homework and is instead drawn into the world of the mythological Sirens, beautiful women who lured sailors to their doom.
Virgin Fang
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Film (short)
by Mike Russo (Comedy and Horror)
Actor, Editor An awkward vampire, desperate to make his first bite, gets more than he can handle from a beautiful neighbor.
The Chicken or the Greg
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Film (short)
by G. Gotham Smith
Editorial department A tale about a Buffalo Boy, a Buffalo Girl, Buffalo Chicken Wings, and the Buffalo Bills.
Unmasked
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Film
by Rochester Movie Makers 72 Hour Mind 2 Movie Challenge
Director, Editor
Croquet: The Musical
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Film
by Rochester Movie Makers 72 Hour Mind 2 Movie Challenge
Co-director, Editor
Skeletal Remains
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Film
by Subterranea Entertainment
Director
One Kill
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Film
Poster Design
The Other Gods
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Film (short)
by Peter Rhodes (Horror and Animation)
Producer A prophet who longed to look upon his deities. A daunting journey to a mountain peak. A confrontation with gods too powerful to name.
Clicker Clatter
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Film
by Ben Radford, Director
Supervising Animator
Su and Mo: Lost in Animation
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Film (short)
by Fred Armstrong (Animation)
Animation department, Actor, Writer
The Search for the Great White Ale
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Film (short)
by Dave Puls (Animation)
Animation department, Actor It is a sad day in Meadville after Derf the Viking has drunk all the town's mead. With the guidance of Loki (the trickster god) he hopes to redeem himself by finding the Fountain of the Great White Ale and returning with its supreme brew. Will Derf be able to overcome the River of Fire, the peaks of Mount Stupidity, and the depths of the Sea of Gullibility? Written by Anonymous
The Quest for Happy Hour
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Film (short)
by Dave Puls (Animation)
Animation department, Actor It is a time of great turmoil in the ancient world. Ragnarok, the day of judgement, is fast approaching. The gods have one last chance to avert certain doom. Using their unique powers, they must make one man happy for one hour. Unfortunately, that man is Derf the Viking! The world's very existence may well depend on Derf's unpredictable temperament. Will the gods succeed in making him happy for just an hour? Or are we doomed? Written by Anonymous
The Scent of Valhalla
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Film (short)
by Dave Puls (Animation, Comedy and Fantasy)
Animation department Following a delicious scent, Derf is continually defeated in his attempts to gain entrance to a castle. In the end, he is shocked to find a spread far beyond anything he had imagined.
APEX Award for Publication Excellence (for fire safety animation, Mikey Makes it Out)
(2009)
“Friday the 13th” 25th Anniversary Celebration, Fan film 1st place winner
(2007)
“Friday the 13th” Cut ‘Em Up Film Contest, 2nd place winner
(2004)
Best Traditional Animation, CalAniFest (for Clicker Clatter)
(2003)