After making his mark as a professional editor/videographer and writing/directing many award-winning shorts, Mike Gallant took a crew of his friends and colleagues to Cancun, Mexico, to shoot his first feature “The Duchess of Cancun.” Mike has now become a full-time feature film editor working on projects like “Clash”, the #1 film on Netflix Africa, “I’ll Take Your Dead” which stars Aidan Devin (Suicide Squad), “Still The Water”, “The Oak Room” which stars RJ Mitte (Breaking Bad), “Purple Don’t Cry”, “Vicious Fun”, A #1 Shudder Original film which stars David Koechner (Anchorman), and Eli Roth's "Haunted Museum" anthology series which will be released on Discovery+. His main goal is to direct/write a feature film for a major production company.
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Isla Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Romance A young American looking to escape his past, travels to Spain where he befriends a flamboyant French real estate mogul. Things turns ugly when he witnesses the Frenchman murder someone in cold blood and reveals that he has ties to organized cyber crime.
Home Invasion Budget: $5M - $10M | Sci-fi ⋄ Action The boss of an east coast crime syndicate uses secret alien technology to protect his house and family from an attack by cosmic invaders.
Analect Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Sci-fi A Vietnamese expat, visiting his home town of Niagara Falls, finds himself being hunted by a gang of sex traffickers after he befriends a Chilean immigrant trying to escape her dangerous past.
Terra Beach Budget: $1M - $5M | Sci-fi ⋄ Romance A high school senior in the year 2069 kindles a romance with a Hispanic girl during a summer of rising racial tensions on their home space colony.
Horseshoe Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller ⋄ Romance In the suburbs, a Mexican drug cartel closes in on a young interracial couple who is looking to escape their ties to organized crime after their final drug deal ends in murder.
Henchman Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Comedy ⋄ Sci-fi A group of bad guys go into hiding after a Henchman kills a team of superheroes their boss was destined to fight.
Cult Hero
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Film
by Collingwood Film Co.
Editor
Clash
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Film
by Diamond Pictures
Editor The journey of a young Nigerian/Canadian in his quest to find his biological father in the midst of love and a multicultural society. Culture clashes with love, reality, truth, lies and environment.
A Date With Danger
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Film
by Vortex Pictures
Editor
Riverfront Romance
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Film
by Vortex Pictures
Editor After saving up for years, writer Cara Durant finally buys her dream house on the riverbank of her hometown, only to discover a hydro dam being built right in front of it, spearheaded by the handsome and nomadic Riley Evans.
Terra Beach
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Film (short)
by Helix Reel Entertainment
Writer/Director/Editor A college freshman on summer break in 2069 returns to his racist home space colony and kindles a romance with a Hispanic girl only to realize they have gained the town's attention.
The Haunted Museum
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Television
by Discovery+
Editor Follow the frightening and hellish tales behind the spooky relics on display in Zak Bagans' Las Vegas museum, by way of scripted shorts produced by Roth and his accredited team, and with featured commentary from Bagans himself.
The Oak Room
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by Black Fawn Films
Editor
Still The Water
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Film
Editor Still the Water is a dramatic feature film about brothers who try to reconnect many years after a domestic tragedy tore them apart.
Vicious Fun
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Film
by Black Fawn Films
Editor
The Ghosts of 33rd Street
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Documentary
by SNM Global
Director/Editor Follow the love affair of the Baltimore fan base during the rise and fall of the Baltimore Colts football franchise. Explore why one the winningest franchises in NFL history left Baltimore in the middle of the night on March 28, 1984.
The Duchess of Cancun
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Film
by Helix Reel Entertainment (Drama and Romance)
Writer/Director A young man vacations in Cancun with a self-destructive ex-girlfriend whose wild behaviour spirals out of control, pushing their relationship past its limits.
I'll Take Your Dead
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Film
by Black Fawn Films
Editor
The Meet
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Film
(Short and Action)
Editor Julia and Simon are awaiting for the exchange with The League's leader. When his goons show up instead a fight erupts. As Reverend breaks up the fight he reveals information that will change everything in the lives of the two siblings.
DupliKitchen
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Television
(Reality-TV)
Cinematographer Friends and culinary school graduates Nick and Dan challenge each other to visit diverse restaurants in Toronto, let the chef surprise them with a signature dish, and then see which of them can recreate the dish better.
Miami Exposure
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Film (short)
by Mike Gallant (Fantasy, Romance and Thriller)
Producer, Camera and Electrical Department, Editor, Sound department, Director, Writer, Cinematographer Our hero, Phil, gets his hands on a brand new photographic camera. With such a great device, he has the confidence to ask a beautiful girl, Madison, to model for him. What he did not count on, however, was that Madison has a dark past that is about to get them both into a world of trouble. Written by Anonymous
Ages and Stages: The Story of The Meligrove Band
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Documentary
by Last Frame Pictures
Editor
"Best Short" Open World Toronto Film Festival
(2021)
"Best Poster" KAPOW Intergalactic Film Festival
(2021)
"Best Sci-Fi Short" Global Film Festival Awards
(2021)
"Best Director" Castellabate Film Festival
(2020)
"Best Short Film", "Best Director", "Best Editor", "Best Screenplay" Long Story Shorts International
(2020)
"Best Film" Wildsound Feedback Writing and Film Festival
(2020)
"Best Sci-Fi Short" Toronto Short Film Festival
(2020)
"Best New Filmmaker" Canadian Diversity Film Festival
(2019)
"Best First Time Director" Canada International Film Festival
(2017)
"2nd Place" screenplay at Mexico International Film Festival for "The Duchess of Cancun"
(2015)
"Best Film" at 48 Hour Film Project Toronto for "The Hat"
(2013)
Toronto Film School
(2005-2006)