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Michael

  • 1957

    Born 'At Sea'

    in international waters – it is a long story but we’ll leave it at that

  • 1981

    Earns a MS Degree in International Relations

    with a thesis on ‘Economics vs. Politics in the Worldwide Balance of Power’

  • 1982

    Financial Analyst

    for a consumer products and services conglomerate for a year and a half
  • 1984

    Returns To College

    to study ‘Motion Pictures and Theatrical Arts’ as a Directing Fellow

  • 1988

    Directs stage productions

    of plays by Eugene O’Neill, Anton Chekhov, William Shakespeare, Wolfgang Goethe
  • 1992

    Co-founds 'Motion Pictures'

    the first mobile billboard advertising company operating on the Las Vegas Strip

  • 1995

    Establishes xAOx Media

    producing short feature films and nature documentaries, supervising the on-lining of the company’s digital assets

  • 2002

    Ten years before Apple

    launches wireless AirPods, xAOx foretells it through a spec ad (speculative advertisement) that he writes and directs

  • 2004

    Answering a personal dare

    passes the National Comprehensive Exam administered by the US Department of State for potential Foreign Service employment

  • 2018

    The first flight as a pilot

    of a Cessna 172 aircraft, tail number N21643

  • The Two-Thousands

    Oh, and a couple more things

    that merit mentioning: one, that although all of his large scale paintings have been  acquired over the years by a private collector who wants to remain anonymous, some can be seen at www.framedchaos.com

  • The Two-Thousands

    ...and two,

    that over the past few summers, every so often, Michael has accompanied select clients on visits of Europe or North America as a sui generis tour guide – after all, fluently speaks seven different languages