Description
With a wide-ranging film production background in commercials, music videos, documentaries, political media, comedy shorts, live events, and short subjects, the Director/CEO of MCfilmworks and Beach Street Entertainment, and a creative partner in Morning Dew Pictures, MICHAEL McNAMARA, combines vast production experience with the cutting edge technologies, compelling storytelling, and evocative visual style to produce some of the best looking and most original content on television.
As a Director and Producer, with an undying love of and passion for music television programming, Michael was instrumental in such music series as The Road, CMT Crossroads, VH1’s Behind The Music, VH1 Inside Out, BTM2, At The Ryman, Grand Opry Live, CMT Got Me In With The Band, MTV’s The Road Home: Destiny’s Child, Live From The Wildhorse, and This Is series for NBC.
He produced and directed music specials as diverse as Where Music Meets Film: Live from Sundance, The Jon Brion Show, Feel Like Home: Norah Jones, 100 Miles Or More: Alison Krauss, Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk: Rufus Wainwright, Will The Circle Be Unbroken for PBS, Disney’s Dwight Live: Dwight Yoakum, Stone Country, MTV’S All-Star Update, Where Christmas Goes: Sawyer Brown & Friends, Peace In The Valley, Dancin’ With Thunder, A Star Spangled Country, Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute To ZZ Top, Brand New Year: SheDaisy & Friends, Players, CBS’ The Women of Country, The Roots of Country: Nashville Celebrates The Ryman, Hello Darlin’: A Tribute to Conway Twitty, CMT’s Country Freedom Concert, and many more.
He is responsible for directing and/or producing well as a wide variety of reality series, including Baldwin Hills, Harlem Heights, The Real Housewives of Miami, Country’s Most Shocking, American Candidate, Final Fu, Fast Living, Set In Skin, Totally Onsessed, The Ryan Seacrest Interview, Paint Misbehavin’, Party at The Palms, On The Wings of Glory: Red Bull Flugtag, American Underground, and more, as well as the Don Was hosted Links and Wasmopolitan Dance Party for My Damn Channel.