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| Name | Place | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Create your Creativity | Montrose Avenue, Little Falls, Johannesburg Ward 97, Roodepoort, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, 1734, South Africa |
M. (Michael) Lee
Description
Michael is an internationally-certified creativity coach, executive coach, and NLP life coach, as well as an innovation trainer, team facilitator, speaker, writer, speaker and filmmaker with more than twenty years of experience in the film/TV industry on three continents. He is the creator and lead trainer of The Innovation Explosion, a step-by-step creativity training that has doubled participants’ creativity levels and led to their rapid fulfillment of previously-stuck projects.
A regular contributor to Medium.com publications, Michael is author of the upcoming books An Innovation Explosion, The IChing and Creativity, The Art of War and Innovation, and Burn the Box, all due for release in 2020 and 2021.
He is a member of several 4IR committees, and Chief Visionary Office of 4IR Solutions, a cutting edge change management and skills training company, as well as the Editor of the 4IR Solutions publication on Medium.
Michael began his career as a script analyst for Castle Rock Pictures in Hollywood before moving to Prague, where he co-founded the international literary magazine TRAFIKA. He came to South Africa in 1998, became a resident in 2003, and a citizen in 2015. He is the recipient of a Ford Foundation Fellowship and an Individual Artist Grant from the NY State Council on the Arts.
He was founding Treasurer of the Documentary Filmmakers Association (DFA), served several years on the Exco of the South African Screen Federation (SASFED), and is currently on the Policy Subcommittee of the South African Writers Guild (WGSA).
He has taught at AFDA, WITS, and NEMISA, and created the programme of the Academy of Television in Johannesburg, where he served as Head of School and Head of Development at various junctures.
In the film/TV industry, Michael was Head Writer for Single Mothers, a miniseries for Mzani Magic, based on his own concept. He is the Showrunner and Head Writer for the series adaptation in process of the novel Indaba My Children and writer/producer of adaptations in progress for two other South African novels. He has directed numerous reality shows and documentaries in Africa, including as co-creator of the 4x SAFTA-winning Jam Sandwich and as Head of Content for SAFTA-winning Die Foon, as well as directing Gulder Ultimate Search, Nigeria’s biggest reality show. Michael was also Executive Producer of Documentaries and Reality Programming for Abuja-based Gotel Africa. He has directed several music videos for top South African artists. He is also an approved script editor for the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF).
This year Michael spoke at events including DISRUPTHR Jozi4.0, Leaderex, 4IR Indaba, MyFuture4.0, DHL Go Teach, and AIESEC Youth Speak.
More info at www.createyourcreativity.tv and www.4ir.biz.
Contacts:
082 223 5432 michael@createyourcreativity.tv www.facebook.com/cycreativity www.linkedin.com/in/cycreativity www.instagram.com/cycreativity www.medium.com/@cycreativity
Michael is an internationally-certified creativity coach, executive coach, and NLP life coach, as well as an innovation trainer, team facilitator, speaker, writer, speaker and filmmaker with more than twenty years of experience in the film/TV industry on three continents. He is the creator and lead trainer of The Innovation Explosion, a step-by-step creativity training that has doubled participants’ creativity levels and led to their rapid fulfillment of previously-stuck projects.
A regular contributor to Medium.com publications, Michael is author of the upcoming books An Innovation Explosion, The IChing and Creativity, The Art of War and Innovation, and Burn the Box, all due for release in 2020 and 2021.
He is a member of several 4IR committees, and Chief Visionary Office of 4IR Solutions, a cutting edge change management and skills training company, as well as the Editor of the 4IR Solutions publication on Medium.
Michael began his career as a script analyst for Castle Rock Pictures in Hollywood before moving to Prague, where he co-founded the international literary magazine TRAFIKA. He came to South Africa in 1998, became a resident in 2003, and a citizen in 2015. He is the recipient of a Ford Foundation Fellowship and an Individual Artist Grant from the NY State Council on the Arts.
He was founding Treasurer of the Documentary Filmmakers Association (DFA), served several years on the Exco of the South African Screen Federation (SASFED), and is currently on the Policy Subcommittee of the South African Writers Guild (WGSA).
He has taught at AFDA, WITS, and NEMISA, and created the programme of the Academy of Television in Johannesburg, where he served as Head of School and Head of Development at various junctures.
In the film/TV industry, Michael was Head Writer for Single Mothers, a miniseries for Mzani Magic, based on his own concept. He is the Showrunner and Head Writer for the series adaptation in process of the novel Indaba My Children and writer/producer of adaptations in progress for two other South African novels. He has directed numerous reality shows and documentaries in Africa, including as co-creator of the 4x SAFTA-winning Jam Sandwich and as Head of Content for SAFTA-winning Die Foon, as well as directing Gulder Ultimate Search, Nigeria’s biggest reality show. Michael was also Executive Producer of Documentaries and Reality Programming for Abuja-based Gotel Africa. He has directed several music videos for top South African artists. He is also an approved script editor for the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF).
This year Michael spoke at events including DISRUPTHR Jozi4.0, Leaderex, 4IR Indaba, MyFuture4.0, DHL Go Teach, and AIESEC Youth Speak.
More info at www.createyourcreativity.tv and www.4ir.biz.
Contacts:
082 223 5432 michael@createyourcreativity.tv www.facebook.com/cycreativity www.linkedin.com/in/cycreativity www.instagram.com/cycreativity www.medium.com/@cycreativity