Michael Mittelstaedt is a filmmaker, educator and father. For 15 years, he has served as the Director of the Motion Picture Arts Division at Interlochen Center for the Arts, translating his career of producing and directing television and documentary in Chicago into the development of a film school for ambitious young artists. He is deeply invested in topics of community and identity as they relate to creative and personal development, and was selected to present on the topics of creative identity, collaboration and the arts at SXSWEDU in 2019.