MICHAEL GRATZMILLER
Director of Photography
Camera Operator
Certified Drone Pilot
“Never follow anyone else’s path. Unless you’re lost in the woods and you see a path. Then by all means follow that path.”
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Old Jamaica Ginger Beer: In this :30 commercial, the client wanted to portray the fun and enjoyment people can have while choosing their product. As the Director/DP, I chose to show the cast enjoying Old Jamaica while having a night out on the town. The commercial brings friends together at a bar where they play pool, sing karaoke and hang with each other.
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God. Family. Football. was filmed during the 2022 high school football season in Louisiana. Having won 14 state championships in the last 20-years, the team struggled in 2021, finishing with a 3-8 record and losing in the first round of playoffs. The show follows Denny Duron, a former pro-football player, legendary high school football coach and pastor, who comes out of a 30-year retirement from head coaching to lead the football program he founded at Evangel Christian Academy back to being a national power. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and Super Bowl champion, Russell Wilson, is an Executive Producer of the docu-series available on Amazon Freevee (premiered 9/1/23).
“I have a lot of growing up to do.
I realized that the other day while inside my fort.”
- Zach Galifianakis