Michael Budd

Michael Hamish Budd (born 2 July 1974) is an award winning Australian film actor, director and producer. Michael has Directed Primetime Emmy, Golden-Globe & ACCTA Award Winners, He is best known for playing Esmael, alongside Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) and Sigourney Weaver in The Cold Light of Day. The film also starred Bruce Willis. Budd is the first Australian of African American descent to direct and produce a feature film in Australia. In 2012/13 he directed and produced Love of My Life a horror thriller which he also stars in alongside Peter O'Brien and Diarmid Heidenreich. On 9 November it premiered in America at the 2013 second annual in the state of Oregon U.S.A. The film went on to win Best Horror/Thriller at the festival. On the 29 April 2014 it was released on Video on Demand release with Gravitas Ventures. His second feature, Life of the Party, starring Christopher Kirby comp...