Mike Rutkowski graduated from the Los Angeles Film School in 2008. Since then Mike has gone on to write and direct a short film entitled Purgatory Monologues. The short went on to screen at the Cannes film festival and won best student short at the New York International Independent Film Festival in 2009. For the past four years Mike has gone on to work in the production department for Film, TV and New Media projects. He has worked with such Filmmakers as Christopher Nolan, The Coen Brothers, David Ayer, Steven Brill and Wally Pfister. Mike has also worked with such actors and actresses as: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Jeff Bridges, Tom Hardy, Seth Rogan, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jason Bateman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Brolin, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Cranston, Kristen Wiig, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Banks, Patrick Wilson, Selena Gomez, Michael Cera, Heather Graham, Bill Hader, Michael Caine, Zach Galifianakis, Milla Jovovich, Morgan Freeman, Liv Tyler, Gary Oldman and Will Arnett. Mike is continuing on his filmmaking journey by directing his first feature film, a paranormal horror thriller entitled THE HOUSE OF LIZZIE BORDEN. The film is expected to be released early 2014 through ITN distribution.