Michael Blizzard

Mike Blizzard is a former political & public relations consultant who emerged onto the film scene in 2014 as producer of the award-winning NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and has been licensed by Showtime, Netflix, and ESPN. His directorial debut, the 2018 experimental documentary ALSO STARRING AUSTIN, screened at the Dallas and Austin Film Festivals and played to sold out crowds at AFS Cinema and other regional theaters.

More recently Mike has teamed with Oscar-nominated writer/director Richard Linklater as producer of the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, the animated Netflix film APOLLO 10 ½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD, and HIT MAN – which premiered at the 2023 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals and became the #1 movie on Netflix worldwide for three weeks running in 2024. Mike also serves on the Board of Directors of the Austin Film Society, and previously served two terms as Board President.