Michael Wohl is best known for his role as one of the original designers of Apple’s legendary film editing tool Final Cut Pro. That software was a fundamental part of a technological revolution that democratized filmmaking and enabled millions of people to raise their voices and tell their stories.

He is also an award-winning filmmaker himself, with two decades of experience across genres, styles, and formats. He co-founded and served as the first artistic director of Bare Witness Productions, a 20 year-old San Francisco-based filmmaking cooperative where classic theatrical improvisational techniques were employed to innovate the way short dramatic films are created.

Michael’s solo films have also won awards and acknowledgments at many film festivals and competitions including the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle award. He’s been the co-founder of several production companies including Talkingstick Pictures, where he and his team spent four years documenting Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Agency; an ambitious and inspirational effort to overhaul agricultural practices for that country’s millions of rural smallholder farmers. This project was facilitated by The Synergos Institute and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Other clients include Apple, Adobe, and Pearson Education.