Michael Meredith

Michael Shane Meredith (born September 22, 1967; Dallas, Texas) is an American independent film director, screenwriter and producer. He frequently collaborates with German director Wim Wenders. Meredith is the son of the late former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and football commentator Don Meredith. He was the oldest of two children from Don Meredith's second marriage to the artist Cheryl King.

Career

Meredith's first feature film was Three Days of Rain with Peter Falk, Blythe Danner, Lyle Lovett, Jason Patric and Don Meredith. Wim Wenders was the executive producer.

In 2006, Meredith wrote the screenplay for Wenders' Land of Plenty, which earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Michelle Williams.

Meredith wrote and directed The Open Road, starring Jeff Bridges, Justin Timberlake, Kate Mara, and Mary Steenburgen. Lyle Lovett and Harry Dean Stanton are also among the cast. Wenders was executive producer and Charlie Sexton did the score for the film.

Alex Gibney and Wim Wenders recently partnered with Meredith on the documentary feature, "Return To Timbuktu"[1] centered on the efforts of Malian musicians trying to restore peace in the war torn Sahara.

Meredith served as producer, director and narrator of the Ice Bowl episode for NFL Films series The Timeline. The one-hour episode examines the historic game played between the Packers and Cowboys for the 1967 NFL Championship. The one-hour show features Meredith's journey over four years and nine states to interview surviving members of the Ice Bowl, and to understand more about the game's legacy and significance 50 years after it took place. The Ice Bowl features interviews with players such as Bart Starr, Jerry Kramer, Dave Robinson, Mel Renfro, Chuck Mercein, Lance Rentzel and Donny Anderson, former Cowboys Director of Player Personnel Gil Brandt, Cowboys broadcaster Bill Mercer, Meredith's former spouse Cheryl King, and more[2].

Currently Michael Meredith is producing and directing a documentary film, "First Cowboys"[3][4] on the origins of the Dallas Cowboys.

His production company, Maximon Pictures,[5] is named after the patron saint of good times and good luck.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ https://variety.com/2014/film/news/alex-gibney-wim-wenders-to-produce-timbuktu-doc-exclusive-1201125068/
  2. ↑ "NFL Films' 'The Timeline' Examines the Ice Bowl Between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys". nflcommunications.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  3. ↑ https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2017/07/08/filmmaker-son-dandy-don-meredith-descends-dallas-first-cowboys
  4. ↑ "Don Meredith's filmmaker son found an ideal subject: his dad". star-telegram. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  5. ↑ "Maximón Pictures". Maximón Pictures. Retrieved 2016-08-23.


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