Background
Love grew up in Mexico City of American parents and attended Cal Arts at Valencia California.
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Michael Love
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California Institute of the Arts.
Career
In 1987 Love wrote the screenplay for the Academy Award nominated Gaby: A True Story directed by Luis Mandoki about Gabriela Brimmer, the Mexican poet with cerebral palsy, starring Liv Ullmann, Robert Loggia, and Norma Aleandro. In 2010 Love wrote the screenplay for the Spanish language film Louisiana Leyenda De Las Arcas released in 2011. Most recently, Michael wrote the original screenplay for the English language historical epic Cristiada directed by Dean Wright and produced by NewLand Films about the Cristero War in Mexico (1926–1929), starring Andy García, Peter O"Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Eva Longoria and Rubén Blades.
"Cristiada" aka "Foreign Greater Glory" was released internationally by Relativity Media and Arc Entertainment and was nominated for five Alma Awards.
Michael has made two natural history documentaries: The Santa Ynez River Wilderness (2012), Premiere 2013 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. He has also been a lecturer in screenwriting at UCSB (2001,2002) and Smith College.
Michael is also a jazz pianist and has a Bachelor degree in music composition from Cal Arts.
Achievements
Membership
From 1992 to 1999 Love was instructor for The American Film Institute"s workshop The Final Draft, and Faculty Board Member of the American Film Institute Professional Training Division.
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Nationality
United States