Michael got his start by fearlessly calling 'Earl Hamner Jr.' . He has also completed a novel, "Hollywood on the Danube," about his adventures writing a Hungarian soap opera in Budapest. Russnow is working on film and TV concepts, as well as continuing to write screenplays in addition to professional script consulting through his company Ram Productions International. He is also a contributing writer to the prestigious on-line publication The Huffington Post on subjects ranging from the Writers Guild strike to politics to movie reviews and anything that particularly strikes his fancy.
Graduate of CCNY (NYC) and UCLA.
As a legislative staff member for Senator Alan Cranston (D-Calif), Michael urged the senator to call for the return of the Canal Zone to Panama.
Member, Board of Directors, Writers Guild of America, west 1990-1994.
Spearheaded letter writing campaign resulting in Oscars for Myrna Loy in 1991 and Deborah Kerr in 1994. Also spearheaded successful campaign resulting in royal honour (CBE) for Kerr in 1998.
