
As a playwright Michael has written many stage plays including The King's Proposal, which was Highly Recommended in the Chicago Reader and Critics Pick in Time Out Chicago. He has appeared in dozens of national commercials, numerous short films, in many stage plays and live improvised shows. on ABC, and reoccurring roles on Conan on TBS. He has been on This is Us on NBC, Dollface on Amazon, Just Add Magic on Amazon, Alex Inc. As an actor Michael played Eugene in the film Eugene directed by Spencer Susser and produced by Roman Coppola, The Directors Bureau and Blue Tongue Films. He is presently working on an animated feature film and another animated short. The film can be seen currently on Netflix. He won an Academy Award in 2021 for the short animated film IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU with his co-creator Will McCormack - a film about parents grieving the death of their daughter killed in a school shooting. Michael Govier is an author, director, screenwriter, actor, playwright, and producer.
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He has appeared in dozens of films and TV shows including THE SOPRANOS and BROTHERS AND SISTERS. As an actor Will won a Lucille Lortel award for his performance in Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel's play "A LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME".
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They also produce KEVIN CAN F HIMSELF, a new series on AMC starring Annie Murphy. He's currently adapting Neal Shusterman's novel CHALLENGER DEEP for Disney PlusWill and his producing partner Rashida Jones produce the hit show CLAWS on TNT. Other writing credits include TOY STORY 4 and A to Z on NBC. As a writer, Will was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER, co written with Rashida Jones. The film is currently streaming on Netlfix. He recently won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU which he co wrote and co directed with Michael Govier - a film about parents grieving the death of their daughter killed in a school shooting. Will McCormack is an author, screenwriter, producer, director and actor. If Anything Happens I Love You may be a story about loss, but in it we see ourselves-in the grief, the pain, and, most importantly, in the fight toward human connection, love, and acceptance. By incorporating a wide range of characters, her boyfriend, teacher, and her cat, Rose is able to introduce healing into the lives of the people she left behind. We learn who Rose was and how much life she lived in her short time. Throughout the novel, Rose's soul seeks to help her parents reconnect. Readers follow Rose from "above" as she watches her parents slowly break down under the weight and pain of their loss. Unimaginable loss yields to the power of human connection in this simple, moving story from the filmmakers of the eponymous Oscar-winning film.īased on the Academy Award-winning animated short by the same name, If Anything Happens I Love You is a young adult graphic novel that follows two parents as they reckon with the loss of their young daughter, Rose, in a school shooting.
