Michael Riede

Background

About Michael Riede

My name is Michael Riede. I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this and let me share a little bit about myself. I have a Bachelor of Arts in English in Creative Writing and a minor in Media Studies from Dowling College. I have been working in the entertainment business since 2011. I attended the Upright Citizens Brigade Training Center (UCB), where I learned sketch and improv. I had the opportunity to learn and work with a diversity of talented people. My experience there brought together a new insight of working as a team, building upon each other’s cues, able to weave together a comprehensive story, however fantastical or outrageous the narrative. Once my training ended, I began working as an extra on projects and became eligible to join the SAG-AFTRA union. My work in television and film has been on both sides of the camera, and I gained great insight into what it takes to get a project off the ground, the meat in between and what it takes to finish a project. In 2016, I began working as a Production Assistant. The work can be fast paced which keeps me alert. Whether I am working the front of the house or the back of it, I know it is a team effort at the end of the day. The work is extremely satisfying with the end goal being a happy client. Aside from working on sketches and scripts, I tend to write satirical reviews, news stories, and pop culture articles. I would say that my favorite pastime is immersing myself visually in stories told in film. I travel when I can and my most recent trip abroad was to Seoul, South Korea. I went alone, treated myself for my 30th. Being able to experience other cultures different from my own is a passion of mine.