Michael Hartson was an actor, writer and producer. A graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University, Michael was a partner in Resurgence Films with producer Kimberly Calhoun Boling and director Walter von Huene. He was a founding member of the Onstage Theater Company in Los Angeles with Tony Award Winner Mel Shapiro. Michael was raised in the heart of the Finger Lakes on the shores of Canandaigua Lake in upstate New York.