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MICHAEL DREW SHAW is a filmmaker, songwriter, producer, and entertainment entrepreneur. He began his career in radio and has an extensive background in entertainment consulting and media management.

Michael is co-founder of NewStar Film Productions, American Retrospects and US20 Records. Clients and partners include HBO, CBS Music, PBS, Paramount Pictures, and the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame.

He is the voice of Radicals & Visionaries, stories about entrepreneurs who revolutionized the 20th Century and Guerrilla Marketing, the #1 bestselling marketing series of all time. His extensive library of narrative works for Entrepreneur Magazine and Entrepreneur Press are featured at audible.com, the world’s largest provider of online audio.

An accomplished composer, Michael has written theme songs for Publix Diet Soda, Burger King, Monopoly’s 50th Anniversary and the MGM Grand Hotel. With long time music partner he co-produced Mick Payne's US20 debut album COINCIDENTAL DAY and recently wrote two new songs for Taylor Swift.

His award-winning documentaries include The Flight of Apollo Eleven, Distant Shores - A Tribute to Space Shuttle Challenger and the highly acclaimed PBS television series, Sentimental Journey.

Michael hosts a syndicated radio show featuring one-on-one interviews with fascinating people who are changing the world. The show can also be heard online at limelightamerica.com

Michael’s literary works include AM 1230, Unsuspecting Friends and SLIDER, The Leo Butterburger Story, an original novel now being transformed into a feature film.

Michael is a former National Association of Broadcasters Code Council board member and past president of CBS Music DataBank©.

He supports entrepreneurship through motivational projects at Carnegie-Mellon University and the Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Bowling Green State University. He also writes and co-produces a Vodcast series called THE DREAM WARRIORS - mini-biographies about American business pioneers.

Web sites:
www.americanretro.net
www.limelightamerica.com
www.unsuspectingfriends.com
www.mickpayne.com

MICHAEL DREW SHAW is a filmmaker, songwriter, producer, and entertainment entrepreneur. He began his career in radio and has an extensive background in entertainment consulting and media management. Michael is co-founder of NewStar Film Productions, American Retrospects and US20 Records. Clients and partners include HBO, CBS Music, PBS, Paramount Pictures, and the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of... More