Michael Gier

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Michael Gier-

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... and his film, right? So I wanted to come prepared in this military green Make It T-shirt, which you can get...

But I'm particularly wear- I'm specifically wearing Make It New York today-

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... because our special guest, Michael Gier, is, uh, promoting a film about a tragic event in American history.

And I figure, Michael, we can read a bio and get into this thing now.

Welcome, everyone, to the Filmmakers Life podcast.

We are here with a very special guest, a producer and director, Michael Gier.

He is an award-winning filmmaker dedicated to telling stories of service, sacrifice, and resilience.

Michael has produced and directed the acclaimed documentaries Wounding Heroes and Healing: The Heroes of 9/11.

And, uh, what I learned is that there's no path that is replicable for [laughs] filmmakers to be successful.

Everybody has their own path, and, um, but we can be inspired and motivated by the paths that other filmmakers have gone through.

And so I'm very excited today to introduce you to Michael Gier, who, as Emily said, is a producer and director, but also an actor, and I, I love, uh, seeing, um, on your IMDb page, it says, "Magic, singing, dancing, juggling [laughs], party clown." Like, so there's a lot of things that you...

And, and I think that's what happens when people study acting and they get into, you know...