Years active 2000–present Name Michael Arbouet Siblings Kevin Arbouet | Spouse(s) Chery Russell-Arbouet Role Director | |
Full Name Michael Jean Arbouet Born April 15, 1971 (age 53) ( 1971-04-15 ) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Occupation film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer Website Mad Prodigy Productions | ||
Michael Arbouet
Michael J. Arbouet (born 15 April 1971 in New York) is an award-winning director, writer and producer.
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Early years
Arbouet was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, New York to Haitian father Jean-Claude Arbouet, a pharmacist, and Panamanian mother Ruth Prince, a cardiac cath lab technician. He has two siblings, Kevin and Helene. He received his primary and secondary education while growing up on Long Island. After graduating from Kellenberg Memorial High School in 1989, Arbouet enrolled at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, where he majored in Film and Communications and graduated with a BFA.
Movie career
He formed his own film production company Arbo Pictures in 2000 and since then he has produced and directed low-budget films. Arbouet broke in to the film industry with the award winning film short he directed and produced called New York Minute. This was followed by Serial, a film he produced with his brother Kevin Arbouet, Larry Strong and Alan Spindel.
He teamed up with New York native and writer Richard Signorelli on the picture, How To Grow a Fig Tree (2007), An urban coming of age movie set in the Brooklyn/Queens area with an Italian backdrop. The film went on to win the Accolade Competition for Best Short film.
Arbouet has also appeared as an extra in the film I Believe in America (2007) and in the film The Girl in the Watermelon (1993) Michael was also featured in Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011) The new work from artist David Michalek presented as part of the 2011 Lincoln Center Festival at Lincoln Center.