Michael Cain

President | EarthxFilm

A commencement speaker and recipient of an MFA from the American Film Institute (AFI), Michael has produced and executive produced over 25 feature-length films, 30 commercials and 10s of music videos, many of them award winning projects, many following his mission to change the world for the better. 

Michael founded the non-profit Arts Fighting Cancer (AFC), produced the annual Deep Ellum Film Festival (DE/F2), among others. He was Founding Artistic Director, CEO, Chairman of the Board and President of The Dallas Film Society which hosts the Dallas International Film Festival (Formerly AFI DALLAS) one of the top 30 film festivals in North America. 

In 2013, Michael served as the first Executive Director of Earth Day Dallas which he helped transition to Earth Day Texas and in 2017, Co-founded EarthxFilm with Trammell Crow as part of EarthX.