top of page
DOCUMENTARY FILM
Michael Vecchio is a New York-based filmmaker, photographer and recording engineer. After leaving a career in Finance, he first gained artistic notoriety in New York City as a composer and sound designer for celebrated Deitch Projects artist, Haluk Akakçe. After several successful collaborations with Akakçe – with shows at such spaces as The Whitney Museum, PS1, Tate Britain, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, Lightbox London, Kunstwerke Berlin, Kunsthalle Basel and Istanbul Modern – Vecchio took a position as a house recording engineer at the world-renowned Clinton Recording Studios in New York City. There, he cut his audio engineering teeth working with clients like Phil Ramone, Sting, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen and Regina Spektor, as well as countless Broadway cast recordings and major movie soundtracks.
Simultaneously, while working as an Editor for NYC music and culture magazine, The Deli, Vecchio began to shoot product reviews and recording technique demonstrations for the online version of the magazine. Soon, Vecchio was combining interests by producing music videos, including the single, “Back in the Dark,” written by long-time John Legend collaborator, Dave Tozer, for singer McGowan.
In February 2014, Vecchio was hired to shoot the cover of Mix Magazine, featuring John Legend. Vecchio went on to shoot ads and video pieces for music industry clients such as Warner Music, Universal Audio, Arturia, Focusrite and Germano Studios/The Hit Factory (including a Mix Magazine feature on the studio).
In 2015, E! News Australia hired Vecchio to shoot a NY Fashion Week special episode of “The Hype,” featuring Ksenija Lukich. Since then, Vecchio’s clientele has continued to expand to include The Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Heritage Auctions, Bandujo Advertising and Design/NYC Department of Health, and online news and culture magazine, Gothamist.
In 2019, Vecchio launched Iconic Instruments, a cutting edge music software company that makes virtual instruments from some of the most historically significant (and deteriorating) instruments of the 20th Century. Michael Vecchio's clientele continues to grow, most recently shooting 360 degree images for the NX Germano Studios New York plugin from Waves, an immersive virtual reality control room emulation for headphone mixing.
Michael Vecchio, Director
Bill Augustin, Producer
Bill Augustin has worked professionally in theatre as an actor, writer, director, and lighting designer. He graduated from NYU with a BFA in drama with a focus on musical theatre and directing. It was at NYU where he wrote his first musical, Prime Time.
He is a graduate of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, where he met composer Andrew Abrams and together they developed But I’m a Cheerleader: The Musical. Cheerleader went on to be part of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop and the New York Musical Theatre Festival where it won critical acclaim as well as the audience award for Best New Musical. It is currently running at the Turbine Theatre in Battersea, following a successful presentation at MTFestUK in 2019.
Bill has also written for Raw Impressions Musical Theatre and various cabarets. He has produced many benefits for charities including “Broadway Stands Up for Freedom!” and “The Big Gay Variety Show” for the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Bill worked with publicist Bobby Zarem for over a decade, with whom, among many other things, he helped develop and program the Savannah Film Festival from 2001-2013. He was also the Director of Programming for the first two years of the Indie Street Film Festival in Red Bank, NJ. He produced the short documentary “Marie’s Crisis” which is currently being developed into a full-length doc after garnering acclaim (and some awards) during its’ festival run.
Bill has a number of projects in development, including the screenplays Gay WingManand Ghostlight and sitcom pilot Living History which he wrote withPJ Griffith. He has also written the plays X / Y and The Wrong Son. He currently resides in New York City and is a member of the Dramatist Guild.
Michael Vecchio, Director
bottom of page