Emmy Award winner Michael Swanson is a Hollywood TV studio executive, film producer and theater producer. He is also a visionary entrepreneur and president and CEO of the entertainment company, Faith Filmworks.

As senior vice president of production at Universal Studio Group, Michael is the studio executive responsible for the production of Universal Television’s Parks and Recreation, Hacks, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Never Have I Ever, Community and Master of None.

Throughout his celebrated career, Michael has produced movies to critical acclaim including All About You, All About Us, For the Love of Ruth, To Hell and Back, Andraé Crouch: Making The Journey, Two Seasons, The Wayman Tisdale Story and Fannie.

On Broadway and London’s West End, Michael is involved with the Tony Award winning hit musical, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations and the first Broadway revival of for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, which garnered 7 Tony Award nominations including Best Revival of a Play.
After attending Princeton Theological Seminary, Michael joined NBC’s “Must See TV” national primetime sales team in New York City that sold commercial space for top-rated NBC shows including Seinfeld, ER, Friends, Frasier and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Michael earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Film, Television and Theatre from the University of Notre Dame. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife of 29 years, filmmaker Christine Swanson, and their four children.