Michael Swanson
Producer · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Emmy Award winner Michael Swanson is a Hollywood TV studio executive, movie producer and theatre 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, Good Girls, Never Have I Ever, Community and Master of None. Throughout his distinguished career in entertainment, Michael has produced movies to critical and audience acclaim including Albany Road, All About You, All About Us, For the Love of Ruth, To Hell and Back, Andraé Crouch: Making The Journey, Two Seasons, Notre Dame First Time Fans: Legacy, The Wayman Tisdale Story and Fannie. On Broadway, Michael is involved with the Tony Award winning hit musical, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, the upcoming Hippest Trip - The Soul Train Musical and the first Broadway revival of Ntozake Shange’s groundbreaking choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. This celebrated work garnered 7 Tony Award nominations, including Best Revival of a Play. Michael is currently developing and producing the Broadway and West End bound musical, I’ll Be There, about Motown’s Four Tops. 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. This sales team became the first in broadcast television to book over $2.2 billion in upfront advertising revenue. Earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Film, Television and Theatre from the University of Notre Dame; Michael was chosen by the Notre Dame Alumni Association as The Rev. Arthur S. Harvey Award recipient, acknowledging his achievements in the arts. Michael serves on the board of directors for Wedgwood Circle, FEAST, Success Through Education Program and is a member of Notre Dame’s Performing Arts Advisory Council, the Coalition for Faith and Media and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. A South Side of Chicago native, Michael resides in Los Angeles with his wife, filmmaker Christine Swanson, and their four children.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Producer
- 4 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are Michael Swanson's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Michael Swanson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Michael Swanson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Albany Road(2024)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Betty & Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Fannie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
For the Love of Ruth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
To Hell and Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
The Wayman Tisdale Story(2011)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)Derby in Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
All About Us(2007)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
All About You(2001)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles from 2001 to 2024.
How do Michael Swanson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Divisive.
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive2
- Mixed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Michael Swanson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Michael Swanson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christine Swanson shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Christine SwansonShared titles: Albany Road (2024), All About Us (2007), All About You (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Christine Swanson
Actors
- Renée Elise GoldsberryShared titles: Albany Road (2024), All About You (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Renée Elise Goldsberry
Producers
- Abe Thompson Jr.Shared titles: Albany Road (2024), The Wayman Tisdale Story (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Abe Thompson Jr.
Mixed roles
- Grisha AlasadiShared titles: Albany Road (2024), All About Us (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Grisha Alasadi