
Quarterfinalist, 2025 JumpStart Writing Competition
BIO
After throwing all his belongings into a car and moving across the country, MICHAEL SARROW found work at a production company repping A-list feature directors for commercial campaigns. He used this experience to write and direct the darkly-comedic microbudget crime thriller SMILE AS YOU KILL, available now on Amazon, Tubi, and other services where he forgot his password. His writing has placed at Roadmap Writers, Final Draft Big Break, Austin Film Festival, Nicholl, and was Top 1% at Coverfly (RIP).