Michael Leavy

To put it simply, Michael Leavy was born a filmmaker. Ever since he learned what a movie was he has dreamed of making them. Fortunately, it didn’t take long for that dream to become a reality. Michael began shooting his own films and taught himself how to edit at an early age and has perfected his craft ever since. From the early days of using a paper-towel roll to scroll credits, all the way through mastering Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere, his passion has never left. Michael almost single-handedly ran his high school’s television studio; anchoring the show each morning and creating more skits and short films than anyone else in the studio’s history. Michael received his Bachelor’s Degree in TV & Film from Saint John’s University and also took graduate classes to further his knowledge. In 2010 Michael Leavy, along with his brother Jason Leavy and Steven Della Salla, established a production company, Fuzz on the Lens Productions. In 2014 Fuzz on the Lens’ received worldwide fame with their viral ‘Staten Island Clown” publicity stunt. Michael has directed/produced a comedy/fantasy entitled “Abnormal Attraction” starring Malcom McDowell, Gilbert Gottfried, Tyler Mane, Leslie Easterbrook, and academy award nominee Bruce Davison. Michael is most known for starring as ‘Will the Exterminator’ in the now cult classic original ‘Terrifier”. More recently, Michael was one of the Producers and the Assistant Director of the Top 10 Box Office success, “Terrifier 2” and is currently Directing / Producing Fuzz on the Lens Productions next horror feature, “Stream”, which stars horror icons; Jeffrey Combs, Danielle Harris, Tony Todd, Tim Reid, Dee Wallace, Daniel Roebuck, Felissa Rose, Dave Sheridan, Mark Holton, Damian Maffei and Art the Clown himself, David Howard Thornton.