A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Michael Ringston studied fine arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and upon completing his studies went to work in the film and television industry. Mr. Ringston worked for a number of studios and other Networks including Viacom. Most of his work was "on set" for companies such as HBO, VH-1, and MTV Networks. The experience and knowledge acquired during the "on set" years was/is invaluable. Since starting in the industry, Mr. Ringston has filled almost every roll in production including Executive Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Writer and Editor. His experience includes working on independent productions and documentaries such as Finding Frances, which won the Audience Award for best documentary feature at the New York City International Film Festival (2012). Mr. Ringston was the Executive Producer and Editor on Finding Francis and received accolades from many industry giants such as Martin Scorsese who called Michael to say, "the film is a wonderful character study of one man facing his own mortality". Mr. Scorsese went on to praise the films pace for creating a, "Gritty New York feel". Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Ringston also co-wrote the upcoming feature film, The Firefly.
Assistant Camera:
1994 Crooklyn
1994 The Ref
1996 Joe's Apartment
1997 Denis Leary: Lock 'N Load
Cinematography:
1994 Crooklyn
1994 The Ref
1996 Joe's Apartment
1997 Denis Leary: Lock 'N Load
1999 Big Fish, Little Fish
Director:
1994 Crooklyn
1994 The Ref
1996 Joe's Apartment
1997 Denis Leary: Lock 'N Load
1999 Big Fish, Little Fish
2016 Inventions with Intentions
Editor:
1994 Crooklyn
1994 The Ref
1996 Joe's Apartment
1997 Denis Leary: Lock 'N Load
1999 Big Fish, Little Fish
2016 Inventions with Intentions
Executive Producer:
1994 Crooklyn
1994 The Ref
1996 Joe's Apartment
1997 Denis Leary: Lock 'N Load
1999 Big Fish, Little Fish
2016 Inventions with Intentions
Writer:
1994 Crooklyn
1994 The Ref
1996 Joe's Apartment
1997 Denis Leary: Lock 'N Load
1999 Big Fish, Little Fish
2016 Inventions with Intentions
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.