Michal Birnbaum is a film and theater maker based mostly in Brooklyn, NY. She was named a semi-finalist in Pipeline Theater's PlayLab program for her full-length play with music, Yoma. Her award winning short film, Division Ave, has screened in over 30 film festivals worldwide, including Washington DC International Film Festival and NYC venues such as AMC 34th Street and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
As an actor, she has recently joined the second season of Little America on Apple TV+ (Dir. Tara Miele) and the Sundance comedic series Chanshi (Dir. Mickey Triest & Aaron Geva). Other screen credits include Unorthodox (Dir. Maria Schrader), As They Made Us (Dir. Mayim Bialik), and Nerve (Dir. Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost).
Birnbaum is a Berlinale Talents alumna. Her work was featured in the...
Michal Birnbaum is a film and theater maker based mostly in Brooklyn, NY. She was named a semi-finalist in Pipeline Theater's PlayLab program for her full-length play with music, Yoma. Her award winning short film, Division Ave, has screened in over 30 film festivals worldwide, including Washington DC International Film Festival and NYC venues such as AMC 34th Street and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
As an actor, she has recently joined the second season of Little America on Apple TV+ (Dir. Tara Miele) and the Sundance comedic series Chanshi (Dir. Mickey Triest & Aaron Geva). Other screen credits include Unorthodox (Dir. Maria Schrader), As They Made Us (Dir. Mayim Bialik), and Nerve (Dir. Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost).
Birnbaum is a Berlinale Talents alumna. Her work was featured in the Daily News, NY1’s morning show, RCN channel, and more. Her projects received the Puffin Foundation finishing grant, as well as Panavision's new filmmakers grant.
A graduate of The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, her NYC theater acting credits include plays by Molière, Chekhov and Lord Byron, as well as contemporary and original works. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Theatre and Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies at Hunter College in New York.