Mr. Michael Zimmer

Michael teaches writing at National University and is developing several new courses on artificial intelligence, as well as one on storytelling & leadership. He chairs the School of Arts, Letters, & Sciences (SOALS) AI Strategy Group, and helped start a non-profit that aims to facilitate the growth of a more inclusive economy. As a screenwriter, Michael has developed projects at Paramount+, CBS Television Studios, Blumhouse, and Gunpowder & Sky, among others. He also co-directed and produced an award-winning feature documentary, The Entertainers, about the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest. In addition, Michael's fiction has appeared in Pithead Chapel, Crack the Spine, Akashic Books’ Mondays Are Murder, and more.