{"id":8416,"date":"2018-10-19T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T19:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=8416"},"modified":"2018-10-19T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T20:00:13","slug":"mike-messier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/mike-messier\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Messier"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8791\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8416-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/MikeMessier.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/MikeMessier.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/MikeMessier.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikemessier.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8417 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/writingmike.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/writingmike.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/writingmike.jpg?resize=696%2C463&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/writingmike.jpg?resize=631%2C420&amp;ssl=1 631w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/writingmike.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Mike Messier<\/a> is an award-winning Screenwriter, Director, TV host and Actor. Awards have included a Regional Emmy Nomination for work as Associate Producer on a documentary about Haiti.<\/div>\n<div>Recent work includes co-writing and co-starring in the\u00a0 horror film The Manor. Current projects also include Disregard the Vampire: A Mike Messier Documentary which has already won seven awards. Mike has re-imagined some of his Vampire characters into the world of Distance from Avalon and the subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/avaloniafest\/\">Avalonia Festival<\/a>, a film and photography festival out of Providence.<\/div>\n<div>As an Actor, Mike has shared scenes with Meryl Streep and Elisabeth Shue,\u00a0 Wesley Snipes and Cybill Shepherd (as her son), Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins, among others.<\/div>\n<div>Mike\u2019s TV show Messier Mantra features Mike as an interviewer and host for fascinating guests from the worlds of Entertainment, Sports, Environmental concerns and Holistic medicine. Mike&#8217;s website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikemessier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mikemessier.com<\/a>\u00a0if full of Mike&#8217;s work.<\/div>\n<div>The\u00a0 book mentioned in the interview was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bennadel.com\/blog\/1314-muscle-confessions-of-an-unlikely-bodybuilder-by-samuel-wilson-fussell.htm\">Confessions Of An Unlikely Bodybuilder by Samuel Wilson Fussell<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-j4lrse3WkY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8418\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/disregardthevampiremikemessier.jpg?resize=696%2C1076&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/disregardthevampiremikemessier.jpg?w=775&amp;ssl=1 775w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/disregardthevampiremikemessier.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/disregardthevampiremikemessier.jpg?resize=768%2C1187&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/disregardthevampiremikemessier.jpg?resize=662%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 662w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/disregardthevampiremikemessier.jpg?resize=696%2C1076&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/disregardthevampiremikemessier.jpg?resize=272%2C420&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/MikeMessier.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list Mike Messier is an award-winning Screenwriter, Director, TV host and Actor. 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