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Michael Legge (filmmaker)

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Image:Legge.jpg thumb|'''Michael Legge''' '''Michael Legge''' (born June 12, 1953) is an award winning Massachusetts-born actor and filmmaker. He is known for producing ultra-low-budget comedy-horror film horror films which he writes, directs and generally stars in. Sideshow Cinema is the name of the production company he founded.

Early Life
Michael Legge was born in Massachusetts on June 12, 1953. As a youth he enjoyed watching the comedies of The Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy, however, he was also a fan of the science fiction and horror movies that were so prevalent in the '50's and '60's. He started making movies quite young with an 8mm movie camera and by high school was already making spoofs of movies such as David Lean David Lean's Bridge on the River Kwai. Legge was not just shooting and editing these films, but he was also writing and acting in them. He would use friends and family members to help make these mini productions. As he got older his films became more sophisticated and professional.

Acting Career
Legge's natural ability at acting led him to the stage, from an early age, where up to the present he has performed in literally hundreds of musicals and stage plays. He runs his own theater company in Medway, Massachusetts, which he does out of his love for the art. He usually directs these productions and has garnered a fan following over the years. He has produced, on stage, each of the Marx Brothers musical comedies. His Groucho Marx impersonation is considered by many to be very good and the shows are said to have sold out in advance before each performance. Legge has won several awards as an actor including a B-Movie Award for being the Best Villain in 1999 in his film ''Braindrainer'' at the B-Movie Film Festival. His acting as been in much demand on the stage as well as on screen. In 2000, he played Dr. Wahl in ''The Girls from H.A.R.M.!'' directed by Pat Bishow.

Filmmaking Career
Michael Legge's filmmaking career developed out of his love of the movies and of his own skill at making short comedies and off the wall films. His early movies were all shot on film. In 1987 his short film ''Squirrels'' won an award at a film festival. He contiued to produce and develope films through his production company Sideshow Cinema. With his success on the festival circuit an independent film distibutor signed him up and released many of his short and feature films on video. Currently, Sub Rosa is releasing all his films. His crazy brand of horror humor has a large following in American and overseas. ''Honey Glaze'' which was released in 2003, was Legge's biggest effort. A feature the film had the biggest budget up till that time and it had a succesful Sub Rosa release. His most recent comedy feature is ''Democrazy (film) Democrazy'' which was released January 25, 2005. It stars himself, Lorna Nogueira, Sideshow Cinema#John Shanahan John Shanahan, and Sideshow Cinema#Stacy Armstrong Stacy Armstrong. It was nominated for three awards at the B-Movie Film Festival in Syracuse, New York — Best Special Effects, Best Movie, and Best Screenplay (the last of which it won).

Screenwriter and Playwright
Michael Legge's success as a filmmaker and actor is that he also creates his own material. He has written everyone of his many films as well as writing plays for the stage. The first stageplay he wrote was ''Memoirs of a Gorilla'' which he also produced and directed on stage. Jac Publishing has published two of his previously staged plays that he wrote, ''Shake-a-spear'' and ''The Fabulous Imbecile''.

List of films
* ''Squirrels'' (1987), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''Chat for Mrs. Order'' (1987), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''Working Stiffs'' (1989), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''Loons'' (1991), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''Cutthroats'' (1994), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''Sick Time'' (1995), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''Potential Sins'' (1997), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''Alien Agenda: Under the Skin'', wrote and directed an "Alien Abductee Interviews" segment * ''Stumped'' (1998), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''Creaturerealm: Demons Wake'' (1998), wrote and directed "Dryer Straits" segment * ''Braindrainer'' (1999), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''The Girls from H.A.R.M!'' (2000), actor * ''Honey Glaze'' (2003), writer, producer, director, and actor * ''That's Independent!'' (2004), interviewee * ''Democrazy (film) Democrazy'' (2005), writer, producer, director, and actor

External links
* {{imdb name|id=0003650|name=Michael Legge}} * {{tvtome person|id=258458|name=Michael Legge}}
- Sideshow Cinema Web Site

Sources
* ''Video and DVD Guide 2003'', by Mick Martin and Marsha Porter. *''Encyclopedia of Underground Movies'' by Phil Hall. *''Making Movies on Your Own: Practical Talk from Independent Filmmakers '' by Kevin J. Lindenmuth. Category:1953 births Legge, Michael Category:American actors Legge, Michael Category:Film actors Legge, Michael Category:People from Massachusetts Legge, Michael Category:American film producers Legge, Michael Category:American film directors Legge, Michael Category:Living people Legge, Michael

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