Michael Frislev
1995 Mr. Frislev co-founded Nomadic Pictures with Mr. Oakes. Mr. Frislev was an Executive Producer of Hugo Pool, Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Allysa Milano, Malcom McDowell, directed by Robert Downey, Sr. which was distributed theatrically both domestically and internationally and premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival.
In 1997, Michael Produced Ebenezer Jack Palance, Rick Schroder. In 1999, Michael was Executive Producer The Art of Murder Michael Moriarty, Joanna Pacula.
In 2001, Mr. Frislev Produced with his partner, Mr. Oakes two films; Snowbound, starring Erika Eleniak, Monica Schnarre, Peter Dobson and Jann Arden, and Cover Story starring Jason Priestley, Elizabeth Berkely and Costas Mandylor.
In 2002, Mr. Frislev, with his partner Mr. Oakes Produced The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie starring James Caan, Gena Rowlands, Kevin Zegers, David Schofield, Leslie Hope and Cameron Daddo for which Mr. Frislev and Mr. Oakes won Producer Emmy awards. Mr. Frislev and Mr. Oakes also produced Don’t Call Me Tonto staring David Hasselhoff, Gordon Tatoosis and Michael Moriarty.
In 2003, Mr. Frislev , with his partner Mr. Oakes Produced The Legend of Butch and Sundance starring David Rogers, Ryan Browning, Rachelle Lefevre and Michael Biehn. In addition Mr. Frislev and Mr. Oakes Produced a 6x1hr reality series Hooked Up with Tara McCool hosting. Mr. Frislev with his partner Mr. Oakes also Produced Going Down: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Saul Rubinek and Robert Davi.
In 2004 Mr. Frislev with Mr. Oakes produced Man In The Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story starring Flex Alexander, Eugene Clark and Peter Onorati as well as Lies My Mother Told Me starring Joely Richardson, Hayden Panettiere and Colm Feore.
In 2005 Mr. Frislev produced Gobshite starring Andy Curtis and Brendan Dempsey and Mr. Frislev with Mr. Oakes produced Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story starring Jamie Gertz and Ernie Hudson as well as Broken Trail a 2 x 2 hr miniseries starring Robert Duvall, Thomas Haden Church and Greta Schacchi, directed by Walter Hill. Mr. Frislev also produced a feature called Trapped Ashes directed by Ken Russell, Monte Hellman, John Gaeta, Sean Cunningham and Joe Dante.
In 2006 Mr. Frislev with Mr. Oakes produced I Dream of Murder starring Jolene Blalock and Martin Cummins and The Mermaid Chair based on the best selling novel by Sue Monk Kidd starring Kim Basinger, Bruce Greenwood, Alex Carter and Roberta Maxwell. STRAIGHT EDGE directed by Christian Duguay starring Mila Kunis, Gregory Smith, Peter Stormare, BIG CITY a 12 week theatrical film financed and co-produced by France’s GAUMONT, and DON’T CRY NOW directed by Jason Priestley starring Leslie Hope, Cameron Bancroft, and Jason Priestley.
In 2007, Mr. Frislev with Mr. Oakes started the year off producing Christmas Miracle starring Jami Gertz and Dylan Walsh and Wednesday’s Child starring Victoria Pratt and Ari Cohen. This was followed up with The Cycle starring Daryl Hanna, 45 RPM starring Michael Madsen, Amanda Plummer, August Schellenberg and Kim Coates and The Other Woman starring Josie Bissett and Jason Priestley.
2008 started off in early January for A Very Merry Daughter Of The Bride, starring Joanna Garcia, Helen Shaver, Kenneth Welsh, Lucas Bryant and Luke Perry, directed by Leslie Hope, Flirting with 40 starring Heather Locklear, Robert Buckley and Confessions of a Go-Go Girl starring Chelsea Hobbs, Sarah Carter, Corbin Bersen, and Rachel Hunter, and THE LAST RITES OF RANSOM PRIDE starring Scott Speedman, Dwight Yoakam, Kris Kristofferson, Lizzy Caplan, Jon Foster, Jason Priestley, Earl Brown and Peter Dinkledge.
In August of 2008, Mr. Frislev was elected to the board of the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association.
Mr. Frislev received a degree in Motion Picture Production from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, 1985.