MICHAL BIRNBAUM
actor | writer
Michal Birnbaum is a film and theater maker based mostly in Brooklyn, NY. She has recently joined the cast of Little America (Apple TV) and the comedic series Chanshi (Sundance). Other screen credits include Unorthodox (Netflix), As They Made Us (Dir. Mayim Bialik), and Unaccustomed Earth (Netflix).
As a writer, 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.
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.
Michal Birnbaum is a film and theater maker based mostly in Brooklyn, NY. She has recently joined the cast of Little America on (Apple TV) and the comedic series Chanshi (Sundance). Other screen credits include Unorthodox (Netflix), As They Made Us (Dir. Mayim Bialik), and Nerve (w/ Emma Roberts).
As a writer, 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.
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.