From a very young age, whether it was driving along in his dad’s yellow taxi cab listening to stories about his Ethiopian heritage or being mesmerized by films on the big screen, Michael Kefeyalew is a writer whose stories touch upon his experiences as a child of immigrants while revealing hidden depths in everyday life. He originally studied filmmaking at Florida State University and has worked as a script supervisor on award-winning films such as AMERICAN HONEY, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS and ZOLA. He is currently attending the American Film Institute as an MFA screenwriting fellow where he’s marking his second co-writing collaboration with Kate McCarthy on The Hicks Happy Hour.