The Mission

Michael Thordarson

Michael Thordarson

Producer, Director

Original ideas are not dead, despite what Hollywood and the big budged films would have you believe these days. My goal with Magical Hammer Productions is to create films that have never been made before, that challenge us and push us to that next level. As a big fan of Heavy Metal, Movies, Anime, and Video Games, I’ve always been a big fan of strange and crazy out there story telling.

I have always been enchanted by the power of film. Being raised in Colorado, I was surrounded by mountains and vast hills. I loved to explore these hills and dream about the stories that could be told. The way film can tell dramatic and engaging stories right before our eyes is something I still find amazing to this day. Growing up I loved playing with images and sounds: creating home videos and sound effects with what I had laying around. I would use my stuffed animals and puppets as actors and start to come up with my own stories. One of my early films from childhood was about a lobster that wanted to play classical instruments. From there I dove right into the world of film. Working at a movie theater I got to see a lot of free movies and I decided to shoot a film thereafter we would close. Trying to imitate what I had seen on the big screen. As a film producer, I ask myself, what is the best way to tell this story? A story can be told in many ways, my passion is finding the perfect one.