1. Michael Arata was born on February 23,1966 and is an American actor and film producer.
10 Facts About Michael Arata
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Michael Arata began his acting career at age four and has since appeared on stage, in feature films and television programs.
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In 1989, Michael Arata began producing films, starting with his first short film "Looking For Someone".
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Since then, Michael Arata has produced documentaries, and more recently several feature films, including "Deal", starring Burt Reynolds, "The Shooting Gallery", starring Freddie Prinze Jr.
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Michael Arata recently produced the remake of the horror classic Night of the Demons as well as the action film The Courier with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and served as Executive Producer of National Lampoon's "Dirty Movie" and "The Legend of Awesomest Maximus".
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Michael Arata got his producing start in theater, and had a successful run as chairman of Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, the oldest operating theater in North America, which he returned to relevance and profitability in his three-year tenure.
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Michael Arata holds a JD degree from Tulane University, and regularly conducts seminars on entertainment law at Loyola University and Tulane University in New Orleans, as well as continuing legal education seminars for practicing lawyers.
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Michael Arata was convicted of conspiracy, 7 counts of wire fraud, 1 count of mail fraud, and 3 counts of making false statements to the FBI as part of a scheme to cheat Louisiana's film tax credit program.
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Michael Arata was the youngest chairman of the Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, a community theatre.
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Michael Arata formed Art A La Carte, Louisiana's only theatre for the disabled, and one of the nation's only fully accessible creative arts programs.