13 Facts About Mikey McCleary

Michael McCleary is a New Zealand songwriter, composer, performer, producer and director based in Mumbai, India since 2007.

Mikey McCleary has worked on a large number of advertisements such as for brands such as Levi's, Coca-Cola, Vodafone and films such as Waiting, Margarita with a Straw, Shaitan and Shanghai.

Mikey McCleary has released an album of full-length versions of some of his most popular advertisement jingles called TV Dinners.

Michael Mikey McCleary is a New Zealander who was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Mikey McCleary lived and worked in London for nearly fifteen years and is currently based primarily in Mumbai.

Mikey McCleary studied Composition and Orchestration at the Wellington Conservatorium of Music and at Victoria University of Wellington, then worked as a music producer in London at the Trident Studios among other places.

Mikey McCleary is married to writer and actress Diksha Basu.

Mikey McCleary began his career in the Indian industry with a collaboration with Lucky Ali.

Mikey McCleary has worked on many advertising campaigns in India, including Vodafone, Coca-Cola, Levi's, Titan, Garnier, Lakme, Reliance, Canon, Sony, Pond's and Cadbury Dairy Milk.

Mikey McCleary composed the background score and a few tracks for Bejoy Nambiar's second film, David and then turned into a full-fledged Bollywood music director for Rohan Sippy's 2013 film, Nautanki Saala.

Mikey McCleary created the background score and one track for the 2014 film, Shaadi Ke Side Effects.

Mikey McCleary has extended these 45-second jingles into full-length songs by adding new composition and lyrics so that instead of sounding like jingles, they sound like tracks from various artists that were placed in TV ad films.

Mikey McCleary has been quoted saying, 'A beautiful song is like a beautiful woman.