ABOUT
Michael T Workman is an award-winning filmmaker born in Missoula, Montana, into a working-class family where making ends meet was a struggle. That upbringing gave him an intimate view of how a profit-driven society erodes human dignity, and revealed the necessity of subverting corporate-funded narratives in order to build a system that values people over profits. His work tells the stories of working people - those who are maligned or ignored by the media - with dignity, nuance, and emotional intimacy.
His latest documentary, The Encampments (2025), traces how a student encampment at Columbia University grew into the largest global student movement since the Vietnam War, after students were violently repressed when they demanded their university divest from weapons companies and Israel. The film won the Human Rights Award Special Mention at CPH:DOX, earned a Cinema Eye Honor nomination, and broke the box office record for highest per-screen average for the opening weekend of a documentary. Michael Moore called it “one of the best docs that I’ve seen in years.” It has since screened in hundreds of theaters and universities worldwide.
His documentary Meantime (2022) won Best Short Film at Telluride Mountainfilm, Best Short Documentary at BendFilm Festival, and the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at Palm Springs ShortFest. His earlier documentary, From Parts Unknown (2018), took the Grand Jury Prize at the Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival.
Workman holds a B.F.A. in Art from the University of Montana and an M.F.A. in Documentary Film from Stanford University. He has taught film production at Stanford University and the University of San Francisco. He is currently the Board President of Means TV, the only worker-owned streaming platform.
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