Michael Dailey is an award-winning Irish-American director, editor, and screenwriter best known for his short "The Backpack" and premier feature Turner Risk. Dailey filmed his first award-winning shorts at an early age: "Twister," about a tornado sweeping through a summer camp, and "Quietus," which focused on youth gangs during a small town religious conflict. Recently, while teaching film to future filmmakers, Dailey studied with screenwriting gurus Syd Field and William Goldman. Soon afterwards he began designing his first independent production, the short "The Backpack" (2012), in which two innocents inadvertently become involved in the fallout of a domestic terrorism attack. But Turner Risk (2019), his first feature, would prove to be the culmination of all his filmmaking experiences. In 2011 Dailey co-founded Phenomenon Filmworks - an independent film studio created by 2 actors, 2 screenwriters, and 2 directors - its mission to develop projects that embrace open, diverse casting and thoroughly original storylines showcasing intensive acting.