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Michael Dault

Michael Dault is an American writer, director, producer and actor. Michael was born in the state of Virginia and raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. His hometown is Republic, Michigan.

He had a short stint in professional baseball in the Baltimore Orioles organization as a bullpen catcher.

From there he began his media career working for newspapers, television and radio stations. Later, he transitioned into online and print sports journalism^[1]. In 2006, he founded his own film and television production company TipToe Productions^[2], which he presently owns and operates. This has led to collaborating on award-winning projects and various producing, directing, screenwriting, and acting roles.^[3]

The Sons of Summer^[4] was Michael's debut novel in 2017, which was originally supposed to be a film^[5]. He followed this up with his second novel, Cold Run in 2021^[6], both of which take place in Michigan, specifically the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, which Michael bases many of his stories off of. Both of his novels earned him enough money to create his first documentary, Hobby Hustle^[7], which explored the good and bad of the sports trading card and memorabilia hobby.

References

Sports Illustrated - Q & A With Michael Dault, Director of Sports Card Documentary "Hobby Hustle"

Film Threat - Hobby Hustle Review

Republic native returns to U.P. with sports documentary

Menominee man's documentary to premier on Amazon and Apple TV Sunday

Manistee business owner featured in new film

Sports Card Documentary “Hobby Hustle” Explores the Good and Bad

New ‘Hobby Hustle’ film explores the good, bad and ugly of collecting, sports collectibles industry

Menominee man's documentary to premier on Amazon and Apple TV Sunday

Kirkus Reviews - Cold Run (Book #1)

The Sons of Summer Baseball Book Review

Producer hopes 'The Sons of Summer' will be a baseball film for the ages '

Former World Series pitcher lending expertise in locally shot baseball movie 'The Sons of Summer'

Cold Run Book Reviews on Readers' Favorite

Cold Run by Michael Dault book review by The Prairies book Review

Film Threat Interviews - The Dark Side of Collecting

BookView Interview with Author Michael Dault

^ "Michael Dault - Through The Fence Baseball". throughthefencebaseball.com. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
^ "Michael Dault - American Author and Filmmaker". Michael Dault. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
^ Dault, Michael. "Michael Dault - Imdb". imdb.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Dault, Michael (August 15, 2017). The Sons of Summer (1st ed.). United States of America: Christopher Matthews Publishing. p. 248. ISBN 9781945146305.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ tmitsos@mlive.com, Tom Mitsos | (2014-07-23). "Producer hopes 'The Sons of Summer' will be a baseball film for the ages". mlive. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
^ Dault, Michael (October 14, 2021). Cold Run (1st ed.). United States of America: Moonshine Cove Publishing (published 2021). p. 220. ISBN 9781952439193.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Dault, Michael. "Amazon". Amazon.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "Michael Dault - Through The Fence Baseball". throughthefencebaseball.com. Retrieved 2025-02-17.

[2] "Michael Dault - American Author and Filmmaker". Michael Dault. Retrieved 2025-02-17.

[3] Dault, Michael. "Michael Dault - Imdb". imdb.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] Dault, Michael (August 15, 2017). The Sons of Summer (1st ed.). United States of America: Christopher Matthews Publishing. p. 248. ISBN 9781945146305.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[5] tmitsos@mlive.com, Tom Mitsos | (2014-07-23). "Producer hopes 'The Sons of Summer' will be a baseball film for the ages". mlive. Retrieved 2025-02-17.

[6] Dault, Michael (October 14, 2021). Cold Run (1st ed.). United States of America: Moonshine Cove Publishing (published 2021). p. 220. ISBN 9781952439193.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[7] Dault, Michael. "Amazon". Amazon.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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