Michelle Ray(VI)
- Producer
- Writer
Michelle Ray has been focused on the Media and Entertainment industry for over a decade. She is actively producing feature films and developing a slate of projects for RR Film Production on an ongoing basis while consulting in different capacities within the M&E space.
In 2021, Michelle and her husband, Ron Ray, sold their award-winning feature film "Trees of Peace" to Netflix, which champions women and women of color. The film will be released as a Netflix Original in 191 countries and 32 languages summer of 2022. Michelle was involved with the entire production from beginning to end and even stepped in to handle the cast and their specific diets that allowed them to lose 12-20 lbs safely in four weeks for authenticity to their roles. Michelle was the point person with all Netflix internal teams and managed the entire delivery, including all legal requirements, contracts, licensing, marketing and post production.
Michelle spent 14 years of her career with two VC-backed startups, responsible for business development and maintaining relationships with various studios and Fortune 1000 companies around the world. Some of her more prominent studio clients included Sony Pictures Imageworks, Scanline VFX, Tau Films, Pixomondo, DNEG, Image Engine, Method Studios, Luma Pictures, Blur Studios, Digital Domain, Rising Sun Pictures, MPC, MR X, and Epic Games to name a few.
With a love for TV and film, Michelle began her career as a Media Planner with NCC Media in Boston, Massachusetts and an Account Manager with KGMB-9 Television (a CBS Affiliate) in Honolulu, Hawaii.
At RR Film Production, Michelle is a Managing Partner and Producer. Michelle has written, produced, edited and created music for short films, music videos, and corporate training videos and commercials. Michelle Ray is also a Professional Fitness Athlete with the IFBB Organization (International Federation of Bodybuilding). She earned the coveted IFBB Pro Card within five short months by winning First Place at the IFBB USA's in 2012. The USA's is a national competition where 950+ elite athletes, and champions from their region, come from all over the USA to compete against each other. During her competition days, she was signed to a lucrative endorsement contract by FUSE Science, alongside endorsement deals with celebrity athletes Tiger Woods, Andy Murray, David Ortiz, Ken Griffey Jr., Tyson Chandler, Jose Bautista, Anthony Johnson, and Paul Pierce. Michelle was featured on a billboard in New York's Times Square and has made numerous television appearances across the USA as a fitness celebrity.
In her personal life, she enjoys spending time with her husband, learning new technology, filmmaking, healthy cooking, yoga, hiking, and giving back to the community.
In 2021, Michelle and her husband, Ron Ray, sold their award-winning feature film "Trees of Peace" to Netflix, which champions women and women of color. The film will be released as a Netflix Original in 191 countries and 32 languages summer of 2022. Michelle was involved with the entire production from beginning to end and even stepped in to handle the cast and their specific diets that allowed them to lose 12-20 lbs safely in four weeks for authenticity to their roles. Michelle was the point person with all Netflix internal teams and managed the entire delivery, including all legal requirements, contracts, licensing, marketing and post production.
Michelle spent 14 years of her career with two VC-backed startups, responsible for business development and maintaining relationships with various studios and Fortune 1000 companies around the world. Some of her more prominent studio clients included Sony Pictures Imageworks, Scanline VFX, Tau Films, Pixomondo, DNEG, Image Engine, Method Studios, Luma Pictures, Blur Studios, Digital Domain, Rising Sun Pictures, MPC, MR X, and Epic Games to name a few.
With a love for TV and film, Michelle began her career as a Media Planner with NCC Media in Boston, Massachusetts and an Account Manager with KGMB-9 Television (a CBS Affiliate) in Honolulu, Hawaii.
At RR Film Production, Michelle is a Managing Partner and Producer. Michelle has written, produced, edited and created music for short films, music videos, and corporate training videos and commercials. Michelle Ray is also a Professional Fitness Athlete with the IFBB Organization (International Federation of Bodybuilding). She earned the coveted IFBB Pro Card within five short months by winning First Place at the IFBB USA's in 2012. The USA's is a national competition where 950+ elite athletes, and champions from their region, come from all over the USA to compete against each other. During her competition days, she was signed to a lucrative endorsement contract by FUSE Science, alongside endorsement deals with celebrity athletes Tiger Woods, Andy Murray, David Ortiz, Ken Griffey Jr., Tyson Chandler, Jose Bautista, Anthony Johnson, and Paul Pierce. Michelle was featured on a billboard in New York's Times Square and has made numerous television appearances across the USA as a fitness celebrity.
In her personal life, she enjoys spending time with her husband, learning new technology, filmmaking, healthy cooking, yoga, hiking, and giving back to the community.