Michael Gavrilov

I’m a music producer and filmmaker originally from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, born in 1997. I started teaching myself piano when I was 10 — just out of pure curiosity and love for creating music. By the time I was 15, I was messing around with GarageBand, which quickly turned into using professional DAWs in 2016 as I got more serious about producing music and making short films.

At 21, I decided to really commit to the creative path, focusing on both music and video production. Since then, I’ve been building my skills, working on projects with other creators, and always looking for new ways to tell stories through sound and visuals.

A person with long hair looking down inside a dimly lit space, with a wet windshield in the background.

Film Production:

A person in a protective suit and helmet working on a device outdoors at night, illuminated by a small lamp, with tall illuminated posts and trees in the background.

A short film directed by Daniel Datsko that we filmed in the mountains, at an old abandoned saw mill near Dinkey Creek.

  • Co-Editor

  • BTS Video

sunflower (2018)

A man wearing sunglasses, a cap, and a jacket, sitting and smoking next to a small vintage television with an antenna, outside a house with the number 9000 on it.

A music video for OG Dayv, an exceptional artist out of the Bay Area that has been putting out music diligently and honing his craft for over 20 years.

  • Co-Editor

  • Gaffer & Grip

Goku (2018)

A woman with dark hair, wearing a tan shirt, standing with crossed arms inside a building with warm lighting and arches, looking to her right.

Stanley Williams is a talented director from Hanford, California. This short film written by him delves into the haunting effects of sleep paralysis and hallucinations.

  • Gaffer & Grip

  • BTS video

restricted (2019)

A man with facial hair is illuminated by red and blue lighting in a dark space.

Falling is a dreamy pop song that we filmed and edited a music video for, the track was produced, written, and performed by Jorge A. Ramirez.

  • Editor

  • Co-Director of Photography

  • Gaffer & Grip

falling (2020)

A person underwater with dark, wet hair and pale skin, illuminated by green and red lighting, in a dark setting.

Anxiety directed by and starring myself, was shot almost entirely under water. It offers an abstract perspective of the overwhelming mental strain of a person’s mind.

  • Writer & Director

  • Producer

  • VFX & Editing

  • Score Producer

anxiety (2021)

A woman with dark, curly hair holds her neck with her eyes closed, appearing distressed, illuminated by blue and purple lighting.

Directed by Stanley Williams, Nova follows an aspiring professional wrestler through the falling-out between her and the promoter.

  • Gaffer & Grip

  • Production Assistant

nova (2022)

A young person with short dark hair, glasses, and a nose piercing leans against a black metal railing with string lights, looking pensively to the side inside a dimly lit space.

A short student film written and directed by Jorge A. Ramirez. It explores loneliness and longing through the eyes of the protagonist.

  • Gaffer

  • Grip

solo (2022)

A woman with red hair smiling and shielding her eyes from the sun with her hand outdoors, with trees and sky in the background.

A missed connection between strangers is the focus of this ‘slice of life’ short film, written and directed by Jorge A. Ramirez.

  • Actor

  • 1st AC

i’ve got a feeling (2023)

Two men are arguing intensely in a cluttered shed, with one man grabbing the other by the collar. The shed has shelves filled with various tools and supplies, and a window letting in natural light.

Jorge A. Ramirez’s modern western displays a messy reunion between two estranged brothers and the fallout that comes of it.

  • Visual Effects

  • Production Assistant

dire wolf (2026)

Close-up of a man wearing sunglasses and a white cap, with a smartphone in his right hand.

The beginnings of Trevor Hinojosa’s dedicated lifestyle, a marathon and trail runner based in Culver City.

  • Co-Director of Photography

  • Co-Editor

@dropthehammers ig reel (2025)