As the film's producer, production company and distributor will attest to, Michael took Exit Strategy from development through post and DCP, and even marketing—with a young crew and minimal resources—to deliver, per IMDb's MOVIEmeter™ (June 17th week) the #26 Most Popular Comedy Feature of 2012, the only micro-budget indie film listed among all studio-released product.

Producer Kellie Maltagliati, former VP of marketing for Village Roadshow Pictures (The Matrix and Ocean's Eleven franchises, Training Day, Mystic River) says Michael ''comes at it [directing] like I think any director would with 100 million dollars.''