The opera is by composer Stefania de Kenessey. Michael Bergmann wrote the libretto and directed the world premiere performance.

David drops out of medical school to find out what life is really about. He meets beautiful women, holds a box, helps make a movie, and takes care of 21 cows. With a stellar ensemble cast including Peter Boyle, Margaret Colin, Olympia Dukakis, Calista Flockhart,   Marin Hinkle, Dina Merrill and Robert Vaughn, Milk & Money won “Best Independent American Feature Film” at the Cleveland International Film Festival and “Prix SACD” at the Avignon Film Festival.

A unique romantic comedy in which two determined teens go on a first date, struggling to find their way to each other despite their autism –and their parents.

Michael Bergmann’s latest film has garnered critical acclaim and awards, including Best Feature Film at The New York International Independent Film & Video Festival and Best In Festival at the Heart of England International Film Festival.

Tied to a Chair was an Official Selection at the Avignon Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Beverly Hills High Definition Film Festivaland the Delray Beach Film Festival. Starring Bonnie Loren and Mario Van Peebles.

Starring Bridget Moynahan, Gordon Elliott, Sarah Winkler, Teri Lamm, Ed Vassallo, Vivienne Benesch, Robin Dorian, Ryan Dunn, Rob Gerlach, Charles Tuthill, and Beth Zetlin Trifling With Fate was first shown to the public as a work-in-progress at the Avignon/NY FilmFestival in late April, 2000. Its world premiere took place at the Avignon Film Festival in Avignon, France on June 26, 2000.

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Starring Kevin Stapleton, Bonnie Loren, David Hedison and Hedy Burress, this comedy-thriller starts when a sociology professor goes on a talk show to promote her book on adultery and is surprised by the host, who confronts her with the wives of her ex-lovers. Humiliated, she hatches a counter-plot that pits her university theater department against a well-funded TV show.

Burgeon & Flourish, LLC has optioned the first of the Lincoln Speed mysteries by Jonathan F. Putnam (with the option to acquire the rest). This series of meticulously researched historical novels begins when  Abe Lincoln arrives in Springfield, IL in 1837 and follows his development as he becomes the man who became president.

Awarded Best Short Film, Whitehead International Film Festival, Claremont, CA, January 2004

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Written by Ardythe Ashley and performed by Leclanché Durand, directed by Michael Bergmann: A woman of a certain age takes notes of her invisibility to men and explains why should would rather be in bed with her books. Winner: Prix de Jury, Montreal Film Festival.

Michael Bergmann developed iMean with his son Daniel who has autism. iMean is an iPad application developed to help people who have difficulty speaking  communicate and formulate their thoughts.

A review of the Creation Museum in Kentucky, which tells the same story of Adam and Eve as many a Gothic portal, had a large budget and was made by people who believe in the story with a certainty hardly seen since the Middle Ages.