Michael J. Polish
Director
Co-directed films such as Northfork and The Smell of Success with his twin brother and directing partner Mark.
He and Mark burst onto the scene with Twin Falls Idaho, a story about conjoined twins written and directed by real-life twins.
His 2000 film Jackpot, about a karaoke singer, won the 2001 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award and the 2001 Seattle International Film Festival New American Cinema Award.
He became engaged to actress Kate Bosworth in 2012 and they married in 2013.
His critically acclaimed 2003 film Northfolk starred James Woods.