Michael Bellavia is the CEO of Animax Entertainment, a studio that produces and markets video and interactive content. He earned his BS in Engineering from the University of Michigan and his MBA from Columbia Business School. He is a former Chair of the Producers Guild of America New Media Council, a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, a founder of Night Light Interactive and a former mentor at the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab.
He is also an owner of HelpsGood, a social media agency in Los Angeles that works with nonprofits. In October 2012, he co-founded the Million Puppet March that marched on the National Mall in Washington, D.C..
Bellavia is also an improviser at IO West (the Los Angeles outpost of IO Chicago),Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and The Second City in Los Angeles. He has been a contestant on several game shows, including Wheel of Fortune, Smush, Pyramid, Lingo, The Great Escape, and On the Cover, and has won more than $50,000 and a telescope. Bellavia is a producer with more than 30 production credits.