Michael Wiese studied photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and received an MFA in cinematography from the San Francisco Art Institute. He spent two years traveling and making films in Bali, Japan, India and East Africa prior to establishing his present home base in San Francisco. Mr. Wiese's current activities, in addition to filmmaking, include shadow puppetry, oceanography, holistic health, 'inner games' in sports, and Indonesian music and dance. [Source: Theatre Vanguard Program Notes, 1975]