With an Emmy Award for Aerial Cinematography Mr. Overstreet is also an FAA Certificated Aircraft Pilot and holds every FAA Certification available for Commercial Drone Operation. His Video Production Company, Key Productions, is licensed by the FAA to produce commercial video and still photography using aerial drones.
With UHD 4K motion picture quality cameras on both the drone and on the new, hand held, 3 axis stabilized, OSMO replacement for our steadicam, Key Productions is, yet again, a leader in the southern Arizona production community
Arizona based since 1974, this TWO time Emmy Award winner has directed over 2000 hours of live television including news, music, sports and special event coverage.
Mike directed and shot coverage of The tragedy in Tucson The shooting of Congresswoman Giffords, with live network news broadcasts via satellite and extended B roll production for the European DR Broadcasting Network. He directed the Kraft Foods promotion of their venue at Disneys Epcot Center in Florida, safety spots for Union Pacific Railroad and The Magic Mouse pilot for PBS. Add segments he shot for ABC 20/20s coverage on illegal border crossing, as well as directing music videos, live pay per view events and a wide variety of other productions for broadcast, cable and internet based television including 4 years directing broadcasts of U of A Football.
Credits include hundreds of broadcast commercials, breaking news coverage for both US and foreign networks, a variety of projects for the Jim Click Automotive Group and Clickjab Entertainment as well as 5 years directing Toyota Commercials for the Dancer, Fitzgerald, Sample agency for national distribution and 3 years directing Ford commercials for the J. Walter Thompson agency for national distribution.
