Mike Ott studied under Thom Andersen at the California Institute of the Arts where he received his Masters of Fine Arts degree in Film/Video. His feature film, Littlerock, won numerous awards, including the Audience Award at the 2010 AFI Fest, a Gotham Award, and in 2011, Mike won an Independent Spirit Award for "Someone to Watch". In June 2014 Mike will release Lake Los Angeles (2014) which is the third film in his Antelope Valley desert trilogy which also includes: Littlerock (2010) and Pearblossom Hwy (2012).
