Michael Schelp

Michael Schelp is an American writer and director, former producer of the 2008 television series Cha$e, and former executive producer of MANswers. Schelp founded the New York-based production company Spark Plug Entertainment in 2006. The company has created several mockbuster direct-to-video CGI films.

Career
Michael Schelp is the senior director of business affairs at Fujisankei Communications International, Inc. (FCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., Japan's largest media conglomerate. FCI's sister companies include the Fuji Television Network, the Nippon Hoso Radio Network, Dinos Direct Marketing, Fusosha Publishing, Pony Canyon Music & Video, and Sankei Newspaper.

Responsible for developing and selling television content internationally, Schelp executive produced MANswers on Spike TV, Blais Off on Discovery Science, Viking: the Ultimate Obstacle Course on ESPN, Reinventing the Meal on Cooking Channel, and SUPERCHEF KIDS, a web series sponsored by P&G's Bounty. Schelp was a senior producer of CHA$E on the SciFi Channel. He co-created, developed, and executive produced TILT 23 1/2, an 86-episode reality TV series that has been licensed in over 120 countries. Schelp sold Iron Chef to the Food Network and manages FCI's business relationship with ABC News, CNN, and other American media organizations.

Schelp is a member of the seven-person International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Committee.

Spark Plug Entertainment
Michael Schelp is the president and chief executive officer of Spark Plug Entertainment, a New York-based studio that produces computer-animated features for the international home entertainment and television markets. In the United States, Spark Plug features on DVD are sold at Walmart, Kmart, and other leading retailers and aired on the Starz premium cable channel. Spark Plug has released fourteen titles: Bug Bites (a.k.a. Ant's Life), Operation Dalmatian, Mee Christmas, Car's Life, Plan Bee, Spider's Web, Piper Penguin, and His Amazing Flying Machines, Car's Life 2, My Exotic Farm, The Adventures of Scooter the Penguin, Car's Life 3: The Royal Heist and Car's Life 4: Junkyard Blues''. '' He originally was going to help with Car's Life 5: The Arabian Nights, but the movie was cancelled.

Filmography

 * Operation: Dalmatian - Fun With Letters (1998) (writer/director) (piggy-back on One Hundred and One Dalmatians
 * Bug Bites: An Ant's Life (1998) (writer/producer) (piggy-back onA Bug's Life and Antz)
 * Mee Christmas (2000) (writer/director) (piggy-back on Monsters, Inc.)
 * My Exotic Farm (2005) (writer/director) (piggy-back on Madagascar)
 * A Car's Life: Sparky's Big Adventure (2006) (piggy-back on Cars)
 * Spider's Web: A Pig's Tale (2006) (writer/director) (piggy-back on Charlotte's Web)
 * Plan Bee (2007) (writer/director/producer) (piggy-back on Bee Movie)
 * An Ant's Life 2: The Insect Stories (2007) (writer/producer) (piggy-back onThe Ant Bully)
 * Sea Life Safari (2008) (writer/director/producer) (piggy-back on Finding Nemo and Shark Tale)
 * Piper Penguin and His Fantastic Flying Machines (2008) (piggy-back on Surf's Up and Happy Feet)*
 * Frankie Stein (2008) (Cancelled and currently lost)
 * Car's Life 2 (2011) (piggy-back on Cars 2)
 * The Adventures of Scooter the Penguin (2012) (writer/director/producer) (piggy-back to Happy Feet Two)
 * Wings (2013) (writer/director/producer) (piggy-back on Planes (film)
 * Car's Life 3: The Royal Heist (2013)
 * Car's Life 4: Junkyard Blues (2014)
 * Wings: Sky Force Heroes (writer/director/producer) (piggy-back on Planes: Fire & Rescue)
 * An Ant's Life 3: Party In The Island (2015) (writer/producer) (piggy-back on The Ant Bully)
 * Wings 3: Royal Battle (2015) (piggy-back on Planes 3 (cancelled film)
 * Car's Life 5: The Arabian Nights (2016)

TV[edit]

 * Cha$e (6 episodes, 2008) (producer)
 * MANswers (19 episodes, 2007–2010) (producer/executive producer)