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The Boy Who Loved Batman

Michael Uslan Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000

The Boy Who Loved Batman

Speaker Profile Thumbnail for Michael Uslan
Speaking Fee:
$20,000 to $30,000

Travels From:
LAX - Los Angeles (All Airports)

Primary Topic Category:
Inspiration / Motivation / Overcoming Obstacles

Secondary Topic Category:
Comedy and Entertainment

 

Michael Uslan Speaker Profile: At A Glance

Michael Uslan is the Originator and Executive Producer of the Batman movie franchise from 1989’s revolutionary “BATMAN,” through “The Dark Knight Trilogy,” to the upcoming “JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX” and “THE BATMAN, PART 2.” From his start teaching the world’s first ever accredited college course on comic books and writing Batman comics while still a student, to his memoir, “The Boy Who Loved Batman,” now being produced as a Broadway play by The Nederlander Organization, Uslan presents his acclaimed TED Talk at comic cons, universities and business conferences around the world, thrilling the fans who embrace him as one of their own.

Originator & Executive Producer of The BATMAN movie franchise, from 1989’s BATMAN to the upcoming THE BATMAN, PART 2 and 2024’s JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX; also JOKER (11 Oscar nominations; winner of Best Actor, Best Score, and 2 Golden Globes; top grossing R-rated movie of all time); 1989’s BATMAN (winner Best Picture, People’s Choice Award); THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY, including two top grossing movies in history, THE DARK KNIGHT (selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Film Registry) & THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, 8 Oscar nominations, winner Best Supporting Actor, 5 Peoples’ Choice Awards, winner Best Picture.


Writer of memoir, THE BOY WHO LOVED BATMAN (Chronicle Books), paperback edition published 2019, and BATMAN’S BATMAN, the sequel memoir; Narrator of the Audible Book versions of each book. Contributing Writer, Huffington Post. Co-Host on-air, Turner Classic Movies: “Super-Heroes in the Movies.” Star of LG Electronics commercial for LG Oled Perfect Black TV’s; Commercial for Indiana University.


Creator of museum exhibits on the history/art of comic books for The Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art (NY 2011-12); Montclair Art Museum (New Jersey, 2007-08); The Lilly Library (Indiana University, 2005); Advising/Loaning, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Costume Institute, Salutes Power of Superheroes Imagery in Fashion” (2013); Curator of The Comic-Con Museum, “Excelsior! The Life & Legacy of Stan Lee” (2023).


Appointed by Joe Biden to his task force of entertainment industry execs meeting on gun violence and movies/television; Judge, Asian Film Awards, Hong Kong (Asia’s Oscars); Advisory Board, Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership; Advisory Board, Association of Film Commissioners International; Board of Directors, Wild Brain Animation Studio.


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