Mike Syers

Experience

1. Director & Producer

   Documentary Filmmaker

   Sep 2020 — Present · Provincetown, MA

   Mike is a Provincetown, MA-based award winning documentary filmmaker & has a long history of national & local non-profit & LGBTQ+ leadership & activism. He is founder of a Provincetown filmmakers collaborative focused on expanding community among filmmakers connected to Americas Oldest Art Colony. Before turning his talent to filmmaking Mike was a senior partner at the global firm Ernst & Young. During 35 year career he co-founded EY’s LGBTQ group in early becoming the first publicly open gay partner at EY and worked with other top tier global companies on LGBTQ workplace matters. He worked with President Obama’s administration and met directly with then Vice-President Biden to help shape the White House’s equality policy, including championing marriage equality. He has served as an advisor for Out Leadership, the Clinton Global Initiative and the United Nations on matters of LGBTQ workplace & human rights. His most recent film THERE ARE THINGS TO DO about LGBTQ+ activist Urvashi Vaid has been programmed at 50+ film festivals on 5 continents, as well as represented by a world leading global educational film distributor. The film & discussion guide is available at no cost for local community screenings at over 400 LGBTQ+ Centers.More information at ThereAreThingsToDo.com

Education

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  EY Executive Program

  2005

• Maine Media

  Documentary Filmmaking

  2020

• New York University

  Business & Accounting

  1985