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Michael Childers has developed a reputation as one of the most successful producers of charitable fundraisers in the Valley. The first “One Night Only” was held in 2002, with Lily Tomlin hosting a sold out evening at the McCallum Theatre. In 2006, Michael co-produced an evening with k.d.lang for the Palm Springs Art Museum’s Annenberg Theater and produced the Museum’s annual gala, which raised $550,000. He also co-produced the Palm Springs International Film Festival in 2002. Throughout his career, he has raised more than $12 million dollars for AIDS charities, museums and performing arts foundations in Los Angeles, Santa Fe, and Palm Springs.

Michael created the mixed media work for the hit off-Broadway musical “Oh! Calcutta!” He was a founding photographer for Andy Warhol’s Interview and After Dark magazines. Other Magazine covers include Dance, GQ, New York, TV Guide, Esquire, Los Angeles, Elle, Paris Match, Life, London Sunday Times Magazine, and Vogue. He created over 150 album covers and film posters. He co-authored a book, Bejart: The World of Dance. His film photography credits include Grease, Marathon Man, The Year of Living Dangerously, Coal Miner’s Daughter, Pennies from Heaven, The Terminator, Midnight Cowboy, Torch Song Trilogy, Endless Love, The Champ, and Oceans 12.

Michael’s work is showcased in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum, Chiat Day Collection, the Lincoln Center Library of Performing Arts in New York, Laguna Art Museum, the Marion Fine Arts Museum in Santa Fe, and the National Portrait Gallery in London. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Hollywood Photography at the Temecula Film Festival and the Provincetown Film Festival. His most recent exhibit at the Queen Mary Gallery in Long Beach, this past summer, was titled: “Rockin Hollywood” – portraits of rock ‘n roll icons and Hollywood legends.  He is the only American photographer to ever photograph the National Theatre in London under Sir Laurence Olivier.