Michael Lent (writer and producer)

[2] Michael Lent received a BA in American Studies from Hamilton College, and an MFA in Screenwriting and Film from the University of Miami.

[3] Lent began his career interning in the On-Air Promotions Department at MTV Networks where he worked with producers Ted Demme, Mark Pellington, John Payson, and Abby Terkuhle.

[6][7] In 2006, Lent co-produced the feature film Hard Scrambled, starring Kurtwood Smith, Richard Edson, Beth Grant, and Alanna Ubach.

[8] Lent also produced the feature film Witches' Night in 2007, starring Gil McKinney and Betsy Baker.

[9] In 2007, Lent's holiday humor book Christmas Letters from Hell: All The News We Hate From The People We Love, was published by Simon & Schuster.

For more than two years, as part of the UCLA Extension Arts Reach Program, he taught writing to inmates at the Chino Men's Prison.