The M-1 Team of Professionals
Creating the Power of Video for Your Business
Matthew Peach, President / Director
Eric Winkler, Director of Development
Michelle McAlpine, Videographer / Editor
Heather Cantrell, Videographer / Editor
Mike Madigan, Vice-President / Producer
Stephanie Bushey, Sr. Lead Editor
Octavia Olds, Videographer / Editor
Brett Meyer, Cinematographer
Chelsey Knapp, Director / Partner
David Robichaux, Videographer Editor
Kristin Noble, Production Coordinator
And numerous Video Professional partners
The M-1 Team of Professionals
Creating the Power of Video for Your Business
Matthew Peach, President / Director
Mike Madigan, Vice-President / Producer
Chelsey Knapp, Director / Partner
Eric Winkler, Director of Development
Stephanie Bushey, Sr. Lead Editor
Michelle McAlpine, Videographer / Editor
Kristin Noble, Production Coordinator
David Robichaux, Videographer / Editor
Octavia Olds, Videographer / Editor
Heather Cantrell, Videographer / Editor
Brett Meyer, Cinematograhper
And numerous Video Professional partners
Meet the M-1 Team
President | Producer
As President of M-1 Studios, Matthew brings over 18 years of experience as a business and technology consultant throughout the Metro Detroit area. Combining marketing/business knowledge with his film experiences, he brings a unique mix of business and creativity to his leadership style. Building a team of passionate creative individuals with an eye for success.
With M-1 Studios, Matthew meets directly with clients to determine their specific needs and deliver complete and custom video solutions from script to production to final delivery. Overseeing the creative team and managing client expectations. He’s built M-1 Studios as a customer service driven organization with a dedication to quality products.
Matthew credits personal success to understanding the importance of listening to customers and understanding their business needs. Not simply just “marketing” to them. As a result, M-1 Studios has grown in ten years here in Michigan to more than million-dollar production company and created direct high-quality positions for new employees.
Matthew has vast film experiences behind the camera as a Director of Photography, and a film Director. Many of his projects have screened in top festivals around the country and overseas, winning numerous awards in technical categories, and top awards in writing, directing, acting and Best Film awards. He has trained with Emmy winning producer Charles Cirgenski, and has enjoyed working with Hollywood director William Dear (Angles in the Outfield), and many other film industry professionals.
Director / Partner
Chelsey is a University of Michigan graduate who has been blazing her own trail as a filmmaker for 15 years. Since 2012, she has traveled the world working with M-1 Studios while also creating her own films, which have received awards including Best Director, Best Editor, and the Michigan Masterpiece award for her 2017 short, Lemon Eyes.
Chelsey's versatile background in writing, editing, and music have made her a strong asset on a variety of independent films, documentaries, and corporate productions.
Director of Development
Eric brings years of experience in sales, business development, strategic positioning, as well as project management in direct day-to-day contact with both existing and new clients. Eric achieves objectives by executing the day-to-day activities that drive direct results for M-1 Studios, with the focus on meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations for their video production projects in the planning process.
Raised in his family’s business serving the public, Eric left a young man experienced in operating multi-million dollar companies to start his career in professional business solutions sales. Viewing video production as a needed service through our customers’ eyes, Eric works with client expectations from a creative and budgetary standpoint to achieve the best options. Team is everything to Eric, and his addition solidifies M-1 Studios excellent business-centric, customer-service focus.
Production Coordinator
Kristin is our production coordinator with over two decades of client servicing under her belt, coupled with eight years of live video production expertise. Kristin is the secret ingredient to ensuring our clients' video needs are not just met, but exceeded. She thrives on delivering a seamless process and prides herself on being a vital support to the M-1 Studios team.
When she's not charming clients or cracking jokes with the team, you'll find her playing the ultimate juggling act: raising two teenage boys into decent human beings. Her love for all things Detroit shines when you ask her to help find a good restaurant downtown, just ask. Kristin brings laughter, expertise, and a whole lot of mom energy to the table – making her an indispensable part of our team.
Videographer/Editor
Heather first started her video production experience in high school as a stage camera operator for live music. She was editor and key grip for an award-winning social justice film in her freshman year and created videos for music events and weddings while in school. With her Bachelor’s degree in Media Arts from the University of South Carolina , she spent five and a half years on a video production team at the Rocket Mortgage family of companies creating videos and email campaigns for corporate communications in North Carolina and Michigan.
In addition to video work, Heather is also a musician well-versed in recording, mixing, and mastering. The areas she thrives in the most are video editing, camera operating, directing, producing, and internal communications strategy.
Vice-President / Producer
As Vice-President of M-1 Studios, Mike oversees many of the productions in order to ensure on-time schedules for meeting client deadlines and the highest production values in terms of video, audio, and graphic/animation design. A graduate with Master’s Degrees from University of Illinois and Purdue University, his background working for nine years with Ford Motor Company in Human Resources roles brought him an understanding of valuing employees and their contributions to helping make a Company not only successful, but a desired place in which to work.
A lifetime passion for filmmaking, Mike started in the film industry as a hobby, and quickly made it his chosen profession- working on a wide range of film and music video projects in many departments and overseeing post-production.
His varied film experience includes Director of the short films Second Gen (2022), The Loss (2019), Watch Night (2017), 48169 (2013), 4 Pictures (2010), Cadence (2008), Demeter, The Candle, Demeter: Surrender (2007). In 2010, his romantic comedy 4 Pictures screened at over 30 film festivals across the US and earned awards for “Best Director” and “Best Comedy.”
Mike also was the Detroit Producer of the internationally-renowned 48 Hour Film Project (http://www.48hourfilm.com/detroit) for ten seasons as one of the largest film competitions in the USA, bringing in over 50 filmmaking teams and 1200+ audience members every July to experience the creativity and excitement of competition-based short film creation.
Senior Lead Editor
Stephanie is a proud graduate of Wayne State University with a BA in Media Arts and Studies. Over the course of her undergraduate career, she produced several short films as well as television segments for Detroit Public Television’s MetroArts Detroit. Additionally, during this time she wrote her first award-winning narrative short.
These experiences, along with her passion for photography and natural eye for detail, have given Stephanie an edge when it comes to editing commercial content for our clients.
Videographer / Editor
Michelle graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a B.S. in Communications and Specs Howard School of Media Arts specializing in Broadcast Media Arts. She has over a decade of experience in the performance arts with theatre, improvisation, and Voiceover acting. She connects her performance background with her work both behind the camera and during the editing process to create captivating content.
Michelle has experience creating content for school districts, businesses, non-profit organizations, broadcast news, weddings, and Youtube.
She especially enjoys the editing process, as she loves to challenge herself to creatively put together the puzzle pieces of a video while catering to a client’s tastes and aesthetics.
Videographer / Editor
David is a graduate from Louisiana State University where he received a Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication. His passion for videography began in college by filming features for LSU Athletics. Out of college he began a career in radio, but videography never left his side.
Apart from being a Digital Producer for a syndicated morning show, he continued to grow his skills and knowledge in video production through freelance videography. He’s always looking for the most eye catching shot when filming and finds editing to be very therapeutic. David is constantly striving to capture dynamic footage in order to edit and produce engaging video content.
Meet the M-1 Team
President | Producer
As President of M-1 Studios, Matthew brings over 18 years of experience as a business and technology consultant throughout the Metro Detroit area. Combining marketing/business knowledge with his film experiences, he brings a unique mix of business and creativity to his leadership style. Building a team of passionate creative individuals with an eye for success.
With M-1 Studios, Matthew meets directly with clients to determine their specific needs and deliver complete and custom video solutions from script to production to final delivery. Overseeing the creative team and managing client expectations. He’s built M-1 Studios as a customer service driven organization with a dedication to quality products.
Matthew credits personal success to understanding the importance of listening to customers and understanding their business needs. Not simply just “marketing” to them. As a result, M-1 Studios has grown in ten years here in Michigan to more than million-dollar production company and created direct high-quality positions for new employees.
Matthew has vast film experiences behind the camera as a Director of Photography, and a film Director. Many of his projects have screened in top festivals around the country and overseas, winning numerous awards in technical categories, and top awards in writing, directing, acting and Best Film awards. He has trained with Emmy winning producer Charles Cirgenski, and has enjoyed working with Hollywood director William Dear (Angles in the Outfield), and many other film industry professionals.
Vice-President / Producer
As Vice-President of M-1 Studios, Mike oversees many of the productions in order to ensure on-time schedules for meeting client deadlines and the highest production values in terms of video, audio, and graphic/animation design. A graduate with Master’s Degrees from University of Illinois and Purdue University, his background working for nine years with Ford Motor Company in Human Resources roles brought him an understanding of valuing employees and their contributions to helping make a Company not only successful, but a desired place in which to work.
A lifetime passion for filmmaking, Mike started in the film industry as a hobby, and quickly made it his chosen profession- working on a wide range of film and music video projects in many departments and overseeing post-production.
His varied film experience includes Director of the short films Watch Night (2017), 48169 (2013), 4 Pictures (2010), Cadence (2008), Demeter, The Candle, Demeter: Surrender (2007), and Caught (2006). In 2008-2009, his short film Cadence screened at over 14 film festivals including the Staten Island Film Festival (New York) and The Big Island Film Festival (Hawaii). In 2010, his romantic comedy 4 Pictures screened at over 30 film festivals across the US and earned awards for “Best Director” and “Best Comedy.”
Mike also was the Detroit Producer of the internationally-renowned 48 Hour Film Project (http://www.48hourfilm.com/detroit) for nine seasons as one of the largest film competitions in the USA, bringing in over 50 filmmaking teams and 1200+ audience members every July to experience the creativity and excitement of competition-based short film creation.
Director / Partner
Chelsey is a University of Michigan graduate who has been blazing her own trail as a filmmaker for 15 years. Since 2012, she has traveled the world working with M-1 Studios while also creating her own films, which have received awards including Best Director, Best Editor, and the Michigan Masterpiece award for her 2017 short, Lemon Eyes.
Chelsey's versatile background in writing, editing, and music have made her a strong asset on a variety of independent films, documentaries, and corporate productions.
Senior Lead Editor
Stephanie is a proud graduate of Wayne State University with a BA in Media Arts and Studies. Over the course of her undergraduate career, she produced several short films as well as television segments for Detroit Public Television’s MetroArts Detroit. Additionally, during this time she wrote her first award-winning narrative short.
These experiences, along with her passion for photography and natural eye for detail, have given Stephanie an edge when it comes to editing commercial content for our clients.
Director of Development
Eric brings years of experience in sales, business development, strategic positioning, as well as project management in direct day-to-day contact with both existing and new clients. Eric achieves objectives by executing the day-to-day activities that drive direct results for M-1 Studios, with the focus on meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations for their video production projects in the planning process.
Raised in his family’s business serving the public, Eric left a young man experienced in operating multi-million dollar companies to start his career in professional business solutions sales. Viewing video production as a needed service through our customers’ eyes, Eric works with client expectations from a creative and budgetary standpoint to achieve the best options. Team is everything to Eric, and his addition solidifies M-1 Studios excellent business-centric, customer-service focus.
Videographer / Editor
Michelle graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a B.S. in Communications and Specs Howard School of Media Arts specializing in Broadcast Media Arts. She has over a decade of experience in the performance arts with theatre, improvisation, and Voiceover acting. She connects her performance background with her work both behind the camera and during the editing process to create captivating content.
Michelle has experience creating content for school districts, businesses, non-profit organizations, broadcast news, weddings, and Youtube. She especially enjoys the editing process, as she loves to challenge herself to creatively put together the puzzle pieces of a video while catering to a client’s tastes and aesthetics.
Production Coordinator
Kristin is our production coordinator with over two decades of client servicing under her belt, coupled with eight years of live video production expertise. Kristin is the secret ingredient to ensuring our clients' video needs are not just met, but exceeded. She thrives on delivering a seamless process and prides herself on being a vital support to the M-1 Studios team.
When she's not charming clients or cracking jokes with the team, you'll find her playing the ultimate juggling act: raising two teenage boys into decent human beings. Her love for all things Detroit shines when you ask her to help find a good restaurant downtown, just ask. Kristin brings laughter, expertise, and a whole lot of mom energy to the table – making her an indispensable part of our team.
Videographer / Editor
David is a graduate from Louisiana State University where he received a Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communication. His passion for videography began in college by filming features for LSU Athletics. Out of college he began a career in radio, but videography never left his side.
Apart from being a Digital Producer for a syndicated morning show, he continued to grow his skills and knowledge in video production through freelance videography. He’s always looking for the most eye catching shot when filming and finds editing to be very therapeutic. David is constantly striving to capture dynamic footage in order to edit and produce engaging video content.
Videographer/Editor
Heather first started her video production experience in high school as a stage camera operator for live music. She was editor and key grip for an award-winning social justice film in her freshman year and created videos for music events and weddings while in school. With her Bachelor’s degree in Media Arts from the University of South Carolina , she spent five and a half years on a video production team at the Rocket Mortgage family of companies creating videos and email campaigns for corporate communications in North Carolina and Michigan.
In addition to video work, Heather is also a musician well-versed in recording, mixing, and mastering. The areas she thrives in the most are video editing, camera operating, directing, producing, and internal communications strategy.
