Michael Idov is a nov­el­ist, direc­tor, and screen­writer. A Lat­vian-born Amer­i­can raised in Riga under Sovi­et occu­pa­tion, he moved to New York after grad­u­at­ing from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan. Michael’s writ­ing career began at New York mag­a­zine, where his fea­tures won three Nation­al Mag­a­zine Awards, and he has also been the edi­tor-in-chief of GQ Rus­sia. He is also the author of Ground Up and Dressed Up for a Riot. Michael has worked on numer­ous film and TV projects, includ­ing Lon­don­grad, Deutsch­land 83, Leto, and The Humorist. He and his wife and screen­writ­ing part­ner, Lily, divide their time between Los Ange­les, Berlin, and Portugal.