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The Essential List: Michelle Machado

10/10/2018
Post Production
New York, USA
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The Method Studios EP supposedly knocks up a mean lasagne - but don’t dare ask for her famed family recipe
As executive producer of Method Studios’ advertising business, Michelle Machado recently managed a team of 100 VFX artists for Justin Timberlake’s ‘Filthy’ music video. The team concerted and created a fully CG dancing robot based on motion capture from Justin himself - and while we’re incredibly impressed by that, we’re arguably more interested in learning the secrets of her Christmas Eve lasagne recipe. Lo and behold, it’s apparently a much lauded family recipe for her eyes only. 

As well as Italian food aficionado, Michelle is a proud Los Angeleno, with an eye for a top-notch burrito and always rootin’ for her local sports teams. Get to know her better below! 

Lifestyle

o Place of birth: Glendale, California
o Hometown: La Canada, California
o Staycation: Palm Springs when it’s over 85 degrees. I love feeling like I’m in an oven when I walk outside… but there must be a pool too!
o Vacation:  Europe - so many places still to explore but the centre of the universe will always be Rome
o Pet: Lexi, our crazy two-year-old girl. Here’s her baby picture:
o Place of work: Method Studios
o Place of workout: My bed - sounds horribly risqué but I have a whole routine of sit ups, leg lifts, arm curls all done from the comfort of my own bed before getting up or going to sleep. I should be considered the Billy Blanks for the lazy! 
o Side project: I consider them my main project, but it’s my two sons who give me the most meaning
o Mode of transport: Ford Flex - it fits the whole fam comfortably
o Bonus Travel Essential: A blanket - I’m always freezing


Culture

o Artist: Van Gogh
o Musician: Bob Marley, James Taylor, Rolling Stones, Beastie Boys, Neil Diamond, Imagine Dragons - I run the gamut with music
o Commercials / music video director: Mark Romanek… and I’ve been lucky enough to work with him!
o Film director: Martin Scorsese
o Photographer: I follow our VFX supervisors’ work here at Method and they are all superb photographers
o Film: Goodfellas or A Bronx Tale - I know them by heart
o Series: Beverly Hills 90210, The Sopranos, Deadwood, The Night Of, Making a Murderer
o Commercial: So many choices… my first choice is a spot we just finished at Method that I can’t speak of yet. But for the relevance at this moment in time it’s Nike: 

o Music Video: Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’
o Video Game: Super Mario Bros - I’ll collect coins all day!
o Board Game: Game of Life and Ticket to Ride - I’m the reigning world champ (of my family) on both
o Book: Stephen King and biographies, but I’m also re-reading all of the Judy Blume books with my fourth grader. I still love them!
o Graphic Novel: Would Calvin & Hobbes count?
o Podcast: I’d rather listen to music
o Newspaper (off or online): LA Times
o Magazine: People
o Bonus Culture Essential: Live sports! USC, Dodgers, Lakers, Kings, Rams - we are an LA household!




Food and Drink

o Breakfast: One egg every morning. My 105-year-old grandma said to do it, can’t argue with that!
o Restaurant: Mastro’s - I love a nice steak and a view
o Cheap bite: Paco’s - I love bean and cheese burritos in homemade tortillas Good old California Mexican, not anything fancy. Though cheap gets thrown out the window when margaritas are involved
o Working lunch: Rosti - there aren’t many places with a decent gnocchi
o Favourite Dish: I’m going with my cheap bites… burritos! I could eat some form of Mexican food every day
o Signature Dish: Christmas Eve lasagne - a family recipe that I won’t divulge
o Snack: Candy and chip buckets courtesy of Method Studios
o Guilty Pleasure: I eat too much chocolate… though the guilt hasn’t sunk in yet
o Bar: Any dive bar with good music
o Booze: Crown and Coke
o Not Booze: Ginger beer
o Bonus Food: My grandma’s chocolate cake - it is the best ever and I have the recipe!
o Bonus Beverage: Mimosas 


Kit

o Phone: iPhone 6S - they can’t make me give up the headphone jack!
o Computer: MacBook Air
o TV: Mitsubishi - you laugh but it looks like film!
o Headphones: iPhone
o Camera: iPhone
o Sound system: My car, volume up
o Pen / pencil: Paper Mate Flair felt tip pen, Medium Point
o Where you document an idea: Notes App on my phone
o Casual Clothing: Jeans and a sweater
o Smart Clothing: I would dress like Amal Clooney… but unfortunately that would require me to change out of my Toms
o Footwear: Toms - I own the rainbow!
o Watch: Tag
o App: Disney Emoji Blitz - it calms me down when I’m stressed. Try it!
o Website: Any and all clothing sites - I love to shop!
o Blog: I follow my friends’ travel blogs - I love seeing the world from another point of view
o Work program: Excel
o Digital work tool: My hands
o Analogue work tool: My hands
o Morning grooming / makeup essential: Lipstick… again my 105-year-old grandma said never leave the house without it!
o Bonus Kit Essential: Murad anti-ageing products - at least my youngest still believes I’m 29!
Credits
Work from Method Studios New York
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