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Michael Uslan

  • Originator & Executive Producer of all Batman Movies

In an inspiring program, Uslan takes audiences along on the journey of creating his career to bringing Batman successfully to the big screen. He shares the principles that allowed him to persevere despite repeated rejection and encourages audiences everywhere to reach for their dreams and believe in themselves.

In a different program specifically aimed at corporations, guilds, and business conferences, Uslan uses Batman to discuss the need for the spirit of entrepreneurship and the critical importance of branding and re-branding in business today, and how we all personally need to adapt that concept to our own lives by periodically reinventing ourselves.

In a third program, Uslan addresses the founders of the comic book industry and how, not coincidentally, the majority of them are Jewish immigrants or first generation American Jews. Personally familiar with these legends, Uslan shares their anecdotes and also reveals the connection between the super-heroes created by these men and women and Jewish lore and tradition—i.e. how The Golem spawned The Hulk and just how similar Superman and Moses really are.

Proven to deliver what USA Today hailed as one of the top 10 commencement addresses of all time at Indiana University, Michael Uslan is sure to capture your audience with his devotion and intellect, and inspire them with the wonder and promise of comics universe.

 
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Past Hosts Include:
  • Indiana University
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • TED
  • The Economist Magazine Human Potential Conference
  • TenCent Company, Shenzhen, China
  • United Nations
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • West Point
  • China/U.S. Summit
  • Association of Film Commissioners International
Michael Uslan was well-received at each event. He drew a sizable audience and stayed until after 11 pm signing books and meeting crowd members.
More rave reviews

"Michael Uslan brought comic books to academia in the 1970's with class (figuratively and literally), and he brought Batman to Hollywood a decade later with the same sort of integrity. I've been reading or watching his work since my youth and the intellect always shined through - now with his memoir I also see the emotional backbeat of his hero's journey."

-Geoff Boucher - LA Tiimes

"The fact that Mike Uslan has developed his love for comic books into a full-blown (and very successful) career is nothing short of amazing. It's a wonderful world."

-Joe Kubert - comic book artist of Sgt. Rock, Hawkman, Tarzan, Tor, and Flash

"Don't miss this spellbinding tale of one man who saw what Batman was-and realized what he could become. See how Michael Uslan took a comic book hero and, through the magic of motion pictures, helped transform him into a worldwide icon!"

-Stan Lee - Chairman Emeritus, Marvel Comics; Co-Creator Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, and the Hulk

"Michael Uslan writes exciting superhero stories, produces blockbuster superhero films, curates historic superhero exhibitions... Readers of this fascinating insider's look at how comics and movies are made will discover the biggest secret known to all of us in the business: Michael Uslan is a superhero!"

-Jerry Robinson - co-creator of the Joker and Robin the Boy Wonder

"Mike Uslan went "confidently in the directionn of his dreams," as Henry David Thoreau suggested, and on the journey helped redefine popular culture and confer respectability on a maligned art form. Mike's is a great American success story, and The Boy Who Loved Batman is a terrific read."

-Dennis O'Neil - comic book writer and editor

"An inspirational tale of how one individual, armed only with a lifelong desire of restoring dignity to his beloved Batman, can prevail against all odds and emerge triumphant, forever altering the pop-culture landscape in the process. Informative, warmly witty, and deeply human, it should be required reading, not just for comic book and movie fans like me, but for anyone looking for a concrete plan to make their own dreams come true!"

-Mark Hamill
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The Boy Who Loved Batman | TEDxOgden [21:07] - Get Sharable Link
Talks & Conversations with Michael Uslan

From Fan to Filmmaker: The Journey to Bring Batman to the Silver Screen

Pow! Zap! Oy! How Jewish Immigrants Created Super-Heroes

The Legends Behind the Comic Books

Books by Michael Uslan
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Biography
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