Michael George McQuarn (born May 15, 1969) is an Americanwriter,producer anddirector of television, film and commercials. McQuarn is the CEO of Good Job Baby, which is a boutique entertainment company that focuses on building brands, photography, film and commercial production. McQuarn was a hugely successful music supervisor on over 45 film and television projects. In 2001, McQuarn won an American Music Award for Best Soundtrack for the filmSave the Last Dance,^[1] which sold over 3 million albums worldwide.

McQuarn was born in Los Angeles, California. GraduatedUCLA, where received a degree in Film. After college McQuarn worked atWarner Brothers Studios as a story analyst. McQuarn used this opportunity at Warner Brothers to hone his skills as a writer and went on to sell his first studio screenplay by the age of 21. McQuarn and his sisterTracey Edmonds started Yab Yum, which was a highly successful record label and music publishing company distributed through550 Music. McQuarn was responsible for launching the career of multi platinum recording artist and producer,Jon B,^[2] which McQuarn served as executive producer to his 3 albums under Yab Yum, which garnered two multi platinum albums and one gold.

McQuarn's entry into film was as the co-producer to the filmSoul Food, which went on to earn over 45 million at the box office and won fourNAACP Awards.^[3] McQuarn then produced the cult film entitledPunks,^[4] which was entered into the 2000Sundance Film Festival^[5] and was also nominated for the covetedIndependent Spirit John Cassavetes Award^[6] at the2001 Independent Spirit Awards.

McQuarn has produced and directed over 300 hours of television content on such networks asNBCUniversal,A+E Networks,MTV,BET,TV One (US TV network) with new shows in development atDiscovery Channel andFuse (TV channel).

McQuarn is a cancer survivor. He was diagnosed in 2017 and received radical treatment in Vienna Austria, which has helped to control the aggression of the cancer.

McQuarn is currently producing and starring in a podcast entitled The Antidote.

McQuarn resides between Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX.

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