HARABEK is the mononym for Michael Hyon Johnson; a BlacKorean Air Force veteran, writer, and director who gained notoriety with Machinima, Inc. Over the years, he has produced award winning narrative short films, music videos, and branded content.

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His work focuses on characters from working class, low-income families and mixed-race protagonists searching for identity and belonging.

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Michael has earned a MFA from Chapman University and is a mentee of the 2025 Stowe Narrative Labs and developing the feature film ETUDE based on the award winning short film developed by Open Screenplay. Michael is also the is the winner of the 2022 M Film Lab Spring Fellowship (of which Black Metal was produced). In addition, he was also selected as a mentee of the Netflix Animation Foundation's writing program, the Veterans Writing Project, and is a VME - AT&T/Warner Media Fellow.