Mike Macera
Biography
Mike Macera is a filmmaker and screenwriter hailing from South Jersey. His films seek to capture the backyards of his youth, specifically the beaches and towns of the Philadelphia metropolitan.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Mike
Alice-Heart is an aimless college student residing in Philadelphia. She aspires to be a famous writer but drops out of school in her last semester of senior year on a whim. Immediately cut off from her disappointed Filipino mother and dumped by her studious boyfriend, she finds that she has to pay bills on her own for the first time. Distraught, she takes solace in her neighbor Tony, a self sufficient freelance photographer. Tony encourages her to pursue her passions and hold onto her friendships. With this in mind, Alice-Heart navigates the beginnings of adulthood and combats “adult baby” allegations along the way.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Liam
During a writing retreat, an undermined member of an indie rock band discovers a connection to a supernatural presence.
Drama Series - 2025, 16 episodes • as Michael
What starts as an undesired move to the town of Dewey Beach for the summer, slowly defines prospective law student, Clarice's, outlook toward life as she navigates work, relationships, and music through her job at the local dive.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Improv Performer
A mother and son spend three days together in a college dorm room after an extramarital affair uproots their lives.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Patrick
After a traumatic event occurs, friends, Drew and Patrick, must decide what their next move is in a desolate world post-outbreak. As the boys go further into their journey, they reflect upon what they have lost along the way and continue to drift apart.
Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Patrick
Nearly two years after an apocalyptic event, resources have become scarce as friends, Drew and Patrick, raid homes in hopes of finding food and supplies.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Lead Protester
A 22 year-old virgin is sent to the self help group, Virgins Anonymous. The experience transforms her in unforeseen ways.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Danny
An impressionable college sophomore finds her friend group in chaos when an older actor moves in.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Greg
A shore film about the suburbs.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Himself
Anthony Macera was gifted a video camera in the late 90s. Alongside his trusty sidekick Sandy Girl, he began to capture his life from there. The first tape is titled New Home.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Dennis
After multiple restless nights at college, freshman, Adam Manwell, begins to have a recurring dream where he is in an infomercial for a sleeping medication and is being terrorized by the spokesman, Dennis. When Adam starts seeing a student that looks identical to Dennis in real-life, he begins to lose his grip on reality and not know what is actually happening and what is in his head.