Michael Tully

Michael Tully is the director of Cocaine Angel (2006), Silver Jew (2007), Septien (2011), and Ping Pong Summer (2014). Since 2008, he has been the head writer/editor of Hammer to Nail, a website devoted to championing ambitious cinema. He currently lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and puppy.

Talks

How Giving Up on My Movie Actually Made it a Reality

By Michael Tully | September 13, 2018

How Giving Up on My Movie Actually Made it a Reality

The writer-director of Don't Leave Home tells the frustrating, improbable story of how his fifth feature (finally) came to be.

Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer) Talks J.C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year

By Michael Tully | December 24, 2014

Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer) Talks J.C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year

The increasingly versatile New York-based writer-director creates a very grounded, textured thriller set in Gotham in the early 1980s.

Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer) Talks Jim Mickle’s Cold in July

By Michael Tully | May 22, 2014

Michael Tully (Ping Pong Summer) Talks Jim Mickle’s Cold in July

As editor of the website Hammer to Nail, I’ve been concerned for many years with the gazillion-dollar question...