Michael Gross was raised in Newburgh, N.Y. attended N.F.A. and majored in fine art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. His career has taken him from New York to Los Angeles, London, Kenya, Mexico, Italy, and currently North San Diego County.

He is an art director, editor, illustrator, photographer, film producer, director and painter.

He was a senior designer for the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City. He art directed such diverse publications as Esquire, Family Health, NY Scenes, and National Lampoon.

As a partner in the graphic design firm, Pellegrini Kaestle and Gross his clients included Merrill Lynch, Jim Henson, Simon and Schuster, Random House, Columbia Records, ABC television, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and The Smithsonian in Washington, DC. He was also Design Director for Mobil Oil Corp. while in New York.

After moving to Los Angeles in 1980, he produced films and television.
His feature film producing credits include Heavy Metal (art director and associate producer), Ghostbusters (assoc. prod.), Ghostbusters II, Twins, Beethoven, Legal Eagles, Kindergarten Cop, and Dave, (all as producer or executive producer) His television credits as a producer include The Real Ghostbusters (ABC), Beethoven (CBS), and the prime time pilot, The First Gentleman for CBS.
He also designed much of the advertising for those projects and designed the famous “no ghost” logo for Ghostbusters.

Michael has sat on the board of Pratt Institute, taught at The School of Visual Arts NY, and lectured at dozens of universities and professional organizations.

He is currently living and working in Oceanside, Ca. where he has been with the exhibition department and curating for the Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA).