Michael Blankenship
Michael Blankenship wrote, directed and executive-produced The Boy Who Learned to Fly. He also wrote the screenplay for Yassin Koptan’s Piece of Wood.
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The Boy Who Learned to Fly
A film by Michael Blankenship.
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01 / The story
About the film.
A short drama by Michael Blankenship, starring Spencer Sickmann, Austin Hamilton and Robert Factor.
- Format
- Short film
- Running time
- 14:59
- Filmmaker
- Michael Blankenship
- Channel release
- 14 January 2018
- YouTube views · as of October 21, 2026
- 20,995
02 / Behind the camera
Meet the filmmaker.
03 / More from the film
Around the work.
Screenplays, production photographs, cast and making-of notes are added as they are verified. Here is what this page holds today.
- Screenplay
Before the frame.
A screenplay is not currently available for this film.
Not on this page yet - Behind the scenes
Between takes.
Behind-the-scenes photographs have not been added to this page.
Not on this page yet - Cast
On screen.
3 people credited on screen, with biographies.
Meet the cast - Making of
Behind the story.
One note on how the film was made.
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04 / On screen
The cast.
Spencer Sickmann
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Robert Factor
Robert Factor, also credited as Bob Factor, grew up in Los Angeles and trained for four years in Stella Adler’s class. He has performed in more than 90 plays and worked in television and film since the 1980s, including Fear and Ninja Academy.
View on IMDb05 / Making the film
Behind the story.
Behind the camera
Justin Knodel lists The Boy Who Learned to Fly in his cinematography résumé, identifying Michael Blankenship as director. The project appears in his RED-camera work with Zeiss CP.2 lenses.
Read the sourceMade together.
- Directed by
- Michael Blankenship
Sources & further reading 6 references
Release and profile information is drawn from the sources below. Photo sources are credited alongside the images.
- Justin Knodel — cinematography résumé — checked
- Kitchen Films — The Boy Who Learned to Fly — checked
- The Boy Who Learned to Fly — IMDb full cast and crew — checked
- Robert Factor — IMDb — checked
- Robert Factor — Dining With Strangers interview (July 2025) — checked
- Piece of Wood — IMDb full cast and crew (screenplay credit) — checked
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