Michael Fox was born in Toronto, Ontario and began making movies at 6 years old. He directed various short and feature length films during Junior High and High School until he attended Dalhousie University and directed a short film called "Transit" and feature called "Lylian True" in 2001 at age 18. In 2003, he began production on a feature called "Film Amateura" which premiered at the New York Film & Video Festival in 2004.