MICHAEL T. BARILE

• Production Assistant / Office Manager at Asymmetrical Productions (2008 - 2015)
• Executive Assistant to Artist / Director (2015 - 2025)
• Executive Assistant for The David Lynch Estate (2025 - 2026)

· Direct intermediate for all business with David (he did not have an agent or manager)

· Lead for all basic production office accounting and expense reports, including tracking receipts and processing reimbursements

· Liaison with David’s personal finance team

· Managed calendars, organized meetings and scheduled appointments, preventing conflicts and optimizing time management

· Took detailed notes in meetings and disseminated information afterward

· Coordinated travel arrangements and itineraries for domestic and international trips

· Greeted visitors, screened calls and reviewed mail

· Screened all incoming correspondence and ensured timely, appropriate responses

· Acted as a trusted liaison between David and clients, friends and family maintaining strong professional and personal relationships

· Maintained confidential documents and files with high-level discretion

· Property manager for 4 real estate properties, including production office, production studio, painting studio and private residence

· Point person for all full-time and part-time maintenance staff, including groundskeepers and housekeepers, as well as trade and contract workers

· Monitored inventory levels of household / office supplies and placed orders when necessary

· Managed household / office maintenance schedules

· Personally handy and capable of troubleshooting issues as they arise

· Maintained an organized filing systems for easy access of documents

· Conducted research projects and assisted with special projects as requested

· Ran errands to help with daily tasks

· Office Liasson for The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace

· Coordinated domestic and international distribution of the David Lynch: Signature Cup coffee line

· Responsible for on-time and on-budget project completion of 20+ short film / internet productions, including projects featured on David Lynch Theater

· Provided on set support: Operated cameras, set up lighting, recorded sound and designed sets on experimental short films, music videos and commercials including: ChrystaBell - Sublime Eternal Love (2024) and Nine Inch Nails - Came Back Haunted (2013)

· On set Assistant to the Director - Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)

· Office Lead for Studio: David Lynch

· Responsible for organizing and executing 6 domestic and 10 international art exhibitions, including: Silence and Dynamism (2017) at the Centre of Contemporary Art in Torun, Poland, Someone is in my House (2018) at Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, Netherlands, and Up in Flames (2025) at DOX museum in Prague, Czech Republic

· Managed and accurately maintained catalog, storage and transportation of all fine art on consignment for museum and gallery exhibitions