Active in pirate radio and print journalism, Micah took a Fulbright journalism fellowship to Berlin in 2001, where she studied film directing at the national German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). Her first feature, "Petting Zoo", produced with the support of the NYFA, NYSCA, MBB and The Austin Film Society, premiered at the Berlinale in 2015 and won over ten international awards. She lives with her three children and husband, filmmaker Johan Carlsen, with whom she founded directors' co-op and production company Makrorama.

photo credit: Paul Grandsard