Micheal Flaherty (educator)

{{short description|American educational film producer}}Micheal Flaherty is an American educator and the co-founder and former president of Walden Media, a production company.{{cite news|last1=Lopez|first1=Kathryn Jean|title=Flaherty Will Get You to the Box Office|work=NationalReview.com|date=December 9, 2005|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/qa200512090901.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230043229/http://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/qa200512090901.asp|archivedate=December 30, 2006|url-status=dead}} Through Walden, he has developed educational materials and programs.{{cite news|last1=Riley |first1=Naomi Schaefer |title=His Movie Company Is Far From Hollywood In Many Ways |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118160259001731821 |accessdate=November 11, 2012 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=June 12, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111104243/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118160259001731821-search.html |archivedate=November 11, 2012 |url-status=live }}

Flaherty lives in Lexington, Massachusetts with his wife, whom he married in October 1999,Taddonio, Patrice, Tufts University, 5 December 2005 {{cite web |url=http://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=walden |title=Profile: Walden Media - Feature - Tufts University |accessdate=2007-02-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103111427/http://www.tufts.edu/home/feature/?p=walden |archivedate=2009-11-03 }} and their three children, who were previously homeschooled. He is an evangelical Christian.{{Cite web |url=http://m.christianpost.com/news/interview-walden-media-president-michael-flaherty-on-narnia-4-film--49518/ |title=Interview: Walden Media President Michael Flaherty on Narnia 4 Film |access-date=2012-11-15 |archive-date=2016-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119183653/http://m.christianpost.com/news/interview-walden-media-president-michael-flaherty-on-narnia-4-film--49518/ |url-status=dead }}