Michael Obert (born 1966) is an award-winning German book author and journalist who has been compared with the likes of Bruce Chatwin, Jon Krakauer and Ryszard Kapuscinski.
His debut movie Song from the Forest was honored with the Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2013.
In 2016 Song from the Forest was considered for the 88th Academy Awards.Obert is currently based in Berlin.