Records show a Hollywood director is being pursued by the suspect in the shooting death of Michael Lat

The woman accused of shooting social justice advocate Michael Latt at his home earlier this week was accused of stalking and threatening another Hollywood filmmaker, according to court documents reviewed by The Times.

Jamila Michele, who was arrested and charged with Lat’s murder, previously had a restraining order filed by film director AV Rockwell, who said in court filings that Michele worked as a character in one of her films, “One Thousand and One.” After production wrapped, Michell allegedly began stalking Rockwell.

After she did not continue a personal relationship with Michelle, the former employee hand-delivered distressing letters to the manager’s home threatening self-harm, Rockwell said in court documents.

“My Glock is loaded as I write this,” one message said, according to the documents. “One pull of the trigger and I’ll be free.”

The documents, which were submitted as part of an application for a restraining order, were submitted to the court in June.

On Nov. 27, Michel shot and killed Lat at his home because he “was friends with a woman she was stalking,” according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney. Atty. George Gascón. Gascón did not name the director as the victim of the stalking.

Michel worked as a background actor and understudy for the lead actress in the film “One Thousand and One” directed by Rockwell. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.

Lat and Rockwell attended Sundance in 2023 and posed for photos together. Lat posted the photo on Instagram with the caption: “Congratulations to @AVRockwell on his incredible feature film debut, One Thousand and One.”

After shooting was completed, Michel sent Rockwell a gift box, according to court documents.

“I just wanted to ask you to pass on my congratulations to AV!!!” Michel wrote in a January email to another employee of the show. “I know I may have gone a little overboard with the gift box I sent her. But I hope now, after all the rave reviews and people telling her how much the movie means to them, she will see why I tried so hard and know how amazing she is.”

Michel continued to send follow-up emails to Rockwell throughout the year, although Rockwell did not appear to respond. Michele often wrote that this was the last time she would write.

The emails started out very congratulatory, but became more depressing as time went on.

“As you continue to bask in the glory of ‘One Thousand and One,’ I want you to remember, and not forget, all the hell people went through to help bring your masterpiece to the screen,” Michel wrote in an April 29 email. .

Days later, she wrote again, threatening suicide.

“I will be taking my Glock to Griffith Park and not coming out,” she said in a May 3 email.

Rockwell got the restraining order reissued on numerous occasions, according to court documents. She declined to comment when contacted by The Times.

Police were called around 6 p.m. Monday about a shooting at Lat’s home in the 900 block of Alandele Street. Officers arrived to find him shot in the head. He was taken to the hospital where he died of his wounds.

A preliminary investigation concluded that Lat, 33, was shot by a woman who entered his home without his permission. Michel, 36, was arrested on suspicion of murder at the scene. She was taken into custody by responding officers and is currently being held in lieu of $3 million bail.

Law enforcement described Michele as someone living in her car, which was parked nearby and removed by police as evidence.

Law enforcement sources told the Times that Lat did not know her assailant, and preliminary information indicated that she was not allowed into the home.

Lat was the CEO of Lead With Love, an entertainment marketing consulting firm he founded in 2019 with a focus on uplifting Black creators and other underrepresented voices in Hollywood. He was the son of film producer David Latt and Michelle Satter, the founding senior director of the Sundance Institute. His brother, Franklin Lat, is an agent in the CAA.