Michael Dinner
American television director, producer and writer
Michael Dinner (born May 20, 1953) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter for television.
Biography
Prior to his TV career, Dinner was a singer-songwriter and recording artist for Fantasy Records, where he released two albums, The Great Pretender (1974) and Tom Thumb the Dreamer (1976), along with four singles.[further explanation needed][citation needed]
In 2017, he wrote and directed an episode of the Channel 4/Amazon Video series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams. He also served as an executive producer.[1][2]
He graduated from Harvard College.[3]
Directed
- Heaven Help Us (1985)
- Off Beat (1986)
- Hot to Trot (1988)
- The Wonder Years (19 episodes, 1989–1993)
- Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (TV Movie, 1994)
- Chicago Hope (5 episodes, 1994–1995)
- Early Edition (3 episodes, 1996–1997)
- The Crew (2000)
- Karen Sisco (2 episodes, 2003)
- Invasion (1 episode, 2005)
- Grey's Anatomy (1 episode, 2005)
- Kidnapped (2 episodes, 2006)
- Sons of Anarchy (1 episode, 2008)
- Law & Order (2 episodes, 2008–2009)
- Justified (2 episodes, 2010; 1 episode, 2011; 1 episode, 2012; 1 episode, 2013)
- Masters of Sex (2 episodes, 2013)
- The Get Down (1 episode, 2016)
- Sneaky Pete (2 episodes, 2017; 1 episode, 2018)
- Electric Dreams (1 episode, 2018)
- Blood & Treasure (1 episode, 2019)
- Unbelievable (3 episodes, 2019)
- Amazing Stories (1 episode, 2020)
- Mayans M.C. (2 episodes, 2021)
- Justified: City Primeval (3 episodes, 2023)
Produced
- The Wonder Years (20 episodes, 1990–1991)
- Chicago Hope (28 episodes, 1994–1995) (co-executive producer)
- Early Edition (1 episode, 1996) (executive producer)
- Karen Sisco (1 episode, 2004) (executive producer)
- Kidnapped (10 episodes, 2006–2007) (executive producer)
- Justified (2 episodes, 2010; 1 episode, 2013) (executive producer)
References
- ^ Cynthia Littleton (February 14, 2017). "Amazon Grabs U.S. Rights to Bryan Cranston's 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' Anthology Series". Variety.
- ^ Nellie Andreeva (February 14, 2017). "'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' TV Series From Ron Moore, Michael Dinner & Bryan Cranston Picked Up By Amazon". Deadline.
- ^ "Motion Picture Sound Editors Honoring Justified: City Primeval Producer Michael Dinner with Filmmaker Award | Below the Line". November 20, 2023.
External links
- Michael Dinner at IMDb
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Films directed by Michael Dinner
- Heaven Help Us (1985)
- Off Beat (1986)
- Hot to Trot (1988)
- Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story (1994)
- Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (1994)
- The Crew (2000)
- Outlaw Country (2012)
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