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Michael Dinner
Highest Rated: 29% Heaven Help Us (1985)
Lowest Rated: 0% Hot to Trot (1988)
Birthday: May 20, 1953
Birthplace: Not Available
Early on in his career, director-producer Michael Dinner appears to have figured out that he was better off working in TV than film. This turned out to be a very smart move. Beginning with the much beloved teen comedy-drama "The Wonder Years" in the early 1990's, for which he directed 19 episodes, Dinner has built up an envious track record as a TV director and producer. His other major career milestones as both a director and producer are the CBS medical drama "Chicago Hope," created by David E. Kelley; the provocative real-time NBC experiment "Kidnapped"; and a remake of "Fantasy Island" in the late 1990's in which Malcolm McDowell tried to fill the big shoes of previous show star Ricardo Montalban. Dinner has solidified his standing in the TV industry with executive producer credits on everything from "Karen Sisco" to another iconic small screen remake attempt, "Bionic Woman." He won an Emmy Award in 1990 for directing an episode of "The Wonder Years" entitled "Good-Bye."
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Outlaw Country | Director | - | 2011 |
| 20% |
|
The Crew | Director | $13.0M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story | Director | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story | Director | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peter Gunn | Producer | - | 1989 |
| 0% |
|
Hot to Trot | Director | $6.4M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Off Beat | Director | $4.1M | 1986 |
| 29% |
|
Heaven Help Us | Director | - | 1985 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91% | 47% | Justified: City Primeval |
Executive Producer, Director, Writer |
2023 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Mayans M.C. | Director | 2021 |
| 96% | 83% | Manhunt | Director | 2020 |
| 54% | 84% | Blood & Treasure |
Executive Producer, Director |
2019 |
| 72% | 75% | Electric Dreams | Executive Producer | 2017-2018 |
| 96% | 90% | Sneaky Pete | Executive Producer | 2017-2018 |
| 97% | 94% | Justified | Executive Producer | 2010-2012 2015 |
| 84% | 85% | Masters of Sex | Director | 2013-2014 |
| 21% | 43% | The Mob Doctor | Executive Producer | 2012-2013 |
| 87% | 91% | Sons of Anarchy | Director | 2008 |
| 52% | 57% | Bionic Woman | Executive Producer | 2007 |
| 67% | No Score Yet | Kidnapped | Executive Producer | 2006-2007 |
| 84% | 73% | Grey's Anatomy | Director | 2005 |
| 80% | 79% | Invasion | Director | 2005 |
| 95% | No Score Yet | Karen Sisco |
Executive Producer, Director |
2003-2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Early Edition |
Director, Executive Producer |
1996-2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Director | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope |
Director, Executive Producer |
1995-1997 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | Dellaventura | Director | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | The Wonder Years | Director | 1989-1993 |