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Michael Alan Spiller

Highest Rated: 100% The Unbelievable Truth (1990)

Lowest Rated: 33% No Such Thing (2001)

Birthday: Aug 1, 1961

Birthplace: New Jersey, USA

Michael Spiller began his career as a director and cinematographer after meeting fledgling indie director Hal Hartley in college. Spiller then served as the director of photography on Hartley's most critically and commercially successful movies, including "The Unbelievable Truth" (1989), "Trust" (1990) and "Amateur" (1994). Spiller's New York background made him a natural choice to work as a cinematographer on HBO's paean to Manhattan "Sex and the City" 1998-2004); it was on this series that he began his directing career. Spiller carved out a career directing some of his era's most popular sitcoms, including "Scrubs" (NBC 2001-08, ABC 2009-10), "The Mindy Project" (Fox/Hulu 2012-17), and "Modern Family" (ABC 2010- ), for which he won both a Primetime Emmy and a Director's Guild award for Outstanding Directing.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 87% The Unbelievable Truth
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91% 89% Simple Men
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89% 83% Henry Fool
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88% 70% Walking and Talking
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79% 85% Amateur
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73% 72% Flirt
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62% 76% The House of Yes
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55% 44% Star Trek: Insurrection Watchlist
53% 82% Niagara Niagara
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47% 75% Drop Dead Gorgeous Watchlist

Filmography

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No Such Thing 33% 59% 2001 Cinematographer Drop Dead Gorgeous 47% 75% 1999 Cinematographer Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C. 40% 36% 1998 Cinematographer Star Trek: Insurrection 55% 44% 1998 Writer, Screenwriter Niagara Niagara 53% 82% 1997 Cinematographer Henry Fool 89% 83% 1997 Cinematographer The House of Yes 62% 76% 1997 Cinematographer Walking and Talking 88% 70% 1996 Cinematographer Flirt 73% 72% 1995 Cinematographer Search and Destroy 38% 41% 1995 Cinematographer Hand Gun 43% 1994 Cinematographer Amateur 79% 85% 1994 Cinematographer Simple Men 91% 89% 1992 Cinematographer Wadeck's Mother's Friend's Son 1992 Cinematographer Age Isn't Everything 1991 Cinematographer Theory of Achievement 1991 Cinematographer The Unbelievable Truth 100% 87% 1990 Cinematographer Kid 1984 Cinematographer
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