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      Michael Alan Spiller

      Michael Alan Spiller

      Highest Rated: 100% The Unbelievable Truth (1990)

      Lowest Rated: 31% 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.

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      31% 59% No Such Thing Cinematographer $60.0K 2001
      47% 75% Drop Dead Gorgeous Cinematographer $10.6M 1999
      55% 44% Star Trek: Insurrection Writer,
      Screenwriter
      $70.2M 1998
      62% 76% The House of Yes Cinematographer $636.2K 1997
      88% 70% Walking and Talking Cinematographer $1.3M 1996
      73% 72% Flirt Cinematographer $271.8K 1995
      33% 41% Search and Destroy Cinematographer - 1995
      91% 89% Simple Men Cinematographer $141.6K 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Theory of Achievement Cinematographer - 1991
      100% 87% The Unbelievable Truth Cinematographer $22.5K 1990
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Kid Cinematographer - 1984

      TV

      Credit
      57% 83% Firefly Lane Executive Producer 2022-2023
      56% 85% So Help Me Todd Director 2022
      87% 67% The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Executive Producer 2021-2022
      76% 60% mixed-ish Director 2019-2021
      92% 55% black-ish Director 2016-2019 2021
      62% 77% Perfect Harmony Director 2020
      85% 90% Modern Family Director 2010-2012 2019
      78% 79% Whiskey Cavalier Director 2019
      86% 76% Good Girls Director 2019
      31% 69% I Feel Bad Director 2018
      94% 80% Fresh Off the Boat Director 2018
      63% 67% Champions Executive Producer 2018
      86% 83% The Mindy Project Director,
      Executive Producer
      2013-2017
      85% 84% Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 Director 2012-2013
      81% 89% The Office Director 2011
      89% 95% Better Off Ted Director 2009-2010
      89% 84% Cougar Town Director 2009-2010
      83% 86% Scrubs The Balloon Guy (Guest Star),
      Director
      2002-2006 2009-2010
      No Score Yet 88% The Middle Director 2009
      68% No Score Yet Worst Week Unknown (Guest Star),
      Director
      2008-2009
      97% 83% Ugly Betty Director 2007-2008
      59% No Score Yet Do Over Director 2008
      86% 50% The Riches Director 2008
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Aliens in America Director 2008
      77% No Score Yet Samantha Who? Director 2007
      6% No Score Yet Big Shots Director 2007
      50% No Score Yet Big Day Director 2006-2007
      80% 80% Big Love Director 2006
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake in Progress Director 2005-2006
      73% No Score Yet life as we know it Director 2004
      91% 88% Monk Director 2003
      70% 80% Sex and the City Director 1999-2001