Michael Dinner

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]

Filmography

Film

Heaven Help Us (1985)
Off Beat (1986)
Hot to Trot (1988)
The Crew (2000)

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive producer	Notes
1989-1993	The Wonder Years	Yes	Yes	19 episodes
1994	Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story	Yes	No	TV movie
1994-1995	Chicago Hope	Yes	Co-Executive	5 episodes
1996-1997	Early Edition	Yes	Yes	3 episodes
2003	Karen Sisco	Yes	Yes	2 episodes
2005	Invasion	Yes	No	1 episode
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Yes	No	1 episode
2006	Kidnapped	Yes	Yes	2 episodes
2008	Sons of Anarchy	Yes	No	1 episode
2008-2009	Law & Order	Yes	No	2 episodes
2010-2013	Justified	Yes	Yes	5 episodes
2013	Masters of Sex	Yes	No	2 episodes
2016	The Get Down	Yes	No	1 episode
2017-2018	Sneaky Pete	Yes	No	3 episodes
2018	Electric Dreams	Yes	No	1 episode
2019	Blood & Treasure	Yes	No	1 episode
2019	Unbelievable	Yes	No	3 episodes
2020	Amazing Stories	Yes	No	1 episode
2021	Mayans M.C.	Yes	No	2 episodes
2023	Justified: City Primeval	Yes	No	3 episodes

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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[1] Cynthia Littleton (February 14, 2017). "Amazon Grabs U.S. Rights to Bryan Cranston's 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' Anthology Series". Variety.

[2] 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.

[3] "Motion Picture Sound Editors Honoring Justified: City Primeval Producer Michael Dinner with Filmmaker Award | Below the Line". November 20, 2023.

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v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
1950s	Peter Tewksbury for "Medal for Margaret" (1959)
1960s	Ralph Levy & Bud Yorkin for The Jack Benny Show (1960) Sheldon Leonard for The Danny Thomas Show (1961) Nat Hiken for Car 54, Where Are You? (1962) John Rich for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963) Jerry Paris for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964) No Award (1965) William Asher for Bewitched (1966) James Frawley for "Royal Flush" (1967) Bruce Bilson for "Maxwell Smart, Private Eye" (1968) Greg Garrison for "October 17, 1968" (1969)
1970s	Dwight Hemion for "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" (1970) Jay Sandrich for "Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists" (1971) John Rich for "Sammy's Visit" (1972) Jay Sandrich for "It's Whether You Win or Lose" (1973) Jackie Cooper for "Carry On, Hawkeye" (1974) Gene Reynolds for "O.R." (1975) Gene Reynolds for "Welcome to Korea" (1976) Alan Alda for "Dear Sigmund" (1977) Paul Bogart for "Edith's 50th Birthday" (1978) Noam Pitlik for "The Harris Incident" (1979)
1980s	James Burrows for "Louie and the Nice Girl" (1980) James Burrows for "Elaine's Strange Triangle" (1981) Alan Rafkin for "Barbara's Crisis" (1982) James Burrows for "Showdown: Part 2" (1983) Bill Persky for "A Very Loud Family" (1984) Jay Sandrich for "The Younger Woman" (1985) Jay Sandrich for "Denise's Friend" (1986) Terry Hughes for "Isn't It Romantic?" (1987) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot (Hooperman)" (1988) Peter Baldwin for "Our Miss White" (1989)
1990s	Michael Dinner for "Good-bye" (1990) James Burrows for "Woody Interruptus" (1991) Barnet Kellman for "Birth 101" (1992) Betty Thomas for "For Peter's Sake" (1993) James Burrows for "The Good Son" (1994) David Lee for "The Matchmaker" (1995) Michael Lembeck for "The One After the Superbowl" (1996) David Lee for "To Kill a Talking Bird" (1997) Todd Holland for "Flip" (1998) Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (Sports Night) (1999)
2000s	Todd Holland for "Pilot" (Malcolm in the Middle) (2000) Todd Holland for "Bowling" (2001) Michael Patrick King for "The Real Me" (2002) Robert B. Weide for "Krazee-Eyez Killa" (2003) Anthony and Joe Russo for "Pilot" (Arrested Development) (2004) Charles McDougall for "Pilot" (Desperate Housewives) (2005) Marc Buckland for "Pilot" (My Name Is Earl) (2006) Richard Shepard for "Pilot" (Ugly Betty) (2007) Barry Sonnenfeld for "Pie-lette" (2008) Jeffrey Blitz for "Stress Relief" (2009)
2010s	Ryan Murphy for "Pilot" (Glee) (2010) Michael Spiller for "Halloween" (2011) Steven Levitan for "Baby on Board" (2012) Gail Mancuso for "Arrested" (2013) Gail Mancuso for "Las Vegas" (2014) Joey Soloway for "Best New Girl" (2015) Joey Soloway for "Man on the Land" (2016) Donald Glover for "B.A.N." (2017) Amy Sherman-Palladino for "Pilot" (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) (2018) Harry Bradbeer for "Episode 1" (2019)
2020s	Andrew Cividino and Dan Levy for "Happy Ending" (2020) Lucia Aniello for "There Is No Line" (2021) MJ Delaney for "No Weddings and a Funeral" (2022) Christopher Storer for "Review" (2023) Christopher Storer for "Fishes" (2024)

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