Michael Dinner

American television director, producer and writer

Michael Dinner (born May 20, 1953) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter for television.

## Biography

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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

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Film

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

Television

Year  | Title  | Director  | Executive
producer  | Notes

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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
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

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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.

## External links

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* 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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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)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Poland

Artists|

* MusicBrainz
* Emmy Awards

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