Michael Dinner
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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]
Directed
- Heaven Help Us (1985)
- Off Beat (1986)
- Hot to Trot (1988)
- The Wonder Years (19 episodes, 1989–1993)
- Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (TV Movie, 1994)
- Chicago Hope (5 episodes, 1994–1995)
- Early Edition (3 episodes, 1996–1997)
- The Crew (2000)
- Karen Sisco (2 episodes, 2003)
- Invasion (1 episode, 2005)
- Grey's Anatomy (1 episode, 2005)
- Kidnapped (2 episodes, 2006)
- Sons of Anarchy (1 episode, 2008)
- Law & Order (2 episodes, 2008–2009)
- Justified (2 episodes, 2010; 1 episode, 2011; 1 episode, 2012; 1 episode, 2013)
- Masters of Sex (2 episodes, 2013)
- The Get Down (1 episode, 2016)
- Sneaky Pete (2 episodes, 2017; 1 episode, 2018)
- Electric Dreams (1 episode, 2018)
- Blood & Treasure (1 episode, 2019)
- Unbelievable (3 episodes, 2019)
- Amazing Stories (1 episode, 2020)
- Mayans M.C. (2 episodes, 2021)
- Justified: City Primeval (3 episodes, 2023)
Produced
- The Wonder Years (20 episodes, 1990–1991)
- Chicago Hope (28 episodes, 1994–1995) (co-executive producer)
- Early Edition (1 episode, 1996) (executive producer)
- Karen Sisco (1 episode, 2004) (executive producer)
- Kidnapped (10 episodes, 2006–2007) (executive producer)
- Justified (2 episodes, 2010; 1 episode, 2013) (executive producer)
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.
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