Michael Dinner

{{short description|American television director, producer and writer}}

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.{{elucidate|date=August 2018}}{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/philip-k-dick-bryan-cranston-electric-dreams-anthology-series-1201987470/|title=Amazon Grabs U.S. Rights to Bryan Cranston's 'Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' Anthology Series|author=Cynthia Littleton|work=Variety|date=February 14, 2017 }}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/philip-k-dicks-electric-dreams-anthology-series-amazon-ron-moore-bryan-cranston-1201911194/|title='Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams' TV Series From Ron Moore, Michael Dinner & Bryan Cranston Picked Up By Amazon|author=Nellie Andreeva|work=Deadline|date=February 14, 2017 }}

He graduated from Harvard College.{{cite web | url=https://www.btlnews.com/awards/mpse-michael-dinner-filmmaker-award/ | title=Motion Picture Sound Editors Honoring Justified: City Primeval Producer Michael Dinner with Filmmaker Award | Below the Line | date=November 20, 2023 }}

Filmography

Film

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

Television

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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}} \| {{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
rowspan=2\|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

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Year

! Title

! Director

! Executive
producer

! Notes

1989-1993

| The Wonder Years

| {{yes}}

| 19 episodes

1994

| Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story