Michael Dinner
Michael Dinner is an American director, producer, and screenwriter for television. Prior to his TV career, he was a recording artist for Fantasy Records.
Works
Justified: City Primeval
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens is now based in Miami, balancing life as a marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. A chance encounter on a Florida highway sends him to Detroit and he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent sociopath who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and wants to do so again.
Release Date:2023-07-18
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:122
Silo
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.
Release Date:2023-05-04
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:10
Vote Count:1424
Amazing Stories
Each episode transports the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today’s most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers. A reimagining of the original anthology series by Steven Spielberg.
Release Date:2020-03-06
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:424
Unbelievable
A teenager is charged with lying about her rape allegation, but two determined investigative female detectives discover a far more sinister truth.
Release Date:2019-09-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:647
Blood & Treasure
An antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks using stolen artifacts.
Release Date:2019-05-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:123
Mayans M.C.
Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.
Release Date:2018-09-04
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:768
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.
Release Date:2017-09-17
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:10
Vote Count:306
Manhunt
Inspired by actual events, this true crime anthology series takes a deep dive into the dark, twisted minds of terrorists and follows the brave souls who hunt them down.
Release Date:2017-08-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:443
The Get Down
In 1977 New York City, the talented and soulful youth of the South Bronx chase dreams and breakneck beats to transform music history.
Release Date:2016-08-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:170
Sneaky Pete
A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.
Release Date:2015-08-07
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:339
Clementine
A young troubled psychic sees her life changing in unexpected ways decides to stop running from her past and face her fears.
Release Date:2014-06-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Masters of Sex
William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a midwestern teaching hospital to the cover of Time magazine and multiple appearances on Johnny Carson's couch. He is a brilliant scientist out of touch with his own feelings, and she is a single working mother ahead of her time. The series chronicles their unusual lives, romance, and unlikely pop culture trajectory.
Release Date:2013-09-29
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:369
The Blacklist
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.
Release Date:2013-09-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:3218
The Mob Doctor
For most physicians, the Hippocratic oath is sacred. But for one Chicago doctor, who is indebted to the mafia, saving lives isn’t her only concern. The Mob Doctor is a fast-paced medical drama focusing on a young female surgeon caught between two worlds as she juggles her promising medical career with her family’s debt to Chicago’s Southside mob.
Release Date:2012-09-17
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:33
Outlaw Country
A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty where music, love, hope and tragedy collide. Created as a pilot for a TV Series which was not taken up, this has now been aired as a TV Movie.
Release Date:2012-08-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:12
Justified
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.
Release Date:2010-03-16
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:7
Vote Count:722
The Beast
Unorthodox but effective FBI veteran agent Charles Barker takes on a rookie partner, Ellis Dove. Barker trains Dove in a hard-edged, psychologically driven approach towards undercover work, where a moment's hesitation can lead to death. As the job takes its toll on Dove, an Internal Affairs team tries to enlist the rookie as a double-agent in the bureau's investigation of his partner.
Release Date:2009-01-15
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:31
Sons of Anarchy
The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States as well as overseas. The show focused on the original and founding (mother) charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood charter. the charter operates both illegal and legal businesses in the small town of Charming. They combine gun-running and a garage, plus involvement in porn film. Clay, the president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship. especially When Jackson "Jax" Teller discovers that his father had a different view in mind for SAMCRO (Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original) he goes on a personal quest to cleanse the name and make the club a better place, but at what cost?
Release Date:2008-09-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2935
Bionic Woman
Jaime Sommers is saved from death after receiving experimental medical implants. While adjusting to her new bionic powers and raising a rebellious younger sister, Jaime agrees to work for the Berkut Group, a quasi-governmental private organisation that performed her surgery.
Release Date:2007-09-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:111
Kidnapped
Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to August 11, 2007. The series returned on Universal HD in 2008.
Release Date:2006-09-20
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:28
Invasion
In the aftermath of a hurricane the Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences, including luminescent creatures in the water. People in the town start to act different, who can you trust?
Release Date:2005-09-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:120
Grey's Anatomy
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Release Date:2005-03-27
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:10385
Demarco Affairs
Romantic drama which tracks three sisters who run a wedding palace on Long Island that they have inherited from their bitterly divorced parents.
Release Date:2004-12-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Karen Sisco
As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach high life while tracking down fugitives. She also struggles to win the respect of her fellow officers. Karen occasionally gets advice from her father, a retired Miami police officer turned private investigator, who is Karen’s confidant, counselor, and confessor.
Release Date:2003-10-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:11
Mister Sterling
Mister Sterling is an American television serial drama created by Lawrence O'Donnell that ran from January to March in 2003. It starred Josh Brolin as an idealistic United States Senator, and featured Audra McDonald, William Russ, David Noroña, and James Whitmore as members of his staff. Despite mostly positive reviews, the show, which aired on NBC on Friday nights, was cancelled after 10 episodes after the show only ranked 58th in the yearly ratings Although it had numerous similarities to The West Wing in style and tone, it was not set in the same universe as O'Donnell's other political show. It is unknown if a cross-over would have ever occurred had Mister Sterling not been cancelled; however Steven Culp played presidential aspirant Sen. Ron Garland on Mister Sterling and House Speaker Jeff Haffley on The West Wing, and Democrats appeared to be in the majority in the US Senate on Mr Sterling, while in The West Wing consistent Republican control of both Houses of Congress was a key plot point. James Whitmore was nominated for a 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for playing former Governor Bill Sterling, the senator's father.
Release Date:2003-01-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
The $treet
The $treet is an American television drama series about a small brokerage house called Belmont Stevens located in New York and the lives of its employees. Freddie Sacker was one of the most notable characters played by Rick Hoffman.
Release Date:2000-11-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:6
The Crew
Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.
Release Date:2000-08-21
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:37
Fantasy Island
Mr. Roarke and his three assistants run a tropical paradise where guests come in to have their wildest dreams and fantasies come true.
Release Date:1998-09-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:14
Dellaventura
Dellaventura is a former cop, now a private eye, who helps people when the law can't.
Release Date:1997-09-23
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Early Edition
Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?
Release Date:1996-09-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:148
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
Release Date:1994-09-18
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:75
Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
When a couple breaks up after four years together, the man is told that the son he has raised as his own isn't his biological one. He must fight to keep him.
Release Date:1994-06-03
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:4
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
The true story of Dennis Byrd, his football career, his terrible accident, and his miraculous recovery and rehabilitation.
Release Date:1994-02-28
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Law & Order
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Release Date:1990-09-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:600
Hot to Trot
Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
Release Date:1988-08-26
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:55
The Wonder Years
The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin, Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and friendships on his enthralling journey into adulthood.
Release Date:1988-01-31
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:109
Vote Count:1015
Off Beat
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
Release Date:1986-04-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:19
Heaven Help Us
Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.
Release Date:1985-02-08
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:69
The Line
The Line is a CBS drama pilot starring Dylan Walsh as an ATF agent who hunts down the most dangerous criminals. The series was not picked up.
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Episode Count:1
American Playhouse
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Release Date:1982-01-12
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:7