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

Grey's Anatomy

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Release Date2005-03-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count10574

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 Date1990-09-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count623

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 Date2013-09-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count3319

Sons of Anarchy

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding 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 legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, California. They combine gun-running and a garage, and involvement in porn film industry. Clay, the charter president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are done. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship, especially when Jax goes on a personal quest to cleanse the SAMCRO name and image.

Release Date2008-09-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count3038

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 Date2023-05-04

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count1640

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 Date1988-01-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count109

Vote Count1035

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 Date2015-08-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count361

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 Date2010-03-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count7

Vote Count769

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 Date2018-09-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count791

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 Date2013-09-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count381

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 Date2017-08-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count471

Unbelievable

A teenager is charged with lying about her rape allegation, but two determined investigative female detectives discover a far more sinister truth.

Release Date2019-09-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count698

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 Date2005-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count122

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 Date2020-03-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count432

Blood & Treasure

An antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks using stolen artifacts.

Release Date2019-05-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count128

American Playhouse

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Release Date1982-01-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.

Release Date2017-09-17

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count10

Vote Count324

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 Date2000-11-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count12

Vote Count6

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 Date2016-08-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count176

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 Date2006-09-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count29

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 Date2023-07-18

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count8

Vote Count137

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 Date2007-09-26

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count8

Vote Count117

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 Date1994-09-18

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count141

Vote Count76

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 Date2003-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count11

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 Date1996-09-28

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count90

Vote Count151

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 Date2009-01-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count32

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 Date1998-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count14

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 Date2003-01-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

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 Date2012-09-17

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count13

Vote Count35

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 Date1985-02-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count71

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 Date1988-08-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count56

Dellaventura

Dellaventura is a former cop, now a private eye, who helps people when the law can't.

Release Date1997-09-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

The Crew

Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.

Release Date2000-08-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count39

A young troubled psychic sees her life changing in unexpected ways decides to stop running from her past and face her fears.

Release Date2014-06-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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 Date2004-12-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector