Michael Blieden

South Side

Two recent community-college graduates get stuck working at Rent-T-Own in the Chicago neighborhood of Englewood and work to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams.

Release Date: 2019-07-24

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 11

Throwing Shade Live

It's our 2016 Throwing Shade Live tour doc with clips from our live show, prank calls to hate groups, interviews with audience members, and a musical number you will tell your grandchildren about. What else could you ask for, hunny bun?

Release Date: 2017-06-08

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Mary + Jane

Jordan and Paige are two twenty-something best friends who run an all-female weed delivery service in Los Angeles. Filled with funny, raw and bizarre adventures, the show explores the uncharted territory as Los Angeles comes out of the Green Closet and gets into high and higher times.

Release Date: 2016-09-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 20

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll

Johnny Rock is the aging lead singer of NYC's legendary early-'90s band The Heathens, who is trying to get both his band and his life back together. The aging and broke bad-boy rocker gets another shot at fame as a songwriter for a brash and talented young singer who's a big fan of his early work.

Release Date: 2015-07-16

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 40

Jason Nash Is Married

Jason is stuck living in the shadows of his more successful wife (Busy Philipps) and two young kids. When debt threatens to destroy his family, he jump-starts his career, a move that sends him down of a rabbit hole of nefarious characters and sociopaths. Along the way, he must confront a pedophiliac movie star, a chauvinistic therapist, a trust-fund cokehead and a painful discussion about who his wife would marry if he died. Yet when Jason finally finds success he realizes there's more to marriage than just paying the bills.

Release Date: 2014-06-24

Character: Jeff Grayson

Vote Count: 7

Sirens

A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.

Release Date: 2014-03-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 64

Growing Up Fisher

It's not every family that's brought closer together by divorce, but then again, the Fishers are anything but typical.

Release Date: 2014-02-23

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 26

Broad City

Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.

Release Date: 2014-01-22

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 218

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

Release Date: 2013-09-17

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3464

Awkward.

An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. Narration in the first-person voice of Jenna's blog posts captures the humor within the struggles and experiences everyone can relate to from their formative years.

Release Date: 2011-07-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 397

Andy Kindler: I Wish I Was Bitter

Standup special recorded in 2003 at the H Bar & Restaurant in Hollywood, California.

Release Date: 2009-12-31

Department: Camera

Job: Camera Operator

Childrens Hospital

A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy. So begins Children's Hospital, a parody series that follows the lives, loves and laughs of a hospital staff.

Release Date: 2008-12-08

Character: Assistant Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 76

Super High Me

Determined to find out the true effects of marijuana on the human body, stand-up comedian and former Stoner of the Year Doug Benson documents his experience avoiding pot for 30 days and then consuming massive amounts of the drug for 30 days. More than just an amusing story of one man's quest to get superhigh, this documentary also examines the hotly contested debate over medical marijuana use.

Release Date: 2007-10-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 160

Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

From an inauspicious beginning performing comedy routines in the back of a burger joint in New York, unorthodox stand-up star Zach Galifianakis has made a splash on the scene with his inimitable brand of humor. In this live show filmed at San Francisco's Purple Onion nightclub, the versatile funnyman serves up a healthy dose of his signature wit.

Release Date: 2007-03-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 75

Joe Rogan: Live

Regardless of Joe Rogan's success on television with the Ultimate Fighting Championship or hosting Fear Factor or co-starring in NewsRadio, his true love is stand-up comedy. With more than 15 years as a touring comedian, Rogan has honed an opinionated comedic style that challenges the status quo. From his unorthodox ideas for peace in the Middle East to debunking the myth of Noah's Ark and appreciating the vastness of space - all of the energy of a live Joe Rogan performance is captured on Joe Rogan: Live!

Release Date: 2006-09-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 20

The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the El Rey

For the final show of their successful "Comedians of Comedy" tour, "alternative" stand-up comics Maria Bamford, Brian Posehn and Patton Oswalt pull out all the stops in a grand finale-worthy performance that finds humor in unexpected places. Taped live at Los Angeles's El Rey Theater and featuring fellow funnyman Bob Odenkirk, this farewell gig is sure to please fans who like their laughs with bite.

Release Date: 2006-01-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 7

Comedians of Comedy

Patton Oswalt leads a group of comedians through a short tour of the small to mid-sized arenas on the east coast. The one season run has since been spun-off into a feature-length film and two live concert releases.

Release Date: 2005-11-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 2

The Comedians of Comedy

The Comedians of Comedy is an occasional stand-up comedy tour featuring Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford that was documented in a 2005 film and 2005 Comedy Central television series of the same name, both directed by Michael Blieden.

Release Date: 2005-03-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 38

Zoey 101

Zoey 101 is an American television series which originally aired on Nickelodeon from January 9, 2005 until May 2, 2008. It focuses on the lives of teenager Zoey Brooks and her friends as they attend Pacific Coast Academy, a fictional boarding school in Southern California. It was created by Dan Schneider. It was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia, California beginning in season 3. It was nominated for an "Outstanding Children's Program" Emmy in 2005. Zoey 101 was the most expensive production ever for Nickelodeon series, as it was shot completely on location in Malibu. It was also Nickelodeon's best performance for a series premiere in almost eight years. Despite this, many critics have made negative comments about the show, its setting, and its characters.

Release Date: 2005-01-09

Character: Mr. Bender

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 1034

Zach Galifianakis: Look Who it Isn't

Self-released DVD showcasing a variety of Zach Galifianakis' comedy routines. Includes clips from VH-1's "Late World with Zach" and some of Zach's stand-up appearances.

Release Date: 2005-01-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1

Melvin Goes to Dinner

Marital infidelity, religion, a guy in heaven wearing a Wizards jersey, anal fetishes, cigarettes and schizophrenia, ghosts, and how it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

Release Date: 2003-12-04

Department: Writing

Job: Theatre Play

Character: Melvin

Vote Count: 27

Untitled Mitch Hedberg documentary

The life of comedian Mitch Hedberg, master of the one-liner and a talent beloved by fellow comics.

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Arrested Development

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

Release Date: 2003-11-02

Character: Agent Cummings

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 1419

Everything's Relative

Everything's Relative is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from April 6, 1999 until April 27, 1999. The series was created by Mitchell Hurwitz, and was produced by Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Release Date: 1999-04-06

Character: Patient

Episode Count: 1

The King of Queens

Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.

Release Date: 1998-09-21

Character: John

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 622

ER

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

Release Date: 1994-09-19

Character: Paul's Brother

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 839