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Michael Spiller

Michael Spiller is an American television director and cinematographer.

Known For

Drop Dead Gorgeous · 1999

Drop Dead Gorgeous

★ 6.51999

MovieComedy

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.

Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gruesome murders to begin occurring as in his books.

The House of Yes · 1997

The House of Yes

★ 6.21997

MovieComedyDrama

Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend — and she's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that her obsession with Jackie Kennedy is nothing compared to her obsession with her brother, and she isn't the only member of the family with problems.

A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.

After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.

A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.

Two diametrically opposite brothers set off on a journey to reunite with their estranged father but when their motorcycle breaks down while passing through a small town, they become entangled in local life.

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

Filmography

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Drop Dead Gorgeous · 1999

Drop Dead Gorgeous

★ 6.51999

MovieComedy

Director of Photography

Second Unit Director of Photography

The House of Yes · 1997

The House of Yes

★ 6.21997

MovieComedyDrama

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.

Gaffer

Director of Photography

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

Director of Photography

Hell's Kitchen · 1998

Hell's Kitchen

★ 5.11998

MovieCrimeDrama

Newly released from jail, an ex-gang member asks a former contender to teach him to box.

Director of Photography

The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returning home. In each case there are other people involved, an ex-partner and someone else in a "permanent" relationship, what do they choose to do?

Director of Photography

The Unbelievable Truth · 1990

The Unbelievable Truth

★ 6.81990

MovieComedyDrama

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where he meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did...

Director of Photography

A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.

Director of Photography

Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.

Director of Photography

Cookie is a teen runaway who escapes her abusive stepfather and heads for the Big Apple with her younger brother. When she arrives at the Port Authority bus terminal, Cookie meets a charming but sadistic pimp named Duke. With nowhere to go, Cookie is soon working for Duke, who introduces her to the harsh, brutal life of being a prostitute.

Electrician

Walking and Talking · 1996

Walking and Talking

★ 6.11996

MovieComedyDrama

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

Director of Photography

Hanson: Tulsa, Tokyo & the Middle of Nowhere · 1997

Hanson: Tulsa, Tokyo & the Middle of Nowhere

1997

MovieMusicDocumentary

The "MMMBopping" bubblegum brothers perform candy-coated pop songs and cause juvenile mischief on and off stage during their first-ever world tour. Through the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and all the way Down Under to Australia, the three blond brothers are as enthusiastically sweet as ever, enchanting international audiences with songs like "MMMBop" and "Where's The Love," hanging with supermodel Cindy Crawford, and just hanging out like siblings do.

Director of Photography

Lincoln and the War Within · 1992

Lincoln and the War Within

★ 8.01992

MovieDramaHistory

First few weeks of Lincoln's presidency where crucial for the direction the country would take. He had to bridge the gap between the victorious North and the jaded South and William H. Seward, his Secretary of State, played a crucial role.

Director of Photography

Search and Destroy · 1995

Search and Destroy

★ 4.81995

MovieActionComedy

A self-help guru's televised teachings inspire a down-and-out businessman to pursue his dream of making a movie.

Director of Photography

Age Isn't Everything · 1991

Age Isn't Everything

★ 2.71991

MovieComedyDrama

Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business — and finds himself turned into a little old man.

Director of Photography

Surviving Desire · 1992

Surviving Desire

★ 6.91992

MovieComedyDrama

Jude, a college professor, is obsessed with Sophie, his student. She, in turn, is intrigued by his scholarly charm. Flirtation turns to lust and the two become lovers.

Director of Photography

The Green Flash · 1988

The Green Flash

★ 8.01988

MovieDramaCrime

When a runaway orphan encounters a hoodlum on-the-lamb in Coney Island, their chance encounter becomes a life changing event for them both.

Assistant Camera

She Must Be Seeing Things · 1988

She Must Be Seeing Things

★ 5.51988

MovieDrama

Agatha is an international lawyer, Jo a filmmaker. The two women are lovers. While Jo is on the road showing her films, Agatha discovers and reads her diaries. Problems ensue as Agatha's transgressions lead to jealousy and a spiraling cycle of sexual obsession.

Assistant Camera

Todd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He's got what it takes, but what he doesn't have is enough money to stay in college. So he cooks up a plan to make the first ever all male sports calendar. He eventually convinces Cactus Jack, a very shadowy and tough loan shark, to give him enough money to make the deal. Todd makes enough to pay for his education, but what about the money he owes Cactus Jack?

Undercover Cop

In New York, Bill struggles to decide whether he has a future with Emily, while attempting to restrain Walter, the angry husband of a woman he thinks he might be in love with. Later incorporated into a feature film of the same name.

Director of Photography

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

Director

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

Director

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

Director

Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 2013

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

★ 8.22013

SeriesComedyCrime

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.

Director

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

Director

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

Director

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.

Director

Sex and the City · 1998

Sex and the City

★ 7.41998

SeriesDramaComedy

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.

Director

A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.

Director

The Mindy Project · 2012

The Mindy Project

★ 6.32012

SeriesComedy

Obstetrician/gynecologist Mindy Lahiri tries to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small medical practice in New York City.

Executive Producer

Fresh Off the Boat · 2015

Fresh Off the Boat

★ 7.22015

SeriesComedy

A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.

Director

Jules Cobb is a mom in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter. Along for the journey is her son, her ex-husband, her husband/neighbor and her friends who together make up her dysfunctional, but supportive and caring extended family... even if they have a funny way of showing it sometimes.

Director

Wannabe writer Betty Suarez is a plain girl from Queens, who is smart, hardworking and savvy but lacks a fashionable sense of style. When publishing mogul Bradford Meade puts his son Daniel in charge of Mode magazine, he hires Betty to be Daniel's new assistant -- mostly because he knows that she may be the only woman in Manhattan with whom the younger man won't sleep.

Director

The Bernie Mac Show · 2001

The Bernie Mac Show

★ 6.72001

SeriesComedy

The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.

Director

The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven kids, three new houses and the opening of his newest hardware store. When disturbing news arrives about Bill's father, he is forced to reconnect with his polygamist parents who live on a fundamentalist compound in rural Utah.

Director

J.D. & Turk scrub in together for the first time in a long time–medicine has changed, interns have changed, but their bromance has stood the test of time. Characters new and old navigate the waters of Sacred Heart with laughter, heart and some surprises along the way.

Director

Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.

Director

The Sex Lives of College Girls · 2021

The Sex Lives of College Girls

★ 7.22021

SeriesComedyDrama

Follow four college roommates as they arrive at New England's prestigious Essex College. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating as they live out their new, free lives on campus.

Director

So Help Me Todd · 2022

So Help Me Todd

★ 7.32022

SeriesDramaMystery

Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family begrudgingly agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.

Executive Producer

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 · 2012

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

★ 6.82012

SeriesComedy

After a naive Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed her first week in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters.

Director

The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers · 2021

The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers

★ 7.82021

SeriesFamilyComedy

In present day Minnesota, the Mighty Ducks have evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team. After 12-year-old Evan is unceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom Alex set out to build their own ragtag team of misfits to challenge the cutthroat, win-at-all-costs culture of competitive youth sports.

Executive Producer

Samantha Newly has been a bad, bad girl. But thanks to an 8-day coma, she can't remember a thing. Fortunately her best friend Andrea is by her side with a cocktail and the 4-1-1 on every dirty deed. But the more Sam pieces together her past, the less she likes her old self. Maybe this is a chance to start over and do it all again.

Director

The Adventures of Pete & Pete · 1993

The Adventures of Pete & Pete

★ 7.71993

SeriesDramaComedy

Pete and Pete are two redheaded brothers living in the somewhat surreal town of Wellsville. Pete, the older of the two, narrates the stories about their adventures in everyday life.

Director of Photography

Better Off Ted · 2009

Better Off Ted

★ 7.62009

SeriesComedy

Ted, a successful but morally conscious man, runs a research and development department at a morally questionable corporation, Veridian Dynamics. No achievement is too far fetched and no invention too unorthodox for Veridian. Ted loves his seemingly perfect job; he loves his superhuman boss, Veronica, and colleagues Lem, Phil and Linda, but he's starting to take a closer look at the company's extremely questionable practices... especially when they try to cryogenically freeze one of Ted's scientists for testing purposes.

Director