Michael Pressman

Known for directing · Born 1 July 1950 · 76 · New York City, New York, USA

68 credits

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Pressman (born July 1, 1950 in New York City, New York) is an American director and producer of film and television. Some of the films he has directed are The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976), Doctor Detroit (1983), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996). For television, he has directed episodes of Picket Fences, The Practice, The Graudian, Boston Legal, The Closer, Law & Order, Weeds, Grey's Anatomy and other series. He is an alumni of Camp Rising Sun and studied filmmaking at the California Institute of the Arts.

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Grey's Anatomy

2005

Chicago Med

2015

Elementary

2012

Law & Order

1990

Blue Bloods

2010

Weeds

2005

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

1991

The Closer

2005

Sneaky Pete

2015

Boston Legal

2004

Private Practice

2007

Acting (9)

2016DetoursTom McKinnonFilm

2004Mackendrick on FilmSelfFilm

2003Frankie and Johnny Are MarriedMichael PressmanFilm

2001The GuardianAlex SteeleSeries

1994Chicago HopeMarvin RosenzweigSeries

1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the OozeNews ManagerFilm

1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mania: Behind the Shells — The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'HimselfFilm

1989The Revenge of Al CaponeAgentFilm

1973The Sound SleeperPassenger at AirportFilm

Camera (1)

1973The Sound SleeperStill PhotographerFilm

Directing (54)

2022Alaska DailyDirectorSeries

2021Becoming Helen KellerDirectorFilm

2017Law & Order True CrimeDirectorSeries

2015Chicago MedDirector, Executive ProducerSeries

2015Sneaky PeteDirectorSeries

2014Star-CrossedDirectorSeries

2012ElementaryDirectorSeries

2011UnforgettableDirectorSeries

2010Blue BloodsDirectorSeries

2008In TreatmentDirectorSeries

2008Life on MarsDirectorSeries

2007Private PracticeDirectorSeries

2007DamagesDirectorSeries

2006KidnappedDirectorSeries

2005Grey's AnatomyDirectorSeries

2005WeedsDirectorSeries

2005The CloserDirectorSeries

2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryDirectorSeries

2004Boston LegalDirectorSeries

2001The GuardianDirector, Executive ProducerSeries

2000Boston PublicDirectorSeries

2000The $treetDirectorSeries

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDirectorSeries

1999A Season for MiraclesDirectorFilm

1998Saint MaybeDirectorFilm

1998To Have & to HoldDirectorSeries

1997The PracticeDirectorSeries

1996To Gillian on Her 37th BirthdayDirectorFilm

1994Chicago HopeDirector, ProducerSeries

1993Miracle ChildDirectorFilm

1992Picket FencesDirectorSeries

1992Quicksand: No EscapeDirectorFilm

1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the OozeDirectorFilm

1990Law & OrderDirectorSeries

1990Joshua's HeartDirectorFilm

1989The Revenge of Al CaponeDirectorFilm

1989Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown MurdersDirectorFilm

1989Incident at Dark RiverDirectorFilm

1988ShootdownDirectorFilm

1988To Heal a NationDirectorFilm

1987Haunted by Her PastDirectorFilm

1986The Christmas GiftDirectorFilm

1985Final JeopardyDirectorFilm

1985And the Children Shall LeadDirectorFilm

1985Private SessionsDirectorFilm

1984The ImpostorDirectorFilm

1983Doctor DetroitDirectorFilm

1982Some Kind of HeroDirectorFilm

1980Those Lips, Those EyesDirector, ProducerFilm

1979Boulevard NightsDirectorFilm

1978Like Mom, Like MeDirectorFilm

1977The Bad News Bears in Breaking TrainingDirectorFilm

1976The Great Texas Dynamite ChaseDirectorFilm

1951Hallmark Hall of FameDirectorSeries

Production (3)

2008Cashmere MafiaProducer, DirectorSeries

2003The Brotherhood of Poland, New HampshireExecutive ProducerSeries

1999Lake PlacidProducerFilm

Writing (1)

2003Frankie and Johnny Are MarriedWriter, DirectorFilm