Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-07-01 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Michael Pressman

Biography:

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

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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Grey's Anatomy

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Law & Order

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Blue Bloods

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Chicago Med

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Elementary

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Boston Legal

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Weeds

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Private Practice

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The Closer

Acting

2016

Detours as Tom McKinnon

2004

Mackendrick on Film as Self

2003

Frankie and Johnny Are Married as Michael Pressman

1991

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mania: Behind the Shells — The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' as Himself

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze as News Manager

1989

The Revenge of Al Capone as Agent

1973

The Sound Sleeper as Passenger at Airport

Directing

2021

Becoming Helen Keller as Director

2017

Law & Order True Crime as Director

2015

Chicago Med as Director

Sneaky Pete as Director

2014

Star-Crossed as Director

2012

Elementary as Director

2011

Unforgettable as Director

2010

Blue Bloods as Director

2008

Life on Mars as Director

Cashmere Mafia as Director

In Treatment as Director

2007

Private Practice as Director

Damages as Director

2006

Kidnapped as Director

2005

Weeds as Director

Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Director

Grey's Anatomy as Director

The Closer as Director

2004

Boston Legal as Director

2003

Frankie and Johnny Are Married as Director

2001

The Guardian as Director

2000

Boston Public as Director

The $treet as Director

1999

A Season for Miracles as Director

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Director

1998

Saint Maybe as Director

To Have & to Hold as Director

1997

The Practice as Director

1996

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday as Director

1994

Chicago Hope as Director

1993

Miracle Child as Director

1992

Quicksand: No Escape as Director

1991

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze as Director

1990

Joshua's Heart as Director

Law & Order as Director

1989

Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders as Director

The Revenge of Al Capone as Director

Incident at Dark River as Director

1988

To Heal a Nation as Director

Shootdown as Director

1987

Haunted by Her Past as Director

1986

The Christmas Gift as Director

1985

Final Jeopardy as Director

And the Children Shall Lead as Director

Private Sessions as Director

1984

The Impostor as Director

1983

Doctor Detroit as Director

1982

Some Kind of Hero as Director

1980

Those Lips, Those Eyes as Director

1979

Boulevard Nights as Director

1978

Like Mom, Like Me as Director

1977

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training as Director

1976

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase as Director

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Director

Production

2015

Chicago Med as Executive Producer

2008

Cashmere Mafia as Producer

2003

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire as Producer

2001

The Guardian as Producer

1999

Lake Placid as Producer

1994

Chicago Hope as Producer

1980

Those Lips, Those Eyes as Producer

Writing

2003

Frankie and Johnny Are Married as Writer

Camera

1973

The Sound Sleeper as Still Photographer