Pressman, Michael 1950-

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Pressman, Michael 1950-

PERSONAL

Born July 1, 1950, in New York, NY; son of David (a stage and television director) and Sasha (a dancer; maiden name, Katz) Pressman. Education: Attended Carnegie-Mellon University; California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A., 1972; also studied with Alexander Mackendrick.

Addresses:

Agent—Glick Agency, 1250 Sixth St., Suite 100, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Manager—Judy Hofflund, Hofflund/Polone, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 420, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Director, producer, and actor. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, member of board of trustees.

Member:

Directors Guild of America.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Awards (with others), outstanding drama series, 1993 and 1994, both for Picket Fences; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding drama series, and Directors Guild of America Award nomination (with others), outstanding direction in a nighttime dramatic series, both 1995, for Chicago Hope.

CREDITS

Film Director:

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (also known as Dynamite Woman and Dynamite Women), New World, 1976.

The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (also known as Breaking Training), Paramount, 1977.

Boulevard Nights, Warner Bros., 1977.

(And producer) Those Lips, Those Eyes, United Artists, 1980.

Some Kind of Hero, Paramount, 1982.

Dr. Detroit, Universal, 1983.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, New Line Cinema, 1991.

To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, Triumph Releasing, 1996.

Frankie and Johnny Are Married, IFC Films, 2004.

Film Producer:

Lake Placid (also known as Lac Placid), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Film Appearances:

News manager, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, New Line Cinema, 1991.

Himself, Frankie and Johnny Are Married, IFC Films, 2004.

Himself, Mackendrick on Film (documentary), Sticking Place Films, 2004.

Television Work; Series:

Co-executive producer, Picket Fences, CBS, 1992-93.

Producer, Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994.

Executive producer, Picket Fences, CBS, 1995-96.

Executive producer, Michael Hayes, 1997.

Executive producer, The Guardian, CBS, 2001.

Executive producer and director, The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, CBS, 2003.

Director, Law & Order, NBC, multiple episodes, between 2005 and 2007.

Television Work; Specials:

Director, On Our Way, CBS, 1985.

Director, "And the Children Shall Lead," WonderWorks, PBS, 1985.

Producer, The Eighties, NBC, 1989.

Senior producer, Childhood in America, PBS, 1991.

Producer, "Children of Divorce," Families in Crisis (also known as Brokaw Report), NBC, 1992.

Producer, "Norwood Ohio USA," The Lost Generation (also known as Brokaw Report), NBC, 1992.

Producer, "The Violent Media," America the Violent, NBC, 1992.

Producer, A Day at the White House, NBC, 1993.

Field producer, Spinal Tap Goes to 20, Independent Film Channel, 2004.

Producer and director, IFC News Special: The Comic-Con Chronicles, Independent Film Channel, 2005.

Executive producer and director, IFC News Special: The Comic-Con Chronicles, Independent Film Channel, 2005.

Television Director; Movies:

Like Mom, Like Me, CBS, 1978.

The Imposter, ABC, 1984.

Final Jeopardy, NBC, 1985.

The Christmas Gift, CBS, 1986.

"Sirens," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1987.

Haunted by Her Past (also known as Secret Passions), NBC, 1987.

To Heal a Nation, NBC, 1988.

Shootdown, NBC, 1988.

The Revenge of Al Capone (also known as Capone), NBC, 1989.

Incident at Dark River (also known as Dark River—A Father's Revenge and The Smell of Money), TNT, 1989.

(And producer) Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders, NBC, 1989.

Joshua's Heart, NBC, 1990.

Quicksand: No Escape, USA Network, 1992.

Miracle Child (also known as Miracle at Clements Pond), NBC, 1993.

Saint Maybe (also known as Anne Tyler's "Saint Maybe"), CBS, 1998.

"A Season for Miracles," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1999.

Television Director; Pilots:

Private Sessions, NBC, 1985.

Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994.

(And executive producer) Cashmere Mafia, ABC, 2007.

Television Director; Episodic:

"The Green Bay Chopper," Picket Fences, CBS, 1992.

"Thanksgiving," Picket Fences, CBS, 1992.

"The Lullaby League," Picket Fences, CBS, 1993.

"The Bus Stops Here," Picket Fences, CBS, 1995.

Apartment supervisor, Michael Hayes, 1997.

"Part I," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

"Reasonable Doubts," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

"Chapter Ten," Boston Public, Fox, 2001.

"Baby Boom," Law & Order: Trial by Jury, NBC, 2005.

"Number One with a Bullet," Kidnapped, NBC, 2006.

"The Good Lawyer," Boston Legal, ABC, 2007.

"Saving Face," The Closer, TNT, 2007.

Also directed episodes of The Guardian, CBS, and The $treet, Fox.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Bernie, Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders, NBC, 1989.

Agent, The Revenge of Al Capone (also known as Capone), NBC, 1989.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dr. Marvin Rosenzweig, "With the Greatest of Ease," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994.

Television Appearances; Other:

Ophthalmologist, Baby M (miniseries), ABC, 1988.

Alex Steele, The Guardian (pilot), CBS, 2001.

Stage Director:

Come Back, Little Sheba, Center Theatre Group, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Culver City, CA, 2007, then Manhattan Theatre Club, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 2008.