Robin, Michael M.

PERSONAL

Raised in California; father and mother worked in the entertainment industry. Education: University of Miami, B.S.C., 1985. Avocational Interests: Golf.

Addresses:

Contact—Shepard/Robin Company, 5300 Melrose Ave, Suite 225E, Los Angeles, CA 90038. Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Director, producer, and writer. Shephard/Robin Company (also known as Shephard/Robin Productions), Los Angeles, CA, principal. Worked at the Riviera Country Club.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Awards (with others), outstanding drama series, 1990, for L.A. Law; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement in directing in a drama series, 1994, Emmy Award (with others), outstanding drama series, 1995, and Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding drama series, 1994, 1996, and 1997, all for NYPD Blue; Golden Globe Award nomination, best television series—drama, 2004, GLAAD Media Award nomination, outstanding drama series, Gay & Lesbian Alliance against Defamation, 2004, Golden Globe Award, best television series—drama, 2005, and Saturn Award nominations, best syndicated/cable television series, Academy of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Films, 2005 and 2006, all with others, all for Nip/Tuck.

CREDITS

Television Executive Producer; Series:

(With others) NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994-97.

C-16: FBI (also known as C-16 and C-16: Spezialeinheit FBI), ABC, 1997-98.

Popular, The WB, 1999-2001.

Brutally Normal, The WB, 2000.

Nip/Tuck, FX Channel, c. 2003—.

The D.A., ABC, 2004.

The Closer, TNT, 2005—.

Television Producer; Series:

Associate producer, Hooperman, ABC, 1987.

Associate producer, L.A. Law, NBC, 1987-89.

Associate producer, Doogie Howser, M.D., ABC, c. 1989-90.

L.A. Law, NBC, c. 1989-90.

Cop Rock (musical), ABC, 1990.

Civil Wars, ABC, 1991-92.

Supervising producer, Civil Wars, ABC, 1992-93.

Supervising producer, NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993-95.

Television Work; Other; Series:

Postproduction coordinator, L.A. Law, NBC, c. 1986-94.

Creator, C-16: FBI (also known as C-16 and C-16: Spezialeinheit FBI), ABC, 1997-98.

Television Director and Executive Producer; Movies:

"Bailey's Mistake," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2001.

Television Director; Episodic:

Cop Rock (musical), ABC, 1990.

Civil Wars, ABC, episodes c. 1991-93.

NYPD Blue, ABC, 1995-99.

"Radio FBI," C-16: FBI (also known as C-16 and C-16: Spezialeinheit FBI), ABC, 1997.

"Russian Winter," C-16: FBI (also known as C-16 and C-16: Spezialeinheit FBI), ABC, 1997.

"Mo' Menace, Mo' Problems," Popular, The WB, 1999.

"Well Solved Sherlock," Brutally Normal, The WB, 2000.

"Fork You Very Much," Philly, ABC, 2001.

"A La Casa," MDs (also known as Meds and The Oath), ABC, 2002.

Kingpin, NBC, 2003.

Nip/Tuck, FX Channel, multiple episodes, beginning 2003.

"The People vs. Achmed Abbas," The D.A., ABC, 2004.

"The People vs. Patricia Henry," The D.A., ABC, 2004.

"The People vs. Sergius Kovinsky," The D.A., ABC, 2004.

The Closer, TNT, multiple episodes, beginning 2005.

Television Director; Pilots:

C-16: FBI (also known as C-16 and C-16: Spezialeinheit FBI), ABC, 1997.

Metropolis (animated), 2000.

Eastwick, Fox, 2002.

The Closer, TNT, 2005.

State of Mind, Lifetime, 2007.

Director of other pilots.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

Brookfield, ABC, 1999.

Metropolis (animated), 2000.

Aces, The WB, 2002.

Beck and Call, UPN, 2004.

The Closer, TNT, 2005.

State of Mind, Lifetime, 2007.

Executive producer of other pilots.

Television Work; Other; Pilots:

Production assistant, L.A. Law, NBC, 1986.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; with Others:

C-16: FBI (also known as C-16 and C-16: Spezialeinheit FBI), ABC, episodes c. 1997-98.

Wrote pilots.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Broadcasting & Cable, November 7, 2005, p. 12.

Miami (alumni digest), spring, 2005.