Michael Spiller

Michael Spiller

director, producer, cinematographer

Michael Spiller was born on Aug 01, 1961 in USA. Michael Spiller's big-screen debut came with The Unbelievable Truth directed by Hal Hartley in 1989. Michael Spiller is known for Henry Fool directed by Hal Hartley, Thomas Jay Ryan stars as Henry Fool and James Urbaniak as Simon Grim. Michael Spiller has got 5 awards and 2 nominations so far. The most recent award Michael Spiller achieved is Online Film & Television Association. The upcoming new movie Michael Spiller plays is No Such Thing which will be released on Nov 15, 2002.

Michael Spiller was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended SUNY Purchase where he met long time collaborator Hal Hartley. Mike photographed many feature films for Hal and others, as well as traveling the world shooting numerous documentaries, commercials and music videos. He began his directing career on the second season of HBO's Sex and the City which he had been shooting since the first season. After four years as DP and seven episodes as director, Mike and his family moved to LA to further pursue his directing career. He has now directed well over a hundred episodes of TV including over 20 episodes of Modern Family and Scrubs, along with multiple episodes of The New Girl, The Middle, The Bernie Mac Show, Kitchen Confidential, as well as directing the pilot of Jake in Progress, and Big Day and serving as producer/director on both of those series for ABC. His dramatic work includes five episodes of Ugly Betty, two each of Life as We Know It and the HBO series Big Love. He won the DGA award and the Primetime Emmy for directing the Halloween episode of Modern Family. (2014) Mike is an Executive Producer/Director on The Mindy Project for NBC Universal and Fox Network. Besides being a loving husband and father, he is a reluctant urban farmer.

  • Birthday

    Aug 01, 1961
  • Place of Birth

    New Jersey, USA

Known For

Awards

5 wins & 2 nominations

Online Film & Television Association
2013
Best Direction in a Comedy Series
Winner - OFTA Television Award
2011
Best Direction in a Comedy Series
Winner - OFTA Television Award
Directors Guild of America, USA
2011
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Winner - DGA Award
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