Cast & creator
Michael Pressman
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Grey's Anatomy
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.
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film credits
36
television credits
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1951–2022 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (74)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Director
1999
Law & Order
Director
1990
Grey's Anatomy
Director
2005
Blue Bloods
Director
2010
Chicago Med
Director
2015Chicago Med
Executive Producer
2015
Chicago Hope
Marvin Rosenzweig
1994Chicago Hope
Director
1994Chicago Hope
Producer
1994
The Closer
Director
2005
Elementary
Director
2012
The Practice
Director
1997
Boston Legal
Director
2004
Private Practice
Director
2007
Weeds
Director
2005
Damages
Director
2007
The Guardian
Alex Steele
2001The Guardian
Director
2001The Guardian
Executive Producer
2001
Boston Public
Director
2000
Unforgettable
Director
2011
In Treatment
Director
2008
Sneaky Pete
Director
2015
Picket Fences
Director
1992
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Director
2005
Life on Mars
Director
2008
Star-Crossed
Director
2014
Alaska Daily
Director
2022
Kidnapped
Director
2006
Lake Placid
Producer
1999
The $treet
Director
2000
To Have & to Hold
Director
1998
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
News Manager
1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Director
1991
Law & Order True Crime
Director
2017
Cashmere Mafia
Producer
2008Cashmere Mafia
Director
2008
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Director
1951
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
Executive Producer
2003
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Director
1996
Doctor Detroit
Director
1983
Some Kind of Hero
Director
1982
A Season for Miracles
Director
1999
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Director
1977
Final Jeopardy
Director
1985
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
Director
1976
Detours
Tom McKinnon
2016
And the Children Shall Lead
Director
1985
Boulevard Nights
Director
1979
Like Mom, Like Me
Director
1978
Haunted by Her Past
Director
1987
Shootdown
Director
1988
Saint Maybe
Director
1998
The Revenge of Al Capone
Agent
1989The Revenge of Al Capone
Director
1989
Those Lips, Those Eyes
Director
1980Those Lips, Those Eyes
Producer
1980
The Impostor
Director
1984
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
Michael Pressman
2003Frankie and Johnny Are Married
Director
2003Frankie and Johnny Are Married
Writer
2003
Incident at Dark River
Director
1989
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Director
1989
To Heal a Nation
Director
1988
Private Sessions
Director
1985
The Sound Sleeper
Passenger at Airport
1973The Sound Sleeper
Still Photographer
1973
Quicksand: No Escape
Director
1992
The Christmas Gift
Director
1986
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mania: Behind the Shells — The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'
Himself
1991
Joshua's Heart
Director
1990
Mackendrick on Film
Self
2004
Becoming Helen Keller
Director
2021
Miracle Child
Director
1993