Michael Pressman Biography (1950-)

Born July 1, 1950, in New York, NY; son of David (a theatre and television director) and Sasha (a dancer; maiden name, Katz) Pressman. Addresses: Office: Angellotti Co., 12413 Ventura Court, Suite 200, Studio City, CA 91604-2410.; Agent: William Morris Agency, Inc., 151 South El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, producer, actor
Birth Details: July 1, 1950; New York, New York

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (also known as Dynamite Woman), New World, 1976
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Paramount, 1977
Boulevard Nights, Warner Bros., 1977
Those Lips, Those Eyes, United Artists, 1980
Some Kind of Hero, 1981 Paramount, 1982
Dr. Detroit, Universal, 1983
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, New LineCinema, 1991
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, Triumph Films, 1996
Film Producer
Those Lips, Those Eyes, United Artists, 1980
Lake Placid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Film Appearances
News manager, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, New Line Cinema, 1991
Television Work
Series
Co-executive producer, Picket Fences, CBS, beginning 1992.
Producer and executive consultant, Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994
Executive producer, The Guardian, CBS, 2001
Also executive producer of the series Michael Hayes.
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 asBrokaw 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
Television Director
Movies
Like Mom, Like Me, CBS, 1978
The Imposter, ABC, 1984
Final Jeopardy, NBC, 1985
The Christmas Gift, CBS, 1986
Sirens, 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, CBS, 1998
A Season for Miracles, CBS, 1999
Pilots
Private Sessions, NBC, 1985
Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994
Episodic
The Guardian, CBS, 2001
Also directed episodes of Boston Public, Fox; Picket Fences, CBS; and The Practice, ABC.
Television Appearances
Episodic
Dr. Marvin Rosenweig, "With the Greatest of Ease," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994
Other
Ophthalmologist, Baby M (miniseries), ABC, 1988
Bernie, Man against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (movie), NBC, 1989
The Revenge of Al Capone (movie; also known as Capone), NBC, 1989

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