Michael Dinner

Michael Dinner (born May 20, 1953) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter for television.

Biography

Prior to his TV career, Dinner was a singer-songwriter and recording artist for Fantasy Records, where he released two albums, The Great Pretender (1974) and Tom Thumb the Dreamer (1976), along with four singles.^{[further explanation needed][citation needed]}

In 2017, he wrote and directed an episode of the Channel 4/Amazon Video series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams. He also served as an executive producer.^[1][2]

He graduated from Harvard College.^[3]

Filmography

Film

• Heaven Help Us (1985)
• Off Beat (1986)
• Hot to Trot (1988)
• The Crew (2000)

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive producer	Notes
1989-1993	The Wonder Years	Yes	Yes	19 episodes
1994	Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story	Yes	No	TV movie
1994-1995	Chicago Hope	Yes	Co-Executive	5 episodes
1996-1997	Early Edition	Yes	Yes	3 episodes
2003	Karen Sisco	Yes	Yes	2 episodes
2005	Invasion	Yes	No	1 episode
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Yes	No	1 episode
2006	Kidnapped	Yes	Yes	2 episodes
2008	Sons of Anarchy	Yes	No	1 episode
2008-2009	Law & Order	Yes	No	2 episodes
2010-2013	Justified	Yes	Yes	5 episodes
2013	Masters of Sex	Yes	No	2 episodes
2016	The Get Down	Yes	No	1 episode
2017-2018	Sneaky Pete	Yes	No	3 episodes
2018	Electric Dreams	Yes	No	1 episode
2019	Blood & Treasure	Yes	No	1 episode
	Unbelievable	Yes	No	3 episodes
2020	Amazing Stories	Yes	No	1 episode
2021	Mayans M.C.	Yes	No	2 episodes
2023	Justified: City Primeval	Yes	No	3 episodes