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Home/People/Michael Pressman
Michael Pressman profile photo
Born
Jul 1, 1950
Age 75
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

7
Movies
2
TV Shows
55
Directed
IMDb Profile

Michael Pressman

Directing

Biography
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.
Detours poster

Detours

as Tom McKinnon
2016
Mackendrick on Film poster

Mackendrick on Film

as Self
2004
Frankie and Johnny Are Married poster

Frankie and Johnny Are Married

as Michael Pressman
2003
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mania: Behind the Shells — The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mania: Behind the Shells — The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'

as Himself
1991
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

as News Manager
1991
The Revenge of Al Capone poster

The Revenge of Al Capone

as Agent
1989
The Sound Sleeper poster

The Sound Sleeper

as Passenger at Airport
1973