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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.
Known For
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
(1991)
Director
Some Kind of Hero
(1982)
Director
Doctor Detroit
(1983)
Director
Final Jeopardy
(1985)
Director
A Season for Miracles
(1999)
Director
Private Sessions
(1985)
Director
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
(1977)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase
(1976)
Director
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
(1977)
Director
Like Mom, Like Me
(1978)
Director
Boulevard Nights
(1979)
Director
Those Lips, Those Eyes
(1980)
Director
Some Kind of Hero
(1982)
Director
Doctor Detroit
(1983)
Director
The Impostor
(1984)
Director
Final Jeopardy
(1985)
Director
And the Children Shall Lead
(1985)
Director
Private Sessions
(1985)
Director
The Christmas Gift
(1986)
Director
Haunted by Her Past
(1987)
Director
To Heal a Nation
(1988)
Director
Shootdown
(1988)
Director
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
(1989)
Director
The Revenge of Al Capone
(1989)
Director
Incident at Dark River
(1989)
Director
Joshua's Heart
(1990)
Director
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
(1991)
Director
Quicksand: No Escape
(1992)
Director
Miracle Child
(1993)
Director
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
(1996)
Director
Saint Maybe
(1998)
Director
A Season for Miracles
(1999)
Director
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
(2003)
Director
Becoming Helen Keller
(2021)
Director
Acting
The Sound Sleeper
(1973)
Passenger at Airport
The Revenge of Al Capone
(1989)
Agent
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mania: Behind the Shells — The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'
(1991)
Himself
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
(1991)
News Manager
Frankie and Johnny Are Married
(2003)
Michael Pressman
Detours
(2016)
Tom McKinnon
Camera
Production
Writing