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Michael Pressman

Michael Pressman

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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Movies Made By Michael Pressman (29)

Becoming Helen Keller (2021)

The life and legacy of Helen Keller, including how she used her celebrity to advocate for human rights and social justice for women, the poor and people with disabilities. ...

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Frankie and Johnny Are Married (2003)

Television director/producer Michael Pressman mounts a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune starring his wife, Lisa Chess. But their attempts to stage the play and work on their marriage keep running afoul, and everything's threatened by t ...

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A Season for Miracles (1999)

A miracle occurs for a homeless family consisting of two wayward children and their protective aunt with the help of an angel. When a young woman's niece and nephew are threatened with foster care after her sister is hospitalized following yet another over ...

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Lake Placid (1999)

When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is sudde ...

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Saint Maybe (1998)

A lonely teen troubled by a past family tragedy is suspicious of his sister-in-law, believing she is being unfaithful. His confrontation with his brother sets off a series of tragic events. ...

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To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)

David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks with her "ghost" on the beach at night. While David lives in the past, other family problems crop up in the ...

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Miracle Child (1993)

A despairing young widow who abandons her baby at pond-side among bulrushes and a man who's fighting to reclaim his own son are drawn together. A baby plops out of a rainy, stormy sky into the arms of the town's beloved, vaguely addled spinster. Miracles s ...

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Quicksand: No Escape (1992)

A hard-working architect is pulled into intrigue when his wife hires a private investigator to make sure he's just working late. The private eye sees an opportunity to frame him for a murder instead. ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants. ...

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Joshua's Heart (1990)

A woman is torn between her boyfriend's ending their relationship and being separated from his young son with whom she has bonded. ...

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Incident at Dark River (1989)

When Tim McFall's young daughter dies as the result of toxic waste dumped in the local river, he tries to shut down the company and everybody turns against him. In his fight he is joined by a beautiful student activist, and soon his obsession with revenge ...

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The Revenge of Al Capone (1989)

After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago. ...

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Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989)

Honest cop in corrupt 1940s Los Angeles fights against gangsters who are kidnapping and selling women into prostitution. ...

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Shootdown (1988)

Nan Moore is a U.S. government employee whose son is killed when Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by Soviets on September 1, 1983. While the "official" story maintains that the flight accidentally veered too far into Soviet territory, was mistaken as a s ...

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To Heal a Nation (1988)

The true story of Jan Scruggs, an embittered Vietnam veteran who returns from the war a broken man. However, with the help of his loving wife Becky, he begins to find a new life for himself, and a personal goal when he agrees to begin a determined campaign ...

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Haunted by Her Past (1987)

While staying at an inn in a colonial-recreation village for her anniversary, a young woman becomes possessed by her murderous ancestor through an antique mirror and compelled to murder her husband. ...

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The Christmas Gift (1986)

A widowed New York City architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a small mystical town in Colorado where everyone believes in Santa Claus. ...

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Final Jeopardy (1985)

A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving in and out of the proceedings are a bunch of murderous criminals with names like DOA, Ice and Slash. The couple are in for a night that they won't forget. ...

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Private Sessions (1985)

A therapist goes outside his office and into his patients' personal lives to help them. He is treating a man who is hearing sounds but apparently there is nothing wrong with him psychologically. And a woman who despite being in a healthy relationship goes ...

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And the Children Shall Lead (1985)

Mississippi in the early '60s is the setting for this story of a 12-year-old African-American girl who, along with her white friends, tries to ease increasing racial tensions. ...

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The Impostor (1984)

After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend. When she rebuffs him, he fakes his past in order to get hired as the principal of the school where she teaches, in the hopes of winning her back. Cade soon begins ...

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Doctor Detroit (1983)

A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever. ...

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Some Kind of Hero (1982)

A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own country. ...

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Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)

A small-town star helps a young apprentice land the girl of his dreams. ...

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Boulevard Nights (1979)

A focus on life in a gang, Boulevard Nights portrays the dangers of street violence. Richard Yniguez plays a young Chicano who tries to get out of the gang, but he keeps finding himself drawn back into it. ...

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Like Mom, Like Me (1978)

A middle-aged mom and her teenage daughter adjust to life together after Dad's affair breaks up the family. ...

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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)

A troubled, rebellious teen drives his rambunctious baseball team out to Houston where they play an exhibition game and the boy meets his estranged father, and hires him as the teams coach. ...

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The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)

Candy and Ellie Jo are a pair of sexy bank robbers who blast their way into small-town banks with a carload of dynamite! When they take Slim hostage, it begins a thrill-packed crime spree across the state of Texas. ...

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The Sound Sleeper (1973)

A woman has a late night tryst with a dark turn ...

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Movies Starring Michael Pressman (7)

Detours (2016)

A newly single New Yorker must re-locate to Florida for her dream job. She drives south with her widowed dad, her mom's ashes in a coffee can, and a GPS with a mind of its own. ...

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Mackendrick on Film (2004)

Mackendrick on Film is an educational project constructed around the film teachings of legendary pedagogue Alexander Mackendrick. Taking as its starting point Mackendrick's body of written work contained in his book On Film-making: An introduction to the c ...

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Frankie and Johnny Are Married (2003)

Television director/producer Michael Pressman mounts a production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune starring his wife, Lisa Chess. But their attempts to stage the play and work on their marriage keep running afoul, and everything's threatened by t ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mania: Behind the Shells — The Making of 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' (1991)

This short documentary treats movie fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the first two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action film adaptations of the popular comic book and animated series. Included are interviews with the cast and crew who ...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants. ...

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The Revenge of Al Capone (1989)

After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago. ...

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The Sound Sleeper (1973)

A woman has a late night tryst with a dark turn ...

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