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. In 2017, he wrote and directed an episode of the

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series '' Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams''. He also served as an executive producer.

Directed

*'' Heaven Help Us'' (1985) *'' Off Beat'' (1986) *'' Hot to Trot'' (1988) *'' The Wonder Years'' (19 episodes, 1989–1993) *'' Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story'' (TV Movie, 1994) *''

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'' (5 episodes, 1994–1995) *'' Early Edition'' (3 episodes, 1996–1997) *'' The Crew'' (2000) *''

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'' (2 episodes, 2003) *''

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'' (1 episode, 2005) *''

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'' (1 episode, 2005) *''

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'' (2 episodes, 2006) *''

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'' (1 episode, 2008) *''

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'' (2 episodes, 2008–2009) *'' Justified'' (2 episodes, 2010; 1 episode, 2011; 1 episode, 2012; 1 episode, 2013) *'' Masters of Sex'' (2 episodes, 2013) *'' The Get Down'' (1 episode, 2016) *'' Sneaky Pete'' (2 episodes, 2017; 1 episode, 2018) *'' Electric Dreams'' (1 episode, 2018) *'' Blood & Treasure'' (1 episode, 2019) *'' Unbelievable'' (3 episodes, 2019) *''

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'' (1 episode, 2020) *'' Mayans M.C.'' (2 episodes, 2021)

Produced

*'' The Wonder Years'' (20 episodes, 1990–1991) *''

'' (28 episodes, 1994–1995) (co-executive producer) *'' Early Edition'' (1 episode, 1996) (executive producer) *''

'' (1 episode, 2004) (executive producer) *''

'' (10 episodes, 2006–2007) (executive producer) *'' Justified'' (2 episodes, 2010; 1 episode, 2013) (executive producer)

References

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* 1953 births Living people American male screenwriters American male singer-songwriters American television directors American television producers American film directors Comedy film directors Fantasy Records artists Primetime Emmy Award winners {{US-tv-bio-stub