Michael Spiller

Michael Alan Spiller (born August 1, 1961) is an American cinematographer and television director.[1]

Michael Spiller
Born (1961-08-01) August 1, 1961
Alma materPurchase College
OccupationCinematographer, television director
Years active1984–present

Spiller has directed on numerous series and has also served as a cinematographer prior to directing. Early on, he worked frequently with director and classmate Hal Hartley, including cinematography for Hartley's breakout indie film The Unbelievable Truth, which helped launch both of their careers.[2] He was a regular director on the HBO series, Sex and the City where he also served as director of photography during the first four seasons. After Sex and the City, Spiller continued to direct on series such as Scrubs, Jake in Progress, The Bernie Mac Show and has directed two episodes of the HBO series, Big Love which premiered in March 2006. Spiller was also a producer on the series Jake in Progress and Big Day.

In 2011, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the Modern Family episode "Halloween".[3]

Spiller was born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Director filmography

TV series

  • Perfect Harmony (2020)
    • episode 1.12 "Hymn-a-Thon"
  • AJ and the Queen (2020)
    • episode 1.08 "Baton Rouge"
  • Mixed-ish (2019)
    • episode 1.03 "Let Your Hair Down"
    • episode 1.14 "True Colors"
    • episode 1.15 "This Charming Man"
  • Good Girls (2019)
    • episode 2.15 "Everything Must Go"
  • Whiskey Cavalier (2019)
    • episode 1.06 "Five Spies and a Baby"
  • I Feel Bad (2018)
    • episode 1.10 "My Kids Barely Know Their Cultures"
  • Fresh Off the Boat (2018)
    • episode 5.02 "The Hand That Sits The Cradle"
  • Champions (2018)
    • episode 1.01 "Pilot"
    • episode 1.02 "I Think I'm Gonna Tolerate It Here"
    • episode 1.06 "Grandma Dearest"
    • episode 1.08 "Nepotism"
  • Superstore (2017-present)
    • episode 2.14 "Super Hot Store"
    • episode 3.11 "Angels and Mermaids"
  • Black-ish (2016-present)
    • episode 2.15 "Twindependice"
    • episode 3.18 "Manitery"
    • episode 4.10 "Working Girl"
    • episode 6.05 "Mad and Boujee"
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016)
    • episode 3.13 "The Cruise"
  • The Mindy Project (2012-2017)
    • episode 1.02 "Hiring and Firing"
    • episode 1.03 "In The Club"
    • episode 1.06 "Thanksgiving"
    • episode 1.10 "Mindy's Brother"
    • episode 1.13 "Harry & Sally"
    • episode 1.16 "The One That Got Away"
    • episode 1.19 "My Cool Christian Boyfriend"
    • episode 1.24 "Take Me With You"
    • episode 2.1 "All My Problems Forever"
    • episode 2.2 "The Other Dr. L"
    • episode 2.11 "Christmas Party Sex Trip"
    • episode 2.13 "L.A."
    • episode 2.16 "Indian BBW"
    • episode 2.22 "Danny and Mindy"
    • episode 3.1 "We're a Couple Now, Haters!"
    • episode 3.5 "The Devil Wears Lands' End"
    • episode 3.12 "Stanford"
    • episode 3.13 "San Francisco Bae"
    • episode 3.21 "Best Man"
    • episode 4.1 "While I Was Sleeping"
    • episode 4.13 "When Mindy Met Dandy"
    • episode 4.12 "Will They or Won't They"
    • episode 4.26 "Homewrecker"
    • episode 5.1 "Decision 2016"
    • episode 5.7 "Concord"
    • episode 5.8 "Revenge of the Nurse"
    • episode 5.11 "Dibs"
    • episode 5.14 "A Decent Prosopal"
    • episode 6.9 "Danny In Real Life"
    • episode 6.10 "It Had To Be You"
  • New Girl (2012)
    • episode 1.22 "Tomatoes"
    • episode 1.24 "See Ya"
  • Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)
    • episode 1.02 "Daddy's Girl..."
  • Modern Family (2010–2019)
  • Cougar Town (2009)
  • Samantha Who? (2007)
    • episode "The Wedding"
    • episode "The Hypnotherapist"
  • Ugly Betty (2006)
  • Big Love (2006)
    • episode "Eclipse"
    • episode "Eviction"
  • Jake in Progress (2005)
  • Kitchen Confidential (2005)
    • episode 1.03 "Dinner Date with Death"
  • Life As We Know It (2004)
  • Method & Red (2004)
  • Cracking Up (2004)
  • Lucky (2003)
    • episode 1.7 "Savant"
    • episode 1.13 "In the Stars"
  • Oliver Beene (2003)
  • Do Over (2002)
    • episode "Valentine's Day Dance"
  • Monk (2002)
    • episode 2.03 "Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame" [4]
  • Greg the Bunny (2002)
    • episode 1.04 "Greg Gets Puppish [5]
  • Leap of Faith (2002)
  • The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
  • Scrubs (2001-2006; 2009-2010)
    • episode 1.13 "My Balancing Act"
    • episode 1.14 "My Drug Buddy"
    • episode 1.23 "My Hero"
    • episode 1.24 "My Last Day"
    • episode 2.03 "My Case Study"
    • episode 2.06 "My Big Brother"
    • episode 2.14 "My Brother, My Keeper"
    • episode 2.19 "My Kingdom"
    • episode 2.21 "My Drama Queen"
    • episode 3.02 "My Journey"
    • episode 3.03 "My White Whale"
    • episode 3.12 "My Catalyst"
    • episode 4.21 "My Quarantine"
    • episode 5.03 "My Day at the Races"
    • episode 5.16 "My Bright Idea
    • episode 8.02 "My Jerks"
    • episode 8.04 "My Saving Grace"
    • episode 9.01 "Our First Day of School"
    • episode 9.05 "Our Mysteries"
    • episode 9.10 "Our True Lies"
  • Sex and the City (1999-2001)
    • episode 2.13 "Games People Play"
    • episode 3.15 "Hot Child in the City"
    • episode 3.16 "Frenemies"
    • episode 4.05 "Ghost Town"
    • episode 4.06 "Baby, Talk Is Cheap"
    • episode 4.09 "Sex and the Country"
    • episode 4.10 "Belles of the Ball"

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