Michael Engler is an American director and television producer. Besides television, he has also worked on theatre and film.
Theater
His Broadway credits include Eastern Standard,Eastern Standard at Google Books starring Dylan Baker, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Conroy, and Anne Meara, as well as Mastergate,New York Times: A Dream Come True: Growing Up to Direct Plays written by Larry Gelbart, and I Hate Hamlet,New York Times: Review/Theater; Williamson as Specter in 'I Hate Hamlet' written by Paul Rudnick and starring Evan Handler and Alan Arkin.
His direction of the 2003 off-Broadway production of the Alan Bennett play Talking Heads garnered him a nomination for the Outer Critics Circle Award.Talking Heads at the Lortel Archives
Film and television
1990s
Engler began his career in television with the TV movie Mastergate (1992) based on the play he directed by Larry Gelbart.TCM: Mastergate Overview The following year he worked on the television series Bakersfield P.D., starring Ron Eldard, Giancarlo Esposito, and Brian Doyle Murray, as well as the series Sisters, starring Swoosie Kurtz and Sela Ward.
In 1993 and 1994 Engler directed two episodes of the HBO series Dream On, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and starring Brian Benben and Wendie Malick, as well as an episode of the Claire Danes starrer My So-Called Life, and began directing what would become fifteen episodes of the series Party of Five,Parenthood Director Bio Michael Engler on which he was also a producer. The series starred Neve Campbell and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
In 1995 Engler worked on the Mary Tyler Moore series New York News and Under One Roof,TV.com Michael Engler starring James Earl Jones, followed by the David E. Kelley series Chicago Hope in 1996, as well as the TV series Profit, starring Adrian Pasdar in 1997.
In 1998 Engler wrote and directed the short film The Victim. In the same year he worked on the short-lived series Significant Others, starring Jennifer Garner, and Cupid, starring Jeremy Piven. Engler wrapped up the 1990s with Time of Your Life, a spin-off of Party of Five. Engler served as a consulting producer on Cupid and a co-executive producer on Time of Your Life.
2000s
Engler began the decade with the series Once and Again, starring Sela Ward, Billy Campbell, Evan Rachel Wood, and Shane West, followed by the Aaron Sorkin drama The West Wing, the HBO series Six Feet Under, starring Peter Krause and Michael C. Hall, Hidden Hills, and the series My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star starring Oliver Hudson, two episodes of Watching Ellie and an episode of Do Over.
In 2001 Engler began directing for the HBO series Sex and the City for which he would go on to earn one Emmy nominationSex and The City Emmy Nominations and two Directors Guild of American nominations.Sex and the City Directors Bare All
In 2004 Engler directed an episode of the series Keen Eddie, starring Mark Valley and Sienna Miller, followed by an episode of the HBO series Deadwood, starring Timothy Olyphant and Ian McShane. This was followed by Life As We Know It, which he co-executive produced, and the TV movie Twenty Questions which he also executive produced, and the series The PTA.The PTA at interestMIX In 2006, Engler directed the pilot episode for the USA series Psych.
In 2007 Engler directed for the series 12 Miles of Bad Road, starring Lily Tomlin, followed by the TV movies Two Families and Single with Parents, starring Beau Bridges,ABC unveils five new shows for midseason and the series Privileged, for which Engler served as executive producer on the pilot episode.Subtitle Box: Filmography of Michael Engler Engler ended the decade with the TV movie Lost and Found, featuring Brian Cox.Hollywood Reporter: Two For NBC's Lost and Found
Beginning in 2007, Engler directed eleven episodes of the NBC series 30 Rock, for which he was nominated for a Directors Guild of America AwardVariety: DGA announces TV nominations, 'Lost,' 'Sopranos,' '30 Rock' nab duo of nods and an Emmy30 Rock Emmy Nominations for directing the episode Rosemary's Baby.
2010s
Engler began the decade by directing two episodes of the NBC series Parenthood in 2010, and The Big C, starring Laura Linney, for which Engler was an executive producer. He followed with an episode of Go On, starring Matthew Perry, and Nashville, starring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere, both in 2012. In 2013 Engler directed the pilot episode for the series Welcome to the Family, starring Ricardo Chavira and Mike O'Malley.
Filmography Short film The Victim (1998) (Also writer)
Feature film The Chaperone (2018) Downton Abbey (2019)
TV movies Mastergate (1992) Twenty Questions (2006) (Also executive producer) Two Families (2007) Single with Parents (2008) Lost and Found (2009)
TV series Year Title Notes1992–1993Sisters"The Best Seats In The House""Out of the Ashes""Sleepless in Winnetka"1993Bakersfield P.D."A Bullet For Stiles"1993–1994Dream On"One Ball, Two Strikes""Blame it on Reo"1994My So-Called Life"Self-Esteem"1994–1998Party of FiveAlso executive producer"Thanksgiving""Games People Play""It's Not Easy Being Green""Dearly Beloved""Unfair Advantage""Altered States""Going, Going, Gone""Personal Demons""Desperate Measures""I Declare""Point of No Return""You Win Some, You Lose Some""What a Drag""Positive Attitude""Fools Rush Out"1995New York News"Past Imperfect"1995Under One Roof"Ronnie's Got A Gun"1996Chicago Hope"Sweet Surrender"1997Profit"Security"1998Significant Others"The Next Big Thing""Matters of Gravity"1998CupidAlso consulting producer"Heaven... He's In Heaven""Heart of the Matter"1999Time of Your LifeAlso co-executive producer"The Time She Came To New York""The Time She Got Mobbed""The Time The Truth Was Told""The Time They Got E-Rotic""The Time They Cheated""The Time They Broke The Law"2000–2001Once And Again"Ozymandias 2.0""Love's Laborer's Lost""The Awful Truth""Acting Out"2001The West Wing"Ellie"2001–2003Six Feet Under"The Trip""In Place of Anger""I'll Take You""The Eye Inside"2001–2004Sex and the City"Time and Punishment""My Motherboard, Myself""The Big Journey""I Love a Charade""Lights, Camera, Relationship""Hop, Skip, and a Week""Catch-38""Out of the Frying Pan"2002My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star"Fame""The Road Gig""Pay to Play"2002Watching Ellie"Cheetos""Tango"2002Hidden Hills"The Mark of Manolo""Halloween"2002Do Over"Hot For Teacher"2004Keen Eddie"Inciting Incident"2004Deadwood"Bullock Returns to the Camp"2004–2005Life As We Know ItAlso co-executive producer "Pilot""Pilot Junior""The Best Laid Plans""A Little Problem"2006The PTA2006Psych"Pilot"200712 Miles of Bad Road"Pilot"2007–201230 Rock"The Baby Show""Up All Night""Jack Gets In The Game""Rosemary's Baby""Cougars""Secrets and Lies""Brooklyn Without Limits""Hey, Baby, What's Wrong? Part 1""Hey, Baby, What's Wrong? Part 2""What Will Happen to the Gang Next Year?""Stride of Pride"2008PrivilegedAlso executive producer (pilot only)"Pilot""All About Honesty""All About Insecurities""All About Love, Actually"2010Parenthood"Wassup""The Situation"2010–2013The Big CAlso executive producer"Summertime""There's No C in Team""Everything That Rises Must Converge""Taking the Plunge""Losing Patients""Musical Chairs""Goldilocks and the Bears""The Last Thanksgiving""Crossing the Line""Thin Ice""What's Your Story?""Vaya Con Dios""Fly Away""Quality of Life""The Finale"2012Go On"Do You Believe in Ghosts ... Yes!"2012Nashville"Someday You'll Call My Name"2013Welcome to the Family"Pilot""Dad Finds Out""The Big RV Adventure""Lisette's Abuela Visits"2014Brooklyn Nine-Nine"The Party"2014Masters of Sex"Dirty Jobs"2014–2016Downton Abbey"Episode Eight""Episode Five""Episode Six""The Finale"2015–2016Empire"Out, Damned Spot""A Rose By Any Other Name"2015–2017Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"Kimmy Goes to School""Kimmy's Bad at Math!""Kimmy Finds Her Mom!""Kimmy Googles the Internet!"2016Notorious"Pilot""The Prep Talk""Tell Me a Secret"2016Pure Genius"A Bunker Hill Christmas"2017The Guest Book"Story Six""Story Eight"2018The Affair"408"2018Splitting Up Together"Asking For a Friend"2022The Gilded Age5 episodes; Also executive producer
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