Michael Grossman
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Michael Grossman | |
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| Occupation | Film/television director |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Michael N. Grossman is an American film and television director.
He has directed a number of episodes from dozens of different television series, including Grey's Anatomy and the backdoor pilot ("The Other Side of This Life") of its spin-off, Private Practice. His other directorial work includes the series Charmed, Zoey 101, Angel, The Invisible Man, Arli$$, Firefly, Star Trek: Enterprise, Earth 2, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, Drop Dead Diva, Manhattan, AZ, One Tree Hill, Las Vegas, Eureka, Dirty Sexy Money, Nashville and Pretty Little Liars.[1]
Prior to working in television, Grossman was an assistant director on the films Hide and Go Shriek (1988) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).
Grossman directed the television films Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000), Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008), Starstruck (2010), and One Crazy Cruise (2015).
Filmography
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[edit]| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Road Block | TV Movie |
| 2000 | Kenan & Kel: Two Heads are Better Than None | TV Movie |
| 2008 | Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Starstuck | TV Movie |
| 2011 | Fixing Pete | TV Movie |
| 2015 | One Crazy Cruise | TV Movie |
| 2020 | The Christmas House | TV Movie |
| 2021 | After the Fall | Short Film |
| 2022 | Safe | Short Film |
| 2023 | Room for None | Short Film |
Television
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[edit]| Year | Title | Season | Episode
Title |
Episode
Number |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Earth 2 | 1 | "Natural Born Grendlers" | 6 | |
| "After the Thaw" | 18 | ||||
| 1998 | Arli$$ | 3 | "Whatever it Takes" | 1 | |
| "The American Game" | 11 | ||||
| 1999 | 4 | "People Are Assets Too" | 3 | ||
| "To Thine Own Self Be True" | 8 | ||||
| "Rules of the Game" | 12 | ||||
| Cousin Skeeter | 2 | "Unchained" | 10 | ||
| 2000 | The Pit | 1 | "Pilot" | 1 | |
| Manhattan, AZ | 1 | 10 | |||
| "Atticus Doesn't Live Here Anymore" | 12 | ||||
| "The Voyage Home" | 13 | ||||
| Arli$$ | 5 | "Making Things Happen" | 1 | ||
| "Where There's a Will..." | 12 | ||||
| 2001 | 6 | "As Others See Us" | 8 | ||
| "Giving Something Back" | 9 | ||||
| Angel | 2 | "Redefinition" | 11 | ||
| The Invisible Man | 1 | "Perchance to Dream" | 17 | ||
| "Diseased" | 19 | ||||
| 2 | "Legends" | 1 | |||
| "The Importance of Being Eberts" | 3 | ||||
| "Insensate" | 7 | ||||
| "The Choice" | 12 | ||||
| "Immaterial Girl" | 13 | ||||
| "Father Figure" | 14 | ||||
| 2002 | "Mere Mortals" | 19 | |||
| "Possessed" | 20 | ||||
| "The New Stuff" | 22 | ||||
| The Chronicle | 1 | "Pig Boy's Big Adventure" | 12 | ||
| Arli$$ | 7 | "The Immortal" | 1 | ||
| "In With the New" | 3 | ||||
| "It's All in the Game" | 7 | ||||
| Firefly | 1 | "Safe" | 7 | ||
| Angel | 3 | "Birthday" | 11 | ||
| 4 | "Ground State" | 2 | |||
| 2003 | "Players" | 16 | |||
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 7 | "Showtime" | 11 | ||
| Tremors | 1 | "A Little Paranoia Among Friends" | 7 | ||
| One Tree Hill | 1 | "Are You True?" | 3 | ||
| Jake 2.0 | 1 | "Middle Man" | 8 | ||
| Miracles | 1 | "Battle at Snow Ridge" | 8 | ||
| 2004 | Charmed | 7 | "Charmed Noir" | 8 | |
| Gilmore Girls | 4 | "In the Clamor and the Clanger" | 11 | ||
| Las Vegas | 1 | "The Strange Life of Bob" | 20 | ||
| Star Trek: Enterprise | 3 | "Hatchery" | 17 | ||
| 2005 | 4 | "The Forge" | 7 | ||
| "Afflicition" | 15 | ||||
| Killer Instinct | 1 | "Forget Me Not" | 8 | ||
| Charmed | 7 | "The Seven Year Witch" | 16 | ||
| "Freaky Phoebe" | 19 | ||||
| 8 | "Kill Billie: Vol 1" | 6 | |||
| 2006 | "Generation Hex" | 17 | |||
| Zoey 101 | 2 | "Quinn's Alpaca" | 12 | ||
| 3 | "Hot Dean" | 3 | |||
| "Zoey's Tutor" | 4 | ||||
| "The Silver Hammer Society" | 6 | ||||
| Eureka | 1 | "Invincible" | 5 | ||
| 2007 | 2 | "All that Glitters" | 12 | ||
| The Dresden Files | 1 | "Rules of Engagement" | 4 | ||
| "Things that Go Bump" | 11 | ||||
| Standoff | 1 | "Lie to Me" | 15 | ||
| Dirty Sexy Money | 1 | "The Lions" | 2 | ||
| "The Italian Banker" | 3 | ||||
| Grey's Anatomy | 3 | "Great Expectations" | 13 | ||
| "The Other Side of This Life: Part 1" | 22 | ||||
| "The Other Side of This Life: Part 2" | 23 | ||||
| 4 | "Crash Into Me: Part 1" | 9 | |||
| Zoey 101 | 3 | "Wrestling" | 8 | ||
| "Chase's Grandma" | 10 | ||||
| 2008 | 4 | "Rumor of Love" | 4 | ||
| "Walk-a-thon" | 7 | ||||
| Big Shots | 1 | "Who's the Boss?" | 11 | ||
| Reaper | 1 | "Coming to Grips" | 15 | ||
| The Middleman | 1 | "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown" | 9 | ||
| Eli Stone | 2 | "Help!" | 7 | ||
| Dirty Sexy Money | 2 | "The Organ Donor" | 9 | ||
| 2009 | "The Facts" | 10 | |||
| 90210 | 1 | "By Accident" | 14 | ||
| Cupid | 1 | "The Great Right Hope" | 3 | ||
| "Left of the Dial" | 6 | ||||
| 2010 | Huge | 1 | "Live Action Role Play" | 3 | |
| Gigantic | 1 | "Bye Bye Baby" | 10 | ||
| Drop Dead Diva | 2 | "Queen of Mean" | 8 | ||
| 2011 | 3 | "False Alarm" | 2 | ||
| "Closure" | 6 | ||||
| "Bride-a-Palooza" | 12 | ||||
| Greek | 4 | "Agents for Change" | 9 | ||
| Pretty Little Liars | 1 | "The New Normal" | 17 | ||
| 2 | "The Devil You Know" | 5 | |||
| The Lying Game | 1 | "Double Dibs" | 3 | ||
| 2012 | "No Country for Young Love" | 17 | |||
| Gossip Girl | 5 | "The End of the Affair?" | 11 | ||
| Pretty Little Liars | 2 | "A Hot Piece of A" | 15 | ||
| Drop Dead Diva | 4 | "Welcome Back" | 1 | ||
| "Crushed" | 7 | ||||
| "Ashes to Ashes" | 9 | ||||
| "Jane's Getting Married" | 13 | ||||
| Jane by Design | 1 | "The Wedding Gown" | 8 | ||
| Body of Proof | 2 | "Identity" | 17 | ||
| 2013 | 3 | "Skin and Bones" | 7 | ||
| "Doubting Tommy" | 8 | ||||
| Nashville | 2 | "Don't Open that Door" | 5 | ||
| Pretty Little Liars | 3 | "Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno" | 17 | ||
| Drop Dead Diva | 5 | "The Real Jane" | 2 | ||
| "Secret Lives" | 5 | ||||
| "Fool for Love" | 6 | ||||
| "50 Shades of Grayson" | 8 | ||||
| "Trust Me" | 9 | ||||
| "Guess Who's Coming" | 12 | ||||
| 2014 | 6 | "Soulmates?" | 2 | ||
| "Life & Death" | 4 | ||||
| "Desperate Housewife" | 6 | ||||
| "No Return" | 10 | ||||
| The Fosters | 1 | "Kids in the Hall" | 17 | ||
| Mistresses | 2 | "Choices" | 11 | ||
| "Surprise" | 12 | ||||
| Chasing Life | 1 | "Finding Chemo" | 14 | ||
| Switched at Birth | 3 | "Yuletide Fortune Tellers" | 22 | ||
| Pretty Little Liars | 4 | "Cover for Me" | 22 | ||
| 2015 | 5 | "Over a Barrel" | 16 | ||
| 6 | "She's No Angel" | 5 | |||
| Chasing Life | 2 | 'Life of Breanna" | 3 | ||
| Switched at Birth | 4 | "The Accommodations of Desire" | 18 | ||
| The Originals | 3 | "I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans" | 3 | ||
| 2016 | "A Ghost Along the Mississippi" | 10 | |||
| Chicago P.D. | 3 | "The Song of Gregory William Yates" | 14 | ||
| DC's Legends of Tomorrow | 2 | "The Justice Society of America" | 2 | ||
| 2017 | Andi Mack | 1 | "She's Turning Into You" | 9 | |
| Daytime Divas | 1 | "Coma Bump" | 2 | ||
| "Baby Daddy Drama" | 5 | ||||
| The Originals | 4 | "Voodoo Child" | 12 | ||
| 2018 | 5 | "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" | 4 | ||
| Life Sentence | 1 | "Love Factually" | 12 | ||
| 2019 | Cobra Kai | 2 | "Fire and Ice" | 3 | |
| "The Moment of Truth" | 4 | ||||
| Games People Play | 1 | "The Wrath of Grapes" | 4 | ||
| "To Live and Lie in L.A." | 5 | ||||
| 2022 | Roswell, New Mexico | 4 | "Kiss From a Rose" | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ Michael Grossman, Yahoo! TV
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