Michael Dinner

Michael Dinner (born May 20, 1953) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter for television. Prior to his TV career, he was a recording artist for Fantasy Records, where he released 2 albums: The Great Pretender (1974), and Tom Thumb the Dreamer (1976), along with 4 singles.

In 2017, he wrote and directed an episode of the Channel 4/Amazon Video 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)
• Chicago Hope (5 episodes, 1994–1995)
• Early Edition (3 episodes, 1996–1997)
• The Crew (2000)
• Karen Sisco (2 episodes, 2003)
• Invasion (1 episode, 2005)
• Grey's Anatomy (1 episode, 2005)
• Kidnapped (2 episodes, 2006)
• Sons of Anarchy (1 episode, 2008)
• Law & Order (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)
• Amazing Stories (1 episode, 2020)

Produced

• The Wonder Years (20 episodes, 1990–1991)
• Chicago Hope (28 episodes, 1994–1995) (co-executive producer)
• Early Edition (1 episode, 1996) (executive producer)
• Karen Sisco (1 episode, 2004) (executive producer)
• Kidnapped (10 episodes, 2006–2007) (executive producer)
• Justified (2 episodes, 2010; 1 episode, 2013) (executive producer)