Michael Alan Spiller (born August 1, 1961) is an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

and

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.Michael Spiller Biography (1961-)
Film Reference Spiller has directed on numerous series and has also served as a

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. He was a regular director on the HBO series, ''

Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name, the series premiered in the United Stat ...

'' where he also served as

director of photography The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

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 ''Big Love'' is an American drama television series that aired on HBO from March 12, 2006 to March 20, 2011. It stars Bill Paxton as the patriarch of a fundamentalist Mormon family in contemporary Utah that practices polygamy, with Jeanne Tri ...

'' which premiered in March 2006. Spiller was also a producer on the series ''Jake in Progress'' and ''

Big Day ''Big Day'', originally titled ''A Day in the Life'', is an American television sitcom that first aired on ABC from November 28, 2006, to January 30, 2007. The series was co-produced by Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and directed by Michael Spil ...

''. In 2011, he won a

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for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the ''

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'' episode "

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". Spiller was born in

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and raised in

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

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Director filmography

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'' (2020) **episode 1.08 "Baton Rouge" *''

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'' (2018) **episode 1.10 "My Kids Barely Know Their Cultures" *''

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'' (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'' (2017-2018) **episode 2.14 "Super Hot Store" **episode 3.11 "Angels and Mermaids" *''

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'' (2016-present) **episode 2.15 "Twindependice" **episode 3.18 "Manitery" **episode 4.10 "Working Girl" **episode 6.05 "Mad and Boujee" **episode 7.17 "Move-In Ready" *''

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'' (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" *''

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'' (2012) **episode 1.22 "Tomatoes" **episode 1.24 "See Ya" *''

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'' (2012) **episode 1.02 "Daddy's Girl..." *''

'' (2010–2019) **episode 1.11 " Up All Night" **episode 1.15 " My Funky Valentine" **episode 2.01 " The Old Wagon" **episode 2.03 "

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" **episode 2.05 "

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" **episode 2.06 "

" **episode 2.07 "

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" **episode 2.08 "

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" **episode 2.09 "

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" **episode 2.13 " Caught in the Act" **episode 2.15 " Princess Party" **episode 2.19 "

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" **episode 2.20 " Someone to Watch Over Lily" **episode 2.21 "

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" **episode 3.02 " When Good Kids Go Bad" **episode 3.09 " Punkin Chunkin" **episode 3.10 " Express Christmas" **episode 3.14 " Me? Jealous?" **episode 3.15 " Aunt Mommy" **episode 3.20 " The Last Walt" **episode 11.03 "Snapped" *''

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'' (2009) **episode 1.4 " I Won't Back Down" *''

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'' (2007) **episode "The Wedding" **episode "The Hypnotherapist" *''

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'' (2006) **episode "

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" *''

'' (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) *''

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'' (2004) *'' Cracking Up'' (2004) *'' Lucky'' (2003) **episode 1.7 "Savant" **episode 1.13 "In the Stars" *'' Oliver Beene'' (2003) *''

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'' (2002) **episode "Valentine's Day Dance" *''

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'' (2002) **episode 2.03 "Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame" *''

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'' (2002) **episode 1.04 "Greg Gets Puppish *''

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'' (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 "

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**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" *''

'' (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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spiller, Michael 1961 births Living people American cinematographers American television directors People from Brooklyn People from New Jersey Primetime Emmy Award winners Directors Guild of America Award winners