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Michael Spiller

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Michael Spiller was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended SUNY Purchase where he met long time collaborator Hal Hartley. Mike photographed many feature films for Hal and others, as well as traveling the world shooting numerous documentaries, commercials and music videos. He began his directing career... See full bio »

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2012-2013 The Mindy Project (TV series)
– Take Me with You (2013)
– My Cool Christian Boyfriend (2013)
– The One That Got Away (2013)
– Harry & Sally (2013)
– Mindy's Brother (2013)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2012-2013 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (TV series)
– The Leak... (2013)
– Making Rent... (2012)
– Daddy's Girl... (2012)
 
2012 New Girl (TV series)
– See Ya (2012)
– Tomatoes (2012)
 
2010-2012 Modern Family (TV series)
– Planes, Trains and Cars (2012)
– The Last Walt (2012)
– Aunt Mommy (2012)
– Me? Jealous? (2012)
– Express Christmas (2011)
See all 21 episodes »
 
2011 The Office (TV series)
– The Search (2011)
 
2011 My Life As an Experiment (TV movie)
 
2009-2010 Better Off Ted (TV series)
– It's a Party and I'll Lie If I Want To (2010)
– The Long and Winding High Road (2010)
– Secrets and Lives (2009)
– Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2009)
 
2010 Untitled Adam Carolla Project (TV movie)
 
2009-2010 Cougar Town (TV series)
– All the Wrong Reasons (2010)
– I Won't Back Down (2009)
 
2002-2010 Scrubs (TV series)
– Our True Lies (2010)
– Our Mysteries (2009)
– Our First Day of School (2009)
– My Saving Grace (2009)
– My Jerks (2009)
See all 20 episodes »
 
2009 The Middle (TV series)
– Thanksgiving (2009)
– The Front Door (2009)
 
2008-2009 Worst Week (TV series)
– The Epidural (2009)
– The Puppy (2009)
– The Ring (2008)
 
2007-2008 Ugly Betty (TV series)
– Betty Suarez Land (2008)
– Filing for the Enemy (2008)
– Twenty-Four Candles (2008)
– Bananas for Betty (2007)
– In or Out (2007)
 
2008 The Riches (TV series)
– Dead Calm (2008)
 
2008 Aliens in America (TV series)
– Mom's Coma (2008)
 
2007 Samantha Who? (TV series)
– The Hypnotherapist (2007)
– The Wedding (2007)
 
2007 Big Shots (TV series)
– The Good, the Bad, and the Really Ugly (2007)
 
2006-2007 Big Day (TV series)
– The Ceremony (2007)
– Last Chance to Marry Jane (2007)
– War with the Neighbors (2007)
– Alice Can't Dance (2006)
– The Bachelor Party (2006)
See all 7 episodes »
 
2007 The Call (TV movie)
 
2006 Big Love (TV series)
– Eviction (2006)
– Eclipse (2006)
 
2005-2006 Jake in Progress (TV series)
– The Annie-dote (2006)
– The Lying, the Watch, and Jake's Wardrobe (2006)
– Henry Porter and the Coitus Interruptus (2005)
– Check Please (2005)
– Rivals and Departures (2005)
See all 9 episodes »
 
2005-2006 Kitchen Confidential (TV series)
– Teddy Takes Off (2006)
– Dinner Date with Death (2005)
 
2005 Dante (TV movie)
 
2004 Life As We Know It (TV series)
– Secrets & Lies (2004)
– Partly Cloudy, Chance of Sex (2004)
 
2003-2004 Oliver Beene (TV series)
– Catskills (2004)
– Oliver & the Otters (2004)
– X-ray Specs (2004)
– Space Race (2003)
– A Day at the Beach (2003)
 
2004 Method & Red (TV series)
– Something About Brenda (2004)
– Kill Bill Volume 3 (2004)
 
2002-2004 The Bernie Mac Show (TV series)
– Five Stages of Bryana (2004)
– Droobie or Not Droobie (2004)
– Hair Jordan (2004)
– Pink Gold (2003)
– Bernie Mac Dance Party (2002)
 
2004 Cracking Up (TV series)
 
2004 Mr. Ed (TV movie)
 
2003 Monk (TV series)
– Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame (2003)
 
2003 Lucky (TV series)
– It's in the Stars (2003)
– Savant (2003)
 
2003 Septuplets (TV series)
– Pilot (2003)
 
2002 Greg the Bunny (TV series)
– Greg Gets Puppish (2002)
 
2002 Leap of Faith (TV series)
– Whole in One (2002)
 
2002 Do Over (TV series)
– Valentine's Day Dance (2002)
 
1999-2001 Sex and the City (TV series)
– Belles of the Balls (2001)
– Sex and the Country (2001)
– Baby, Talk Is Cheap (2001)
– Ghost Town (2001)
– Frenemies (2000)
See all 7 episodes »
 
Show ShowCinematographer (31 titles)
2005 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) (as Mike Spiller)
 
1998-2002 Sex and the City (TV series)
– I Heart NY (2002)
– A 'Vogue' Idea (2002)
– All That Glitters (2002)
– The Good Fight (2002)
– The Agony and the Ex-tacy (2001)
See all 26 episodes »
 
2001 No Such Thing
 
1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous
 
1998 Hell's Kitchen
 
1998 Significant Others (TV series)
 
1998 Fishing with John (TV series documentary)
– Willem Dafoe (1998)
 
1997 Henry Fool
 
1997 Niagara, Niagara
 
1997 The House of Yes
 
1996 Phinehas (short)
 
1996 Walking and Talking
 
1995 Flirt
 
1995 Search and Destroy
 
1993-1994 The Adventures of Pete & Pete (TV series)
– Sick Day (1994)
– Halloweenie (1994)
– Time Tunnel (1994)
– Hard Day's Pete (1994) (director of photography)
– When Petes Collide (1994) (director of photography / as Mike Spiller)
See all 22 episodes »
 
1994 Hand Gun
 
1994 Amateur
 
1994 Opera No. 1 (short)
 
1993 Surviving Desire
 
1992 Simple Men
 
1992 Lincoln and the War Within (TV movie)
 
1992 Punch and Judy Get Divorced (TV movie)
 
1991 Age Isn't Everything
 
1991 Theory of Achievement (short)
 
1991 My Birthday Cake
 
1991/II Ambition (short)
 
1990 Trust
 
1989 The Unbelievable Truth (director of photography)
 
1987 The Cartographer's Girlfriend (short)
 
1985 Tommy's (short)
 
1984 Kid (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2012-2013 The Mindy Project (TV series) (executive producer - 16 episodes)
– Mindy's Birthday (2013) (executive producer)
– The One That Got Away (2013) (executive producer)
– Mindy's Minute (2013) (executive producer)
– Harry & Mindy (2013) (executive producer)
– Harry & Sally (2013) (executive producer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
2006-2010 Big Day (TV series) (supervising producer - 13 episodes)
– The $10,000 Gift (2010) (supervising producer)
– The Ceremony (2007) (supervising producer)
– Last Chance to Marry Jane (2007) (supervising producer)
– Magic Hour (2007) (supervising producer)
– The Unstable Minister (2007) (supervising producer)
See all 13 episodes »
 
Jake in Progress (TV series) (supervising producer - 20 episodes, 2005-2006) (producer - 1 episode, 2005)
– PB & J (2006) (supervising producer)
– Eyebrow Girl vs. Smirkface (2006) (supervising producer)
– The Annie-dote (2006) (supervising producer)
– The Hot One (2006) (supervising producer)
– The Lying, the Watch, and Jake's Wardrobe (2006) (supervising producer)
See all 21 episodes »
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (16 titles)
2000 Chinese Coffee (additional camera operator - as Michael A. Spiller)
 
1992-1999 Real Sex (TV series documentary) (camera operator - 6 episodes)
– Best of Real Sex (1999) (camera operator)
– Real Sex 15 (1996) (camera operator)
– Real Sex 16 (1996) (camera operator)
– Real Sex 6 (1993) (camera operator)
– Real Sex 4 (1992) (camera operator)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1997 The American Experience (TV series documentary) (director of photography: additional photography - 1 episode)
– The Telephone (1997) (director of photography: additional photography)
 
1993 Household Saints (additional photographer)
 
1993 The Dark Half (additional camera operator, director of photography: second unit)
 
1992 Comrades in Arms (camera operator)
 
1990 Trust (camera operator)
 
1990 Framed (TV movie) (camera operator)
 
1988 D.O.A. (additional first assistant camera)
 
1987 Hangmen (camera operator: second unit)
 
1987 My Demon Lover (best boy electric: New York, gaffer: New York second unit)
 
1987 Campus Man (best boy grip)
 
1986 Robin Hood (TV series) (focus puller - 4 episodes, 1986) (camera operator - 1 episode, 1986)
– The Time of the Wolf: Part 2 (1986) (focus puller)
– The Time of the Wolf: Part 1 (1986) (focus puller)
– Rutterkin (1986) (camera operator)
– The Cross of St. Ciricus (1986) (focus puller - as Mickey Spiller)
– The Sheriff of Nottingham (1986) (focus puller)
 
1986 America Undercover (TV series documentary) (assistant camera - 1 episode)
– Surveillance: No Place to Hide (1986) (assistant camera)
 
1985 Streetwalkin' (electrician - as Mike Spiller)
 
1985 Sudden Death (grip)
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
2009 Worst Week (TV series)
Kathy's Husband
– The Puppy (2009) … Kathy's Husband
 
2009 Scrubs (TV series)
The Balloon Guy
– My Jerks (2009) … The Balloon Guy (uncredited)
 
1998 Sex and the City (TV series)
Slick Guy
– The Monogamists (1998) … Slick Guy
 
1998 Significant Others (TV series)
Director of Photography
– The Shoot … Director of Photography
 
1987 Campus Man
Undercover Cop
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2003 Instrument (documentary) (additional footage)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1985 Walls of Glass (key swing)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2004 Garden State (special thanks)
 

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Directed a TV commercial for Ross Dept Stores - appearing in the commercial - April Scott, Tamia Richmond, Brett Novek, Chelsea Ricketts, Malese Jow, Katelyn Pacitto, Brandon Thomas, & Tristin Mays.

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