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Michael Engler(I)

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Michael Engler at an event for Downton Abbey (2019)
Michael Engler is known for The Gilded Age (2022), 30 Rock (2006) and Downton Abbey (2019). He has been married to Steven Sumser since 23 November 2014.
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    • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 14 nominations total

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    Known for

    Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, and Denée Benton in The Gilded Age (2022)
    The Gilded Age
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, and Jack McBrayer in 30 Rock (2006)
    30 Rock
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Michelle Dockery, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Laura Carmichael, and Michael Fox in Downton Abbey (2019)
    Downton Abbey
    7.4
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2019
    Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    Sex and the City
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, and Denée Benton in The Gilded Age (2022)
      The Gilded Age
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022–2023
    • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Nicol, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Robert James-Collier, Michelle Dockery, Harry Hadden-Paton, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Laura Carmichael, and Michael Fox in Downton Abbey (2019)
      Downton Abbey
      7.4
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2019
    • Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
      Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2019
    • Oliver Hudson, Jenna Fischer, Van Crosby, Sander Thomas, and Olivia Keville in Splitting Up Together (2018)
      Splitting Up Together
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Elizabeth McGovern and Haley Lu Richardson in The Chaperone (2018)
      The Chaperone
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
      The Affair
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • The Trustee
      5.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • The Guest Book (2017)
      The Guest Book
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Augustus Prew in Pure Genius (2016)
      Pure Genius
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Notorious (2016)
      Notorious
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson in Empire (2015)
      Empire
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2016
    • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)
      Downton Abbey
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2015
    • Rob Lowe, Megan Mullally, Jenna Fischer, Joel Fry, Mathew Baynton, and Gaia Scodellaro in You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015)
      You, Me and the Apocalypse
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Lizzy Caplan, Michael Sheen, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Annaleigh Ashford in Masters of Sex (2013)
      Masters of Sex
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
      Brooklyn Nine-Nine
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014

    Producer

    • Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, and Denée Benton in The Gilded Age (2022)
      The Gilded Age
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022–2023
    • Notorious (2016)
      Notorious
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Rob Lowe, Megan Mullally, Jenna Fischer, Joel Fry, Mathew Baynton, and Gaia Scodellaro in You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015)
      You, Me and the Apocalypse
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Laura Linney in The Big C (2010)
      The Big C
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2010–2013
    • JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Ashley Newbrough, and Lucy Hale in Privileged (2008)
      Privileged
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2008
    • Twenty Questions (2006)
      Twenty Questions
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2006
    • Life as We Know It (2004)
      Life as We Know It
      7.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2004–2005
    • Jennifer Love Hewitt in Time of Your Life (1999)
      Time of Your Life
      6.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 1999
    • Jennifer Garner in Significant Others (1998)
      Significant Others
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • supervising producer
      • 1998
    • Paula Marshall and Jeremy Piven in Cupid (1998)
      Cupid
      7.8
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 1998
    • Party of Five (1994)
      Party of Five
      6.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • supervising producer
      • consulting producer
      • 1996–1998

    Writer

    • The Victim
      6.8
      Short
      • writer
      • 1998

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      • Steven SumserNovember 23, 2014 - present
    • Other works
      (1992 to 1993 season) He directed Noel Coward's play, "Private Lives," at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stephen Earle and Derek McLane were set designers. Robert Wojewodski was costume designer. Peter Maradudin was lighting designer.

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