Michael Pressman is an American film and television producer and
director whose credits include the television series Law & Order: SVU,
Chicago Med, Blue Bloods, Picket Fences, Elementary,and the Emmy
nominated Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders as well as the
feature films Doctor Detroit, Boulevard Nights,and Some Kind of
Hero.Pressman was born in 1950 to actors David Pressman and Sasha
Pressman. After graduating from Manhattan's High School of Music and
Art, he earned a drama degree from Carnegie-Mellon University. After
relocating to Los Angeles, Pressmen received a B.F.A. in film from the
California Institute of the Arts where he serves as an active member
on their Board of Trustees. Additionally, Pressman studied under
Alexander Mackendrick, the director of such films as Sweet Smell of
Success and The Ladykillers.Pressman directed his first feature film,
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase, with fellow Cal Arts graduates Sean
Daniel and David Kirkpatrick. Pressman went on to direct the cult
classic Boulevard Nights, which was selected as one of twenty-five
films for preservation by the Library of Congress, Those Lips, Those
Eyes starring Frank Langella, Doctor Detroit starring Dan Aykroyd, and
Some Kind of Hero starring Richard Pryor, among others.His television
credits include multiple episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series Law
& Order SVU and Blue Bloods. He distinguished himself early in his
career as a director with popular classic series including Picket
Fences and Chicago Hope. He directed the final two hours of the TV
mini-series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, starring
Edie Falco and Heather Graham.
director whose credits include the television series Law & Order: SVU,
Chicago Med, Blue Bloods, Picket Fences, Elementary,and the Emmy
nominated Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders as well as the
feature films Doctor Detroit, Boulevard Nights,and Some Kind of
Hero.Pressman was born in 1950 to actors David Pressman and Sasha
Pressman. After graduating from Manhattan's High School of Music and
Art, he earned a drama degree from Carnegie-Mellon University. After
relocating to Los Angeles, Pressmen received a B.F.A. in film from the
California Institute of the Arts where he serves as an active member
on their Board of Trustees. Additionally, Pressman studied under
Alexander Mackendrick, the director of such films as Sweet Smell of
Success and The Ladykillers.Pressman directed his first feature film,
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase, with fellow Cal Arts graduates Sean
Daniel and David Kirkpatrick. Pressman went on to direct the cult
classic Boulevard Nights, which was selected as one of twenty-five
films for preservation by the Library of Congress, Those Lips, Those
Eyes starring Frank Langella, Doctor Detroit starring Dan Aykroyd, and
Some Kind of Hero starring Richard Pryor, among others.His television
credits include multiple episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series Law
& Order SVU and Blue Bloods. He distinguished himself early in his
career as a director with popular classic series including Picket
Fences and Chicago Hope. He directed the final two hours of the TV
mini-series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, starring
Edie Falco and Heather Graham.
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