Mike Binder (born June 2, 1958) is an American film director,
screenwriter, producer, and actor.Binder, descended from
Russian-Jewish immigrants, grew up in the Detroit suburb of
Birmingham. During the summers of 1966 through 1975, he attended Camp
Tamakwa, a summer camp in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario,
Canada; that experience was the inspiration (and the filming location)
for his 1993 film Indian Summer.Beginning his career as a screenwriter
and standup comedian, in March 1990 with the March 9 theatrical
premiere of his first screenplay, Coupe de Ville, directed by Joe Roth
and co-produced by Mike, and his own HBO stand up comedy special,
broadcast the following night.Binder's directorial debut was with his
second screenplay, 1992's Crossing the Bridge.
screenwriter, producer, and actor.Binder, descended from
Russian-Jewish immigrants, grew up in the Detroit suburb of
Birmingham. During the summers of 1966 through 1975, he attended Camp
Tamakwa, a summer camp in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario,
Canada; that experience was the inspiration (and the filming location)
for his 1993 film Indian Summer.Beginning his career as a screenwriter
and standup comedian, in March 1990 with the March 9 theatrical
premiere of his first screenplay, Coupe de Ville, directed by Joe Roth
and co-produced by Mike, and his own HBO stand up comedy special,
broadcast the following night.Binder's directorial debut was with his
second screenplay, 1992's Crossing the Bridge.
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