Director · Actor · Producer

Michael Pressman

43 credited titles on WatchWise

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Pressman (born July 1, 1950 in New York City, New York) is an American director and producer of film and television. Some of the films he has directed are The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976), Doctor Detroit (1983), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996). For television, he has directed episodes of Picket Fences, The Practice, The Graudian, Boston Legal, The Closer, Law & Order, Weeds, Grey's Anatomy and other series. He is an alumni of Camp Rising Sun and studied filmmaking at the California Institute of the Arts.

Michael Pressman in one minute

Strongest genre

Comedy

$80M · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

$80M

Standout efficiency

3.2x

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$104M

Combined reported budget

$33M

Gross / budget

3.1x

Bankability Index

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