Michael Grossman

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Michael Grossman
OccupationFilm/television director
Years active1987–present

Michael N. Grossman is an American film and television director.

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He has directed a number of episodes from dozens of different television series, including Grey's Anatomy and the backdoor pilot ("The Other Side of This Life") of its spin-off, Private Practice . His other directorial work includes the series Charmed , Zoey 101 , Angel , The Invisible Man , Arli$$ , Firefly , Star Trek: Enterprise , Earth 2 , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Gilmore Girls , Drop Dead Diva , Manhattan, AZ , One Tree Hill , Las Vegas , Eureka , Dirty Sexy Money , Nashville and Pretty Little Liars . [1]

Prior to working in television, Grossman was an assistant director on the films Hide and Go Shriek (1988) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).

Grossman directed the television films Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000), Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008), Starstruck (2010), and One Crazy Cruise (2015).

Filmography

Film

Director

YearTitleNotes
1999Road BlockTV Movie
2000 Kenan & Kel: Two Heads are Better Than None TV Movie
2008 Merry Christmas, Drake and Josh TV Movie
2010 Starstuck TV Movie
2011Fixing PeteTV Movie
2015 One Crazy Cruise TV Movie
2020The Christmas HouseTV Movie
2021After the FallShort Film
2022SafeShort Film
2023Room for NoneShort Film

Television

Director

YearTitleSeasonEpisode

Title

Episode

Number

Notes
1995 Earth 2 1"Natural Born Grendlers"6
"After the Thaw"18
1998 Arli$$ 3"Whatever it Takes"1
"The American Game"11
19994"People Are Assets Too"3
"To Thine Own Self Be True"8
"Rules of the Game"12
Cousin Skeeter 2"Unchained"10
2000The Pit1"Pilot"1
Manhattan, AZ 110
"Atticus Doesn't Live Here Anymore"12
"The Voyage Home"13
Arli$$5"Making Things Happen"1
"Where There's a Will..."12
20016"As Others See Us"8
"Giving Something Back"9
Angel 2 "Redefinition" 11
The Invisible Man 1"Perchance to Dream"17
"Diseased"19
2"Legends"1
"The Importance of Being Eberts"3
"Insensate"7
"The Choice"12
"Immaterial Girl"13
"Father Figure"14
2002"Mere Mortals"19
"Possessed"20
"The New Stuff"22
The Chronicle1"Pig Boy's Big Adventure"12
Arli$$7"The Immortal"1
"In With the New"3
"It's All in the Game"7
Firefly 1 "Safe" 7
Angel3 "Birthday" 11
4 "Ground State" 2
2003 "Players" 16
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 7 "Showtime" 11
Tremors 1"A Little Paranoia Among Friends"7
One Tree Hill 1 "Are You True?" 3
Jake 2.0 1"Middle Man"8
Miracles 1"Battle at Snow Ridge"8
2004 Charmed 7 "Charmed Noir" 8
Gilmore Girls 4 "In the Clamor and the Clanger" 11
Las Vegas 1"The Strange Life of Bob"20
Star Trek: Enterprise 3 "Hatchery" 17
20054 "The Forge" 7
"Afflicition" 15
Killer Instinct 1"Forget Me Not"8
Charmed7 "The Seven Year Witch" 16
"Freaky Phoebe" 19
8 "Kill Billie: Vol 1" 6
2006 "Generation Hex" 17
Zoey 101 2 "Quinn's Alpaca" 12
3 "Hot Dean" 3
"Zoey's Tutor" 4
"The Silver Hammer Society" 6
Eureka 1 "Invincible" 5
20072"All that Glitters"12
The Dresden Files 1"Rules of Engagement"4
"Things that Go Bump"11
Standoff 1"Lie to Me"15
Dirty Sexy Money 1"The Lions"2
"The Italian Banker"3
Grey's Anatomy 3 "Great Expectations" 13
"The Other Side of This Life: Part 1" 22
"The Other Side of This Life: Part 2" 23
4 "Crash Into Me: Part 1" 9
Zoey 1013 "Wrestling" 8
"Chase's Grandma" 10
20084 "Rumor of Love" 4
"Walk-a-thon" 7
Big Shots 1"Who's the Boss?"11
Reaper 1"Coming to Grips"15
The Middleman 1"The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown"9
Eli Stone 2"Help!"7
Dirty Sexy Money2"The Organ Donor"9
2009"The Facts"10
90210 1 "By Accident" 14
Cupid1"The Great Right Hope"3
"Left of the Dial"6
2010 Huge 1"Live Action Role Play"3
Gigantic 1"Bye Bye Baby"10
Drop Dead Diva 2 "Queen of Mean" 8
20113 "False Alarm" 2
"Closure" 6
"Bride-a-Palooza" 12
Greek4"Agents for Change"9
Pretty Little Liars 1 "The New Normal" 17
2 "The Devil You Know" 5
The Lying Game 1 "Double Dibs" 3
2012 "No Country for Young Love" 17
Gossip Girl 5 "The End of the Affair?" 11
Pretty Little Liars2 "A Hot Piece of A" 15
Drop Dead Diva4 "Welcome Back" 1
"Crushed" 7
"Ashes to Ashes" 9
"Jane's Getting Married" 13
Jane by Design 1"The Wedding Gown"8
Body of Proof 2"Identity"17
20133"Skin and Bones"7
"Doubting Tommy"8
Nashville 2 "Don't Open that Door" 5
Pretty Little Liars3"Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno"17
Drop Dead Diva5 "The Real Jane" 2
"Secret Lives" 5
"Fool for Love" 6
"50 Shades of Grayson" 8
"Trust Me" 9
"Guess Who's Coming" 12
20146 "Soulmates?" 2
"Life & Death" 4
"Desperate Housewife" 6
"No Return" 10
The Fosters 1 "Kids in the Hall" 17
Mistresses 2"Choices"11
"Surprise"12
Chasing Life 1"Finding Chemo"14
Switched at Birth 3 "Yuletide Fortune Tellers" 22
Pretty Little Liars4 "Cover for Me" 22
20155 "Over a Barrel" 16
6 "She's No Angel" 5
Chasing Life2'Life of Breanna"3
Switched at Birth4 "The Accommodations of Desire" 18
The Originals 3 "I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans" 3
2016 "A Ghost Along the Mississippi" 10
Chicago P.D. 3"The Song of Gregory William Yates"14
DC's Legends of Tomorrow 2"The Justice Society of America"2
2017 Andi Mack 1"She's Turning Into You"9
Daytime Divas 1"Coma Bump"2
"Baby Daddy Drama"5
The Originals4 "Voodoo Child" 12
20185 "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" 4
Life Sentence 1"Love Factually"12
2019 Cobra Kai 2 "Fire and Ice" 3
"The Moment of Truth" 4
Games People Play 1"The Wrath of Grapes"4
"To Live and Lie in L.A."5
2022 Roswell, New Mexico 4"Kiss From a Rose"6

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