Michael Lehmann

Birthplace: San Francisco, California
Birthday: March 30, 1957

Lehmann began his Hollywood career working for Francis Ford Coppola at Zoetrope Studios, supervising video cameras on "One From the Heart" (1982) and "The Outsiders" (1983). He returned to film school at USC where he directed the acclaimed short film "The Beaver Gets a Boner". Lehmann also provided a short, "Ed's Secret Life", for NBC's "Saturday Night Live". The success of these shorts led to a production deal with New World Pictures and his first feature directing assignment, "Heathers" (1989). Working from Daniel Waters' sardonic script, Leh…more

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A.U.S.A.
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Century City
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Watching Ellie
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Fallen Angels
Director ("Good Housekeeping")
Homicide: Life on the Street
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Century City
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Career Milestones

2007
Directed the romantic comedy "Because I Said So" starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore
2007
Helmed the quirkycomedy, "Flakes" co-starring Aaron Stanford and Zooey Deschanel
2006
Directed episodes of the HBO series, "Big Love"
2004
Directed the short-lived HBO series, "The Comback" starring Lisa Kudrow
2002
Helmed the romantic comedy "40 Days and 40 Nights", starring Josh Hartnett