Michael Zinberg

Michael Allan Zinberg (born March 22, 1944 in Bexar County , Texas ) is an American television director , screenwriter, and producer .

life and work

Zinberg was born in Bexar County, Texas. His parents are Dorothy Zinberg and William Zinberg. He went to school at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio . He studied English at the University of Texas at Austin .

He moved to Los Angeles , California in 1968 . His career in television as a usher at CBS Television City, one of two CBS television studio complexes there . He later became a production assistant, screenwriter and eventually associate producer on the western series Nichols, with James Garner in the title role .

In 1972 Zinberg moved to the TV production company MTM Productions, which was founded by Grant Tinker , the husband Mary Tyler Moore (divorced in 1981) and later managing director of the television network NBC . During his time at MTM Productions, Zinberg worked on various well-known broadcast formats from the 1970s and 1980s, e.g. B. the sitcom Mary Tyler Moore (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) .

From 1979 to 1981 Zinberg was Vice President for Production Development at NBC television , where he was responsible for the television series Hill Street Police Station and Cheers , among other things .

Michael Zinberg (top row, fourth from right) at the DGA reception for Jerry Nadler , 2009

From 1993 to 1995 he was president of NBC Productions , where he in addition to Homicide , JAG - Call of Duty (u. A. The complete late show Saturday Night Live , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Late Night With Conan O'Brien ) by the NBC supervised.

In his further career, Zinberg directed many episodes from a wide variety of television series. At Rizzoli & Isles he was again active as executive producer for a few episodes. Well-known series he has directed include Good Wife , The Blacklist, and Navy CIS: New Orleans . He cites directors John Rich , John Frankenheimer , Bob Butler and Gene Reynolds as inspiration for his style of directing .

Zinberg has been married to Leslie Zinberg (nee Fierman) since 1969. She is a writer and designer. They have two sons.

Filmography (selection)

as a director

• 1972–1978: The Bob Newhart Show (15 episodes)
• 1976–1978: The Tony Randall Show (5 episodes)
• 1982–1983: Taxi - (6 episodes)
• 1978–1979: WKRP in Cincinnati (4 episodes)
• 1987–1988: LA Law - star lawyers, tricks, lawsuits (2 episodes)
• 1989–1990: The Night Falcon (3 episodes)
• 1990–1991: Back to the Past (9 episodes)
• 1996–1998: JAG - On behalf of honor - (2 episodes)
• 1996-1997: The man at the ... (Men Behaving Badly) (16 episodes)
• 1999–2002: Everyone Loves Raymond (5 episodes)
• 1999–2004: Practice - The Lawyers (8 episodes)
• 2003–2009: Monk (5 episodes)
• 2004–2005: Gilmore Girls (6 episodes)
• 2006: A wedding at Christmas (A Christmas Wedding)
• 2008–2010: Private Practice (5 episodes)
• 2009-2010: Lie to Me (4 episodes)
• 2010–2011: Rizzoli & Isles (5 episodes)
• 2010–2015: Good Wife (13 episodes)
• 2014–2015: Navy CIS (2 episodes)
• 2015–2016: The Carmichael Show (2 episodes)

as a producer

• 1971–1972: Nichols - Assistant Producer, (24 episodes)
• 1972–1974: Mary Tyler Moore (24 episodes)
• 1972–1978: The Bob Newhart Show (22 episodes)
• 1983–1984: Fight for Yellow Rose (22 episodes)
• 1990–1991: Back to the Past (45 episodes)
• 1996–1998: JAG - On behalf of honor (10 episodes)
• 2010–2011: Rizzoli & Isles (15 episodes)

Awards & memberships

Awards

• The Lifetime Achievement Award from the industry association The Caucus of Writers, Producers and Directors
• 1977: Nominee for Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for The Bob Newhart Show
• 1983: The Young Texas Exes Award, University of Texas at Austin
• 1990: Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for Back to the Past
• 1991: Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for Back to the Past
• 1992: Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for Back to the Past
• 1994: Outstanding Alumnus Award , Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin

Memberships
Michael Zinberg is or was active in the following associations and institutions:

• Board member, Western Directors Council (handling directors' affairs in the western region of the United States) at the Directors Guild of America
• Chairman, Television Creative Rights Committee of the Directors Guild of America
• Advisory board member of the Moody College of Communication Foundation at the University of Texas at Austin

Web links

• Michael Zinberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Detailed DGA interview with Michael Zinberg (interview partner: Gary Shimokawa )
• Michael Zinberg discusses the development of storytelling on television between 1970 and 2014 with Horace Newcomb , David Milch and Howard Rosenberg
• As an alumni at his former alma mater, Michael Zinberg talks about studying at the University of Texas at Austin and how to tell TV stories

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Allan Zinberg - Texas, Birth Index . March 22. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
2. ^ Moody College of Communication: Michael A. Zinberg | Alumni. archive.is, July 2, 2012, archived from the original on March 26, 2012 ; accessed on August 21, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ Variety editors: Petry NBC West Coast sr. VP . In: Variety , November 16, 1993. Retrieved August 21, 2017. 
4. ^ Gary Shimokawa: Visual History with Michael Zinberg . May 28, 2009. Retrieved on August 21, 2017: "Video interviews"
5. ^ Michael A Zinberg mentioned in the record of Michael A Zinberg and Leslie S Fierman . January 26, 1969. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
6. ↑ Michael Zinberg . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved August 21, 2017.
7. ^ ^{A b} University of Texas - Moody College of Communication: Michael Zinberg. In: Outstanding Alumni. January 25, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017 (American English). 
8. ^ Western Directors Council. Accessed August 21, 2017 . 
9. ^ A Q&A with Television Creative Rights Chairs Rod Holcomb and Michael Zinberg - Directors Creative Rights. Accessed August 21, 2017 .