Mike Binder

Mike Binder
Born (1958-06-02) June 2, 1958
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Occupation Director, screenwriter, producer, actor, novelist
Spouse(s) Diane Murphy
Children 2

Mike Binder (born June 2, 1958) is an award winning American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor.[1]

Life and career

A native of Detroit, Binder grew up in the suburb Birmingham. During the 1966 through 1975 summers, he attended Camp Tamakwa, a summer camp in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada; that experience was the inspriation for his 1993 film Indian Summer.[2][3][4] Beginning his career as a screenwriter and standup comedian,[5] he had a banner month 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, March 10. Binder's own directorial debut was with his second screenplay, 1992's Crossing the Bridge. His standing in the industry further increased with his 20-episode 2001-02 HBO comedy series, The Mind of the Married Man, which he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in as the central character "Micky Barnes".[6][7] The theme song was the title song of the musical I Love My Wife (1977), written by Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart. His independently produced film The Sex Monster won "Best Film" and Binder won "Best Actor" at the 2001 Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.

Binder wrote and directed three mid-2000s films in which he also played supporting roles. The first, The Upside of Anger, starring Joan Allen and Kevin Costner, premiered at the January 2005 Sundance Film Festival; thirteen months later, Man About Town with Ben Affleck, was first seen at the February 2006 Santa Barbara International Film Festival and, after another thirteen months, he directed and starred in Reign Over Me starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle. The three films were produced by Jack Binder, with whom Mike formed Sunlight Productions and whom produced The Mind of the Married Man, Alex Gartner (Upside of Anger) and Michael Rotenberg (Man About Town and Reign over Me). His newest film is Black or White starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer.

As an actor Binder was featured in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report with Tom Cruise, and Rod Lurie's The Contender with Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, and Jeff Bridges, and Rebecca Miller's The Private Lives of Pippa Lee with Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, and Julianne Moore.[8]

As a writer, he has written screenplays for Steven Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, and Tim Allen, and Reese Witherspoon.

Binder's first novel, Keep Calm, a thriller set in the UK, is scheduled for publication in February 2016.[9]

Filmography

Year Title Director Producer Writer Actor Role Notes
1990 Coupe de Ville
No
No
1992 Crossing the Bridge
No
No
1993 Indian Summer
No
No
1994 Blankman
No
No
 Dr. Victor Norris
1999 The Sex Monster
No
No
No
 Marty Barnes Comedy Arts Festival for Best Actor
Comedy Arts Festival for Best Film
2000 The Contender
No
 Lewis Hollis
2001–2002 The Mind of the Married Man
No
No
No
 Micky Barnes TV show, Creator
2001 Fourplay
No
No
No
 Ben Greene
2002 Minority Report
No
 Leo Crow
2005 The Upside of Anger
No
No
No
 Adam "Shep" Goodman
2006 Man About Town
No
No
No
 Morty
2007 Reign Over Me
No
No
No
 Bryan Sugarman
2009 The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
No
 Sam Shapiro
2011 Fanboy
No
 Acting coach
One Day
No
 Dexter's agent Uncredited
2014 Black or White
No
No
No

References

  1. ↑ "Mike Binder". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Canby, Vincent (April 23, 1993). "Movie Review: Indian Summer (1993)". The New York Times. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ Hinson, Hal (April 24, 1993). "‘Indian Summer’". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Indian Summer: The Movie". Camp Tamakwa. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ Jerry Buck (1985-06-10). "Comedy from Detroit". The Lewiston Journal.
  6. ↑ Tomashoff, Craig (September 22, 2002). "TELEVISION/RADIO; A Few Brave Husbands Have Sex on Their Minds". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Salamon, Julie (September 11, 2001). "TELEVISION REVIEW; Three Guys With One Thought". The New York Times.
  8. ↑ "Mike Binder". Yahoo!.
  9. ↑ "Keep Calm". Kirkus Reviews. 2016.

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