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Michael Nankin is a Director and Scriptwriter born on 26 december 1955

Michael Nankin

Michael Nankin
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Birth 26 december 1955 (68 years)

Michael Nankin (born 26 December 1955) is an American film and television writer, director and producer. He has been nominated for the Humanitas Prize for his writing.

Biography

Career
Nankin's film career began in 1976 with a short film called Gravity. Nankin co-wrote and co-directed the project with David Wechter. The pair followed this up with another short, Junior High School. They produced their first feature length project in 1980, a comedy called Midnight Madness. Nankin scripted a horror film called The Gate which was released in 1987. The film marked the acting debut of Stephen Dorff. The same year he received a screenplay credit for Russkies. In 1989 he wrote a sequel to The Gate entitled The Gate II: Trespassers.

Nankin became involved in television as a director, writer and producer on Life Goes On in 1990. The series was created by Michael Braverman and focused on a Chicago family. He joined the series in its second season as a producer. He was promoted to supervising producer for the third season. He was promoted to co-executive producer for the fourth season. He scripted nine episodes of the series before its cancellation in 1993. He also directed eight episodes of the series. Nankin also wrote for Picket Fences in 1992.

In 1994 Nankin became a consulting producer, writer and director for Chicago Hope. Nankin was nominated for a Humanitas Prize in the 60 minute category for his work on the Chicago Hope episode "Shutt Down" (co-written with Michael Braverman). He returned to Picket Fences as a director and producer in 1995, lensing a single episode. He also wrote the story for a pilot episode for a new version of Flipper but was not involved with the ongoing series that followed.

Nankin worked as a writer and director for American Gothic in 1995 and 1996. He wrote and directed the episode "Potato Boy" and directed a second episode. He also directed episodes of Moloney and Early Edition in 1996. Nankin served as a co-executive producer on the action series Roar in 1997. Nankin wrote one episode and directed one episode of the series, which starred Heath Ledger. Only 13 episodes were produced and the second half of the series did not air until 2000.

In 2000 Nankin directed episodes of Strong Medicine and Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family. In 2001 he directed the TV movie The Agency and several episodes of the series that followed the film. In 2002 Nankin directed the pilot episode for a series called Septuplets. Nankin was also credited as an executive producer. The pilot was not picked up by a network. He also directed episodes of Monk that year.

In 2004 Nankin served as a consulting producer for the short lived WB family drama The Mountain. He wrote one episode of the series. He directed episodes of Veritas: The Quest and Invasion in 2005.

He worked as a regular director for the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. His involvement with the series began in 2005 with the second season and he directed eight episodes before its conclusion in 2009. He often worked alongside writing team Bradley Thompson and David Weddle and five of his eight episodes were scripted by the pair. While working on Battlestar Galactica Nankin also directed episodes of The Dresden Files, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and Eureka. He also directed the TV movie Break-In in 2006.

In 2009 Nankin followed Thompson and Weddle from Battlestar Galactica to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and he directed their script for the twentieth episode of the ninth season.

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Filmography of Michael Nankin (6 films)

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Director

Red Faction: Origins, 1h30
Directed by Michael Nankin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Space opera, Films based on video games
Actors Robert Patrick, Tamzin Merchant, Brian J. Smith, Danielle Nicolet, Kate Vernon, Devon Graye
Rating51% 2.5528552.5528552.5528552.5528552.552855
The film begins 25 years after the revolution. Alec (Robert Patrick) has become a sullen, retiring man burdened over losing his wife and daughter, while Jake is now a lieutenant in the Colonists. Jake is informed that the remains of the EDF Dreadnought Hydra—destroyed in orbit by Alec at the end of the revolution—is falling to Mars and must be searched for valuable technology. When searching the Hydra, with the help of Tess, an Earth technology expert, he discovers a group of Marauders dressed similar to the ones he remembers kidnapping Lyra, carrying away a device from the ship. Jake attacks one to discover it is a soldier who he believes to be Lyra.
Midnight Madness, 1h52
Directed by Ronald William Miller, Michael Nankin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors David Naughton, Michael J. Fox, Stephen Furst, Maggie Roswell, Eddie Deezen, Andy Tennant
Rating62% 3.145463.145463.145463.145463.14546
Leon (Alan Solomon), a genius, summons five college students to his apartment and challenges them to participate in his latest game creation: The Great All-Nighter. He tells them about his game and instructs them to form teams. At first, the leaders refuse to play. However, rivalries between them lead all five to change their minds by the game's start time.
Junior High School, 37minutes
Directed by Michael Nankin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors P. David Ebersole, Paula Abdul, Charlie Brill, Mitzi McCall
Rating73% 3.669413.669413.669413.669413.66941
The story begins with Sherry (Paula Abdul) declaring plans to hold a party that night. Upon hearing about this party, Jerry's friend Paul (Kirk Burnett) encourages him to ask his crush Lori Scott (Karen Capelle) to accompany him to the event. On his way to doing this Jerry encounters several obstacles, including repeated run-ins with Keith (Mikal Robert Taylor), a school bully, and Vicki (Toni Mazarin), an ill-intentioned girl who hopes Jerry will ask her to the party so she can spite a previous boyfriend.

Scriptwriter

Gate II
Gate II (1990)
, 1h32
Directed by Tibor Takács
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Simon Reynolds, Pamela Adlon, Neil Munro, Gerry Mendicino
Roles Writer
Rating48% 2.4134352.4134352.4134352.4134352.413435
It has been five years since Terry (now known as Terrence) and his friend, Glen, accidentally opened up the Gate in Glen's back yard. Glen's family has moved away, and Terrence's broken family has grown worse. Still grieving over his mother's death, and with his dad wallowing in alcoholism, Terrence finds himself increasingly drawn to the evil portal and the power it possesses.
The Gate
The Gate (1987)
, 1h25
Directed by Tibor Takács
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Demons in film, Musical films
Actors Stephen Dorff, Kelly Rowan, Jennifer Irwin, Ingrid Veninger, Andrew Gunn
Rating60% 3.000183.000183.000183.000183.00018
Glen (Stephen Dorff) returns home to find his house abandoned. Nobody answers his calls, but there is a half-eaten dinner in the kitchen and the eerie sound of laughter from somewhere nearby. He goes into the backyard and climbs into the treehouse, where he finds a lit lantern and a doll. The tree is abruptly struck by lightning and collapses.
Russkies
Russkies (1987)
, 1h39
Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Whip Hubley, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley, Benjamin Hendrickson, Susan Walters, Patrick Kilpatrick
Rating55% 2.7519052.7519052.7519052.7519052.751905
A few nights before July 4, three government/military brats (Danny, Adam, and Jason) are gathered in a Key West bedroom reading their favorite comic book Sgt. Slammer. A Soviet warship is anchored just off the coast, and despite the violent storm, gung-ho intelligence officer Sulock ignores the captain and drags radioman Mischa Pushkin and his comrade Boris into a raft to row ashore and accept a prototype surveillance device from an American traitor. The raft capsizes and Mischa washes ashore.
Midnight Madness, 1h52
Directed by Ronald William Miller, Michael Nankin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors David Naughton, Michael J. Fox, Stephen Furst, Maggie Roswell, Eddie Deezen, Andy Tennant
Roles Writer
Rating62% 3.145463.145463.145463.145463.14546
Leon (Alan Solomon), a genius, summons five college students to his apartment and challenges them to participate in his latest game creation: The Great All-Nighter. He tells them about his game and instructs them to form teams. At first, the leaders refuse to play. However, rivalries between them lead all five to change their minds by the game's start time.
Junior High School, 37minutes
Directed by Michael Nankin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors P. David Ebersole, Paula Abdul, Charlie Brill, Mitzi McCall
Roles Writer
Rating73% 3.669413.669413.669413.669413.66941
The story begins with Sherry (Paula Abdul) declaring plans to hold a party that night. Upon hearing about this party, Jerry's friend Paul (Kirk Burnett) encourages him to ask his crush Lori Scott (Karen Capelle) to accompany him to the event. On his way to doing this Jerry encounters several obstacles, including repeated run-ins with Keith (Mikal Robert Taylor), a school bully, and Vicki (Toni Mazarin), an ill-intentioned girl who hopes Jerry will ask her to the party so she can spite a previous boyfriend.