Michael Alan Spiller (born August 1, 1961) is an American cinematographer and television director. Spiller has directed on numerous series and has also served as a cinematographer prior to directing. Early on, he worked frequently with director and classmate Hal Hartley, including cinematography for Hartley's breakout indie film The Unbelievable Truth, which helped launch both of their careers. He was a regular director on the HBO series, Sex and the City where he also served as director of photography during the first four seasons. After Sex and the City, Spiller continued to direct on series such as Scrubs, Jake in Progress, The Bernie Mac Show and has directed two episodes of the HBO series, Big Love which premiered in March 2006. Spiller was also a producer on the series Jake in Progress and Big Day. In 2011, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the Modern Family episode "Halloween". Spiller was born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Director filmography TV series So Help Me Todd (2022) episode 1.02 "Co-Pilot" Firefly Lane (2022) episode 1.01 "Wish You Were Here" episode 1.02 "On the Road" The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021) episode 1.02 "Dusters" episode 1.08 "Change on the Fly" episode 1.10 "State of Play" Perfect Harmony (2020) episode 1.12 "Hymn-a-Thon" AJ and the Queen (2020) episode 1.08 "Baton Rouge" Mixed-ish (2019-present) episode 1.03 "Let Your Hair Down" episode 1.14 "True Colors" episode 1.15 "This Charming Man" Good Girls (2019) episode 2.15 "Everything Must Go" Whiskey Cavalier (2019) episode 1.06 "Five Spies and a Baby" I Feel Bad (2018) episode 1.10 "My Kids Barely Know Their Cultures" Fresh Off the Boat (2018) episode 5.02 "The Hand That Sits The Cradle" Champions (2018) episode 1.01 "Pilot" episode 1.02 "I Think I'm Gonna Tolerate It Here" episode 1.06 "Grandma Dearest" episode 1.08 "Nepotism" Superstore (2017-2018) episode 2.14 "Super Hot Store" episode 3.11 "Angels and Mermaids" Black-ish (2016-present) episode 2.15 "Twindependice" episode 3.18 "Manitery" episode 4.10 "Working Girl" episode 6.05 "Mad and Boujee" episode 7.17 "Move-In Ready" Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016) episode 3.13 "The Cruise" The Mindy Project (2012-2017) episode 1.02 "Hiring and Firing" episode 1.03 "In The Club" episode 1.06 "Thanksgiving" episode 1.10 "Mindy's Brother" episode 1.13 "Harry & Sally" episode 1.16 "The One That Got Away" episode 1.19 "My Cool Christian Boyfriend" episode 1.24 "Take Me With You" episode 2.1 "All My Problems