'Mike Binder' (born ) is an award winning
American screenwriter,
film director and
actor.
A native of
Detroit, Mike Binder grew up in
Birmingham, one of the city's suburbs, and attended
Camp Tamakwa, on which he based his 1993 film ''
Indian Summer''.Binder began his career as a standup
comedian. This led to his own
HBO ''
One Night Stand'' special. Binder's first
screenplay, ''
Coupe de Ville'' (1990), was directed by
Joe Roth. Binder's own directorial debut was with his second screenplay, ''
Crossing the Bridge'' (1992). He is well known for the
HBO comedy series, ''
The Mind of the Married Man'', which he cowrote, co-directed and acted in as the central character "Micky Barnes"which aired on HBO for two seasons. His independent film The Sex Monster won Best film and Binder won best actor at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen in 2001.
Mike Binder wrote and directed three recent films in which he also plays 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, ''
Reign Over Me'' with
Adam Sandler, was released in
March 2007. The three films were produced by Mike Binder's younger brother, Jack, with whom Mike formed
Sunlight Productions.
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Trivia
Mike Binder was on Good Morning America on the morning of September 11, 2001.
References
1. ''Yahoo Movies'' profile of Mike Binder's television and film career
External links
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MikeBinder.net