Michael Engler

His Broadway credits include Eastern Standard,[1] starring Dylan Baker, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Conroy, and Anne Meara, as well as Mastergate,[2] written by Larry Gelbart, and I Hate Hamlet,[3] written by Paul Rudnick and starring Evan Handler and Alan Arkin.

His direction of the 2003 off-Broadway production of the Alan Bennett play Talking Heads garnered him a nomination for the Outer Critics Circle Award.

[4] Engler began his career in television with the TV movie Mastergate (1992) based on the play he directed by Larry Gelbart.

[7] In 2007 Engler directed for the series 12 Miles of Bad Road, starring Lily Tomlin,[6] followed by the TV movies Two Families[7] and Single with Parents, starring Beau Bridges,[12] and the series Privileged, for which Engler served as executive producer on the pilot episode.

In 2013 Engler directed the pilot episode for the series Welcome to the Family, starring Ricardo Chavira and Mike O'Malley.