Mike Binder
| Mike Binder | |
|---|---|
| Born |
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.
Binder, descended from Russian Jewish immigrants, grew up in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham. During the summers of 1966 through 1975, he attended Camp Tamakwa, a summer camp in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada; that experience was the inspiration (and the filming location) for his 1993 film Indian Summer.
Beginning his career as a screenwriter and standup comedian, 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.
Binder's directorial debut was with his second screenplay, 1992's Crossing the Bridge.
Binder gained further prominence 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". That same year, 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 appeared in Reign Over Me starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle. The three films were co-produced by Sunlight Productions, a company formed by Mike and his brother, Jack Binder. His most recent film is 2014's Black or White, starring Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer.
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