Jim Michaels
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| Born | September 12, 1965 |
| Occupations | Television producer, director |
Jim Michaels (born September 12, 1965) is an American television producer.
While working in the world of computer graphics, Michaels worked on television series such as Whiz Kids, Airwolf, Knight Rider, Amazing Stories, Street Hawk, Otherworld, Misfits of Science, A Year in the Life, Miami Vice, Magnum P.I., Simon & Simon, The Twilight Zone, Murder, She Wrote, The Return of Marcus Welby, Blacke's Magic and The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman. He also worked on feature films such as Weird Science, Stick, Brewster's Millions and Back to the Future Part II.
Michaels next moved into the role of a post-production supervisor for Studio 5-B and Pee-Wee's Playhouse.
Michaels subsequently moved into television production, eventually producing the NBC series Midnight Caller and Reasonable Doubts. Michaels' other series included Charlie Grace for ABC; Turks, The Guardian and Dr. Vegas for CBS; Odyssey 5 for Showtime; and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Michaels is a member of the Producers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, American Film Institute and has guest lectured at the Academy of Art, UCLA and NYU. Michaels worked with Ali LeRoi and Chris Rock to produce the television series Everybody Hates Chris for all four seasons, and joined the production team at Supernatural for the 2009–2020 seasons.