Michael Pressman — Director (6)
Shootdown (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Shootdown
other title: Shootdown (Derribado) / Flug ohne Rückkehr
Nan Moore is a U.S. government employee whose son is killed when Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by Soviets on September 1, 1983. While the "official" story maintains that the flight accidentally veered too far into Soviet territory, was mistaken as a spy plane and shot down when it failed to identify itself, Ms. Moore suspects otherwise. However, in the course of her struggles to get to the bottom of what actually happened, she finds herself constantly stonewalled. Facing a conspiracy of silence and the increasing hostility of the authorities, Ms. Moore attempts to find out exactly what occurred, but with every answer she discovers, new questions arise...
A Season for Miracles (1999) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Season for Miracles
other title: 奇迹之季 / Wenn nicht ein Wunder geschieht
When a young woman's niece and nephew are threatened with foster care after her sister is hospitalized following yet another overdose, she flees with them until they land in the sleepy town of Bethlehem just before Christmas and a series of kindnesses and coincidences gives the trio a chance at happiness.
The Practice Season 2 (1997) [TV] Douban
The Practice Season 2 part of TV Series: The Practice
director: Michael Pressman / Thomas Schlamme actor: 迪伦·麦克德莫特 / 迈克尔·巴达鲁科
The Practice focused on the law firm of Robert Donnell and Associates (later becoming Donnell, Young, Dole, & Frutt, and ultimately Young, Frutt, & Berluti). Plots typically featured the firm's involvement in various high-profile criminal and civil cases that often mirrored current events at the time of the episodes' initial broadcast. Conflict between legal ethics and personal morality was a recurring theme.