- Born
- Birth nameMichael English Showalter
- Nicknames
- Show
- Mike
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Michael Showalter is a director, writer, and producer who most recently directed the 2017 hit The Big Sick. Previously he directed and co-wrote the 2016 film Hello, My Name Is Doris starring Sally Field. Michael's first film was the The Baxter (2005) starring Michelle Williams and Justin Theroux. Michael is a co-creator of the critically acclaimed television show Search Party on TBS. He also co-created the TV mini-series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp and Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later on Netflix.
As a writer and producer, Michael's other film credits include Wet Hot American Summer and They Came Together. Michael is a founding member of the comedy groups The State and Stella. He's also written two books: Mr. Funny Pants and Guys Can Be Cat Ladies Too.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseKalin Ellis Showalter(January 16, 2011 - present) (2 children)
- Parents
- RelativesVinca LaFleur(Sibling)
- Son of English Showalter & Elaine Showalter. English is a retired French professor at Rutgers and Elaine is a retired English professor from Princeton known for critical theory in Feminism.
- Graduate of Brown University.
- Founding member of New York-based alternative comedy troupe Stella along with Michael Ian Black and David Wain. (1997-present).
- Directed 1 actress to an Oscar winning performance: Jessica Chastain, who won for The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021).
- Lost a great deal of weight to portray the teenaged Coop in the film Wet Hot American Summer (2001).
- With a movie, you can make a more streamlined, focused statement. You have a very contained time-frame to really make an impact, and you can really punch someone in the gut in a two-hour movie. In television, you're exploring an idea and living within an idea in a way that has multiple impacts but that may not have the level of lasting impact that you get with a movie. Both are really challenging and really fun to make.
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