Michael Lehmann
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 30, 1957, San Francisco, California, USA
- Movies
- 13
Michael Stephen Lehmann (born March 30, 1957; San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director.
Lehmann attended Columbia University. His first job in the film industry was answering phones at Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope film company. Later he supervised cameras on films that included 1983's The Outsiders. Lehmann attended film school at USC and graduated in 1985. While at USC he made a student film, Beaver Gets a Boner, the title of which he believes helped get the attention of film executives who would later hire him.
Lehmann is probably most noted for directing the black comedy Heathers. He also directed 40 Days and 40 Nights, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Hudson Hawk, Meet the Applegates, Airheads and Because I Said So.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2008 | Celebrating Sixteen Candles | Himself |
| 2008 | Sincerely Yours | Self |
| 2001 | Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads | Self - Director |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2007 | Flakes | Director |
| 2007 | Because I Said So | Director |
| 2002 | 40 Days and 40 Nights | Director |
| 1998 | My Giant | Director |
| 1996 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Director |
| 1994 | Airheads | Director |
| 1991 | Hudson Hawk | Director |
| 1990 | Meet the Applegates | Director, Writer |
| 1989 | Heathers | Director |
| 1985 | The Beaver Gets a Boner | Director |
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