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Michael W. Watkins

Directing

Also known as Michael Watkins

Biography

Michael W. Watkins is an American television and film director producer and cinematographer. He has worked on Smallville, The X-Files, and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Monk, Law & Order, Boomtown, No Ordinary Family and several other film and television series. Watkins, who won an Emmy Award for his work on Quantum Leap, is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.)

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy Award

Filmography39 titles

The X-Files

1993Director

Grimm

2011Director

Criminal Minds

2005Director

Grey's Anatomy

2005Director

Smallville

2001Director

Prison Break

2005Director

SEAL Team

2017Director

Justified

2010Director

Monk

2002Director

Quantum Leap

1989Director, Director of Photography

Warehouse 13

2009Director

Make It or Break It

2009Director

The Blacklist

2013Co-Executive Producer, Director

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000Director

Waiting for God

1990Writer

Law & Order

1990Director

Kidnapped

2006Director

The 4400

2004Director

In Plain Sight

2008Director

Las Vegas

2003Co-Executive Producer, Director

Night Visions

2001Director

NYPD Blue

1993Director, Producer

Numb3rs

2005Director

The Guardian

2001Director

Heart and Souls

1993Director of Photography

Caprica

2009Director

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993Director

Alphas

2011Director

The District

2000Director

Royal Pains

2009Director

Fairly Legal

2011Director

Deadlocked

2000Director

The Event

2010Director

5ive Days to Midnight

2004Director

Dirty Sexy Money

2007Director

Point of No Return

1993Director of Photography

To Love, Honor and Deceive

1996Director

Hostage High

1997Director

Knucklehead

2010Director