Biography
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 g...
Known For
Complete Filmography
War Sailor
2022
Co-Producer
War Sailor is a magnificent drama that tells the story of the more than 30,000 Norwegian war sailors and their families' fate during and after the Sec...
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
Associate Producer
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which...
Celebrating Sixteen Candles
2008
as Himself
A retrospective look at "Sixteen Candles" from cast and crew, as well as fellow screenwriters, directors, and critics.
Sincerely Yours
2008
as Self
Documentary about the making and impact of "The Breakfast Club."
Flakes
2007
Director
Aspiring rock musician Neal Downs manages a cereal bar. Stylish Miss Pussy Katz is the creator of radically-themed art clothing. When the cereal bar, ...
Because I Said So
2007
Director
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. R...
40 Days and 40 Nights
2002
Director
Matt Sullivan's last big relationship ended in disaster and ever since his heart's been aching and his commitment's been lacking. Then came Lent, that...
Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads
2001
as Self - Director
Documenting the making of Heathers with interviews from cast and crew members.
My Giant
1998
Director
Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
1996
Director
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
Ed Wood
1994
Executive Producer
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever...
Airheads
1994
Director
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold ...
Hudson Hawk
1991
Director
Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the...
Meet the Applegates
1990
Director, Writer
Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the...
Heathers
1988
Director
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by...
The Beaver Gets a Boner
1985
Director
Michael Lehmann's 1985 USC student film.