Michael Pressman is an American director, film and television producer who began his career by directing the low-budget B-movie, The Great Texas Dynamite Chase in 1976. His other notable works are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, Picket Fences (TV series), Blue Bloods (TV series) and Those Lips, Those Eyes. He won Primetime Emmy Award in Outstanding Drama Series category for “Picket Fences” in 1994