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Director, Co-producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor Born: Detroit, MI Biography:One cannot deny comedian-turned-actor-turned-writer/director Mike Binder's success as a Hollywood filmmaker when measured solely in terms of output (nine directorial credits and a pay-cable series in the 17 years following his first onscreen credit). The efforts themselves, however, have proven highly variable in quality, and thematically uniform enough to suggest workings and reworkings of the same rudimentary material. With occasional exceptions, Binder typically gravitated toward seriocomic explorations of male friendship, leavened by jokey riffs on the masculine libido that often veer into heavy-handed raunch. And to the very same extent that Binder's fans praise his ability to draw affecting performances from his actors, his many detractors are quick to underscore his blatant tonal inconsistencies.
Born in Detroit in the late '50s, Binder grew up in Birmingham, MI, attended Seaholm High... Full Biography
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