# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-lange
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:03:46.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-lange"
name: "Michael Lange"
slug: "michael-lange"
description: "Michael Lange is an American television director and record producer. Lange first developed a taste for drama in college, where he served as both an actor and director in a number of productions. He studied theatre at George Washington University. After college, he started his own regional theatre in Teaneck, New Jersey before moving onto advertising. In 1980, after 8 years in the advertising business, he had moved to California aspiring to become a film and television director. His first job was on The Fall Guy in 1982 as a post production assistant. He went on to gain directorial credits from two hundred and forty television episodes, including The O.C., Beverly Hills, 90210, Northern Exposure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The X-Files, One Tree Hill, Dawson's Creek, Everwood, Criminal Minds and Bones. He has directed one feature film, Intern, the Disney Channel television movie Jumping Ship, and the ABC Family TV film \"My Future Boyfriend\". He is a co-executive producer/director of the ABC Family series, \"Greek\" and Lifetime's \"Drop Dead Diva\". In 2010, Lange co-created Flashbang Productions, LLC, a partnership with Shannon Murphy. In 2018, Lange launched his own radio show and podcast called \"From The Set With Michael Lange\"."
tagline: "American television director and record producer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.92
  momentum:             1.934673366834171
  historical:           6.350433333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004627/"
    handle:    "nm0004627"
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lange"
    title: "Michael Lange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ميخائيل لانج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lange_(amerikansk_tv-instrukt%C3%B8r)"
    title: "Michael Lange (amerikansk tv-instruktør)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lange"
    title: "Michael Lange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87"
    title: "مایکل لانگه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lange"
    title: "Michael Lange"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1928381"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/149501"
    title: "Michael Lange"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump