Michael Gillis
Directing
Known For

A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.
Tiptoes

Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and rebellious Trudi drops out of school and gets a job alongside Nora, while the younger Shade whittles away her time at Spanish movie matinees. Their lives are turned upside down when Trudi becomes pregnant and the girls' absent father returns.
Gas Food Lodging

Documentary about Rocky Balboa's opponents throughout the saga from the original Rocky (1976) to Rocky V (1990).
The Opponents

A unique look at the making of Stand by Me including interviews from Stephen King, Rob Reiner, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard Dreyfuss, Wil Wheaton, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell.
Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me

A short documentary about the making of Ultraviolet. It delves into castings, directing, visual effects and such.
UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet'

A documentary presenting the behind the scenes of Rob Reiner's classic "Misery", with Reiner himself, Kathy Bates, James Caan, Frances Sternhagen, writer William Goldman, Barry Sonnenfeld (the film's cinematographer) presenting their views on the film years later of its release and the impact "Misery" had in their professional lives.
Misery Loves Company

A retrospective look back at Jim Henson's 1986 fantasy film 'Labyrinth'.
Journey Through the Labyrinth

A look at the making of the classic Bill Murray comedy "Groundhog Day."
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
Retrospective documentary on the making of The Karate Kid (1984).
The Way of The Karate Kid

The making of 'The Hitcher'
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
John G. Avildsen pays tribute to cinematographer James Crabe.
Tribute To James Crabe
Interviews with friends of the late Jim Morrison and several people involved with the making of the film The Doors (1991) by Oliver Stone, delving into what Morrison meant to everyone including themselves.
The Doors: The Road of Excess

The director's son gives interesting anecdotes about Frank Capra's making of the 1934 hit comedy, "It Happened One Night."
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
The cast of Rocky (1976) pays tribute to actor Burgess Meredith.
Tribute To Burgess Meredith

Portland, 1988. Filmmaker Gus Van Sant shoots Drugstore Cowboy, the project that will bring he and his collaborators a formidable burst of mainstream attention. Starring Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, and Heather Graham, the film follows a roving quartet of drug addicts — and, consequently, drug thieves, especially from the businesses of the title — who wash up in Portland's then-gritty Pearl District. A death among their own spooks the leader of the pack into trying to clean up, and an encounter with a sepulchral junkie priest does its part to convince him further. Or maybe we should call him a Junkie priest, portrayed as he is by a controversial cameo from writer William S. Burroughs. "I'm going back to the old days," Burroughs says of his role early in the above documentary on the making of Drugstore Cowboy. "The old days when they used to give people morphine in jail. The old days before the methadone programs."
The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

A retrospective look at Jim Henson and Frank Oz's 1982 fantasy film 'The Dark Crystal'.
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'

An extensive look at the making of Rocky (1976).
In the Ring
Retrospective documentary on the making of John Carpenter's science fiction cult classic "Escape from New York."
Return to 'Escape from New York'
Maureen O'Hara, Andrew McLaglen, and others recollect how The Quiet Man came to be in this documentary.
The Quiet Man: The Joy of Ireland
The 30-minute long featurette "Inside the Federation" mirrors the commentary, with a look at the challenges faced in the filmmaking process with such a limited budget, and how some of the visual effects were handled.