---
name: "Michael Bender"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-bender"
fi1m_id: "michael-bender"
imdb_id: "nm0070498"
tmdb_id: 35139
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 February 1946"
died: "3 October 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:45:43.476509+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael Bender

## Identity

Michael Bender

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-bender
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-bender
- **IMDb ID:** nm0070498
- **TMDB ID:** 35139
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070498/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35139

Producer. Born 6 February 1946 in Jefferson County, Texas, USA. Died 3 October 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 February 1946, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 3 October 1997
- **Active:** 1988–2002
- **Also known as:**  Michael Louis Bender 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070498/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35139

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Beetlejuice*](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Bender (1946–1997) was an American producer and entertainment attorney. He formed the production company Pecos Productions with writers Michael McDowell and Larry Wilson, and *Beetlejuice* (1988) was their first project. He is credited as a producer on the Tim Burton-directed film, alongside Wilson and Richard Hashimoto.

Bender also served as a consultant on the animated television series *Beetlejuice* (1989–1991). He was born in Jefferson County, Texas, and died in Encino, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Road to Perdition* (2002), Fi1m 77, Production Secretary — [page](https://film.one/film/road-to-perdition.md)
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2005), as Painter — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-and-mrs-smith-2005.md)
- *Road to Perdition* (2002), as Production Secretary — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/road-to-perdition.md)
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/michael-bender