---
name: "Michael Finnell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-finnell"
fi1m_id: "michael-finnell"
imdb_id: "nm0278228"
tmdb_id: 16154
wikidata_id: "Q6830300"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "26 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-21T03:30:01.288900+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 Finnell

## Identity

Michael Finnell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-finnell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-finnell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0278228
- **TMDB ID:** 16154
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6830300
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Finnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6830300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16154

Producer. Born 26 January 1955 in St. Louis.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 26 January 1955, St. Louis
- **Active:** 1984–2003
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 2000s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Finnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6830300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16154

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Gremlins*](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Michael Finnell is a film producer. He began his career working for Roger Corman on films including *Avalanche* (1978) and *Rock 'n' Roll High School* (1979), and contributed to *Airplane!* (1980).

Finnell has frequently collaborated with director Joe Dante. Their joint credits include *The Howling* (1981), *Gremlins* (1984), *Explorers* (1985), *Innerspace* (1987), *The 'Burbs* (1989), *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990), *Matinee* (1993) and *Small Soldiers* (1998). He also produced *Milk Money* (1994) and *Teaching Mrs. Tingle* (1999), and was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Picture for *Newsies* (1992).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *21 Grams* (2003), Fi1m 72, as Fat Prisoner — [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Gremlins* (1984), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *21 Grams* (2003), as Fat Prisoner — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *Haunted Lighthouse 4-D* (2003), Producer
- *Teaching Mrs. Tingle* (1999), Co-Executive Producer
- *Small Soldiers* (1998), Producer
- *Milk Money* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Matinee* (1993), Producer
- *Newsies* (1992), Producer
- *Deceived* (1991), Producer
- *Gremlins 2: The New Batch* (1990), Producer
- *The 'Burbs* (1989), Producer
- *Innerspace* (1987), Producer
- *Explorers* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Gremlins* (1984), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)
- *The Howling* (1981), Producer
- *Rock 'n' Roll High School* (1979), Producer
- *Avalanche* (1978), Associate Producer
- *Cannonball* (1976), as Helicopter Pilot

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture 1993: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (nominated), for *Newsies*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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