---
name: "Michael Grillo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-grillo"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-20T06:47:37.271757+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 Grillo

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 1979–2019
- **Also known as:** Michael F. Grillo
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 5 producing, 4 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 77 (4), 2010s 75 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 73 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 4, Science Fiction 4, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $6,119m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22109804, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342045/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30383

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Accidental Tourist*](https://film.one/film/the-accidental-tourist.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Michael Grillo is a film producer and former assistant director. He began his career in the Directors Guild training programme and worked as an assistant director on films including *The Deer Hunter* (1978), *Body Heat* (1981) and *The Big Chill* (1983).

Grillo produced *The Accidental Tourist* (1988) with Lawrence Kasdan and Charles Okun; the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. He collaborated frequently with Kasdan on projects such as *Silverado* (1985) and *Wyatt Earp* (1994).

From 1996 to 2006 he served as head of feature film production at DreamWorks, overseeing titles including *The Peacemaker* (1997). He later worked as executive producer on several Marvel Studios films, among them *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), *Ant-Man* (2015), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, csunshinetoday.csun.edu, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Fi1m 79, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Ant-Man* (2015), Fi1m 67, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *The Accidental Tourist* (1988), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-accidental-tourist.md)

### Crew (4)

- *The Big Chill* (1983), Fi1m 67, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)
- *Body Heat* (1981), Fi1m 83, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/body-heat.md)
- *Heaven's Gate* (1980), Fi1m 79, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md)
- *Breaking Away* (1979), Fi1m 86, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-away.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-endgame.md)
- *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-infinity-war.md)
- *Ant-Man* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-winter-soldier.md)
- *The Amazing Spider-Man* (2012), Executive Producer
- *The Green Hornet* (2011), Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer
- *The Uninvited* (2009), Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *The Peacemaker* (1997), Executive Producer
- *The Trigger Effect* (1996), Producer
- *Wyatt Earp* (1994), Executive Producer
- *In the Line of Fire* (1993), Second Unit First Assistant Director
- *Grand Canyon* (1991), Producer
- *Defending Your Life* (1991), Producer, First Assistant Director
- *I Love You to Death* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Accidental Tourist* (1988), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-accidental-tourist.md)
- *Cross My Heart* (1987), Co-Producer
- *Silverado* (1985), Executive Producer, First Assistant Director
- *The Woman in Red* (1984), Associate Producer
- *The Big Chill* (1983), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)
- *Cat People* (1982), First Assistant Director
- *Body Heat* (1981), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/body-heat.md)
- *Inside Moves* (1980), Second Unit Director, First Assistant Director
- *Heaven's Gate* (1980), Assistant Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md)
- *Breaking Away* (1979), Assistant Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-away.md)
- *New York, New York* (1977), Second Assistant Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1989: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Accidental Tourist*

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

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