birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
arlington heights , chicago , illinois , u.s. 12 september 1965 jim michaels
 jim michaels television producer , director
jim michaels

jim michaels -lrb- born september 12 , 1965 in chicago , illinois -rrb- is an american television producer .
he is the son of anna mae and robert michaels and was raised in the suburbs of des plaines and arlington heights .
michaels graduated from john hersey high school in arlington heights , illinois and attended the university of evansville and graduated with a degree in business .
michaels ran the in house computer graphics department at a studio at mca/universal .
michaels then moved into television production , eventually producing the nbc series midnight caller for nbc and reasonable doubts .
michaels other series included ; charlie grace for abc ; the guardian and dr. vegas for cbs ; odyssey 5 ; for showtime ; and .
michaels is a member of the producer 's guild of america , directors guild of america , screen actors guild , the academy of television arts & sciences , american film institute and has guest lectered at the academy of art , ucla and nyu .
michaels worked with ali leroi and chris rock producing the television series everybody hates chris for four seasons and has now joined the production team at `` supernatural '' for the 2009 -- 2016 seasons .
