Joseph Stern

Birthday: 3 September 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA

Joseph Stern is a veteran of film, television, and stage. He has produced over 250episodes of television, as well as numerous long form specials and films. He has hadseveral overall deals and has work ...Show More

Joseph Stern is a veteran of film, television, and stage. He has produced over 250episodes of television, as well as numerous long form specials and films. He has hadseveral overall deals and has worked for four studios and six networks. His developmentfor them amounted to over twenty pilot scripts, eleven of which were shot and six thatmade it to series. Stern produced the pilot of the long running hit show "Law & Order,"and served as the Executive Producer for the first three seasons. It garnered him two ofhis six Emmy nominations and an additional two Golden Globes.His groundbreaking CBS special, "Other Mothers," about alternative lifestyles, washonored with seven Emmy nominations and three wins. Most recently Mr. Sternproduced "Our America," for Showtime. It was selected to play at Sundance and it wenton to win the coveted Humanitas Award and four Emmy nominations. During this timehe also produced "Judging Amy" and served as Executive Producer for the pilot and theentire six year run.Mr. Stern's film work includes "Dad," for Steven Spielberg, which starred AcademyAward winners Jack Lemmon, Olympia Dukakis, and Kevin Spacey and the cult hit "NoMan's Land," with Charlie Sheen.No producer has been honored as much in Los Angeles theater. His over 200 awards,40 of which are Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awards, are the most in history. He hasproduced over 45 plays and is the recipient of several lifetime achievement awards; onefrom the LADCC and the James A. Doolittle Award for leadership, that he received withAugust Wilson. His landmark production of "Orphans" moved from his Matrix Theatre,where he is the Producing Artistic Director, to The Steppenwolf and then on toBroadway, before becoming a feature film. Hide