Decter, Ed 1959- (Edward Decter)

PERSONAL

Full name, Edward Decter; born 1959. Education: Studied film and English at Wesleyan University. Avocational Interests: Golf.

Addresses:

Contact—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Fl., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Producer, writer, and director. Frontier Pictures, principal. Jewish Big Brothers, volunteer, beginning c. 1981.

Awards, Honors:

Grant from American Film Institute.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Supervising producer, The Adventures of Mark & Brian, NBC, 1991.

Co-executive producer, Boy Meets World, ABC, 1993.

Co-executive producer, Me and the Boys, ABC, 1994.

Co-executive producer, Too Something (also known as New York Daze), Fox, 1995.

Creator and executive producer, Chicago Sons, NBC, 1997.

Creator and executive producer (with John J. Strauss), The Closer, CBS, 1998.

Creator and executive producer, Odd Man Out, ABC then CBS, 1999.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, Backyards & Bullets, 2007.

Film Work:

Executive producer, Head Over Heels, MCA/Universal, 2001.

Director and executive producer, The New Guy, Columbia, 2002.

Co-producer, The Wild (animated; also known as La vie sauvage), Walt Disney Pictures, 2006.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As Edward Decter; with John J. Strauss) Options (based on a story by Decter), Vestron Pictures, 1988.

(With others) There's Something About Mary (based on a story by Decter), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Spin Doctor, 2000.

The Santa Clause 2 (also known as SC2, Santa Clause 2, and The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause), Buena Vista, 2002.

The Lizzie McGuire Story, Buena Vista, 2003.

The Wild (animated; also known as La vie sauvage), Walt Disney Pictures, 2006.

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (also known as Pretender), Buena Vista, 2006.

Film Stories:

Head Over Heels, 2001.

Rebound, Twentieth Century Fox, 2005.

Television Movies:

Backyards & Bullets, 2007.

Television Pilots:

The Adventures of Mark & Brian, NBC, 1991.

Television Episodes:

Mad About You, NBC, 1992-93.

"Grandma Was a Rolling Stone," Boy Meets World, ABC, 1993.

"Class Pre-Union," Boy Meets World, ABC, 1993.

"Model Family," Boy Meets World, ABC, 1994.

"The Play's the Thing," Boy Meets World, ABC, 1994.

Me and the Boys, ABC, 1994.

Chicago Sons, CBS, 1997.

The Closer, CBS, 1998.

Odd Man Out, ABC then CBS, 1999-2000.

Children's Books:

Expedition to Pine Hollow, Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, 2007.

Expedition to Blue Cave, Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, 2007.

Expedition to Willow Key, Simon & Schuster, 2007.

Expedition to Surf Island, Simon & Schuster, 2008.