Biography

Joseph Stern is a veteran of film, television, and stage. He has produced over 250

episodes of television, as well as numerous long form specials and films. He has had

several overall deals and has worked for four studios and six networks. His development

for them amounted to over twenty pilot scripts, eleven of which were shot and six that

made 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 of

his six Emmy nominations and an additional two Golden Globes.

His groundbreaking CBS special, "Other Mothers," about alternative lifestyles, was

honored with seven Emmy nominations and three wins. Most recently Mr. Stern

produced "Our America," for Showtime. It was selected to play at Sundance and it went

on to win the coveted Humanitas Award and four Emmy nominations. During this time

he also produced "Judging Amy" and served as Executive Producer for the pilot and the

entire six year run.

Mr. Stern's film work includes "Dad," for Steven Spielberg, which starred Academy

Award winners Jack Lemmon, Olympia Dukakis, and Kevin Spacey and the cult hit "No

Man'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 has

produced over 45 plays and is the recipient of several lifetime achievement awards; one

from the LADCC and the James A. Doolittle Award for leadership, that he received with

August Wilson. His landmark production of "Orphans" moved from his Matrix Theatre,

where he is the Producing Artistic Director, to The Steppenwolf and then on to

Broadway, before becoming a feature film.

- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous