Joseph Stern

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.