Edward Ichabod "Ed" Decter (born May 19, 1959) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Early life and education

Born in West Orange,

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...

, Decter graduated from

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the c ...

in 1979.

Career

His credits include, '' There's Something About Mary'', '' The Santa Clause 2'', '' The Santa Clause 3'', ''

The New Guy ''The New Guy'' is a 2002 American teen comedy film directed by Ed Decter, written by David Kendall and starring DJ Qualls and Eliza Dushku. The film tells the story of high school loser Dizzy Harrison (Qualls) who gets himself expelled so that ...

'', '' The Lizzie McGuire Movie'', and television series '' Boy Meets World'', ''

In Plain Sight ''In Plain Sight'' is an American drama television series that premiered on the USA Network on June 1, 2008. The series revolves around Mary Shannon ( Mary McCormack), a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico, offi ...

'', and '' Shadowhunters''. He frequently collaborates with fellow producer and writer John J. Strauss. His production company was Frontier Pictures. In 1998, he, along with Strauss took on the role for Barry Kemp as the showrunner for the new CBS

Tom Selleck Thomas William Selleck (; born January 29, 1945) is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series '' Magnum, P.I.'' (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations ...

comedy ''

The Closer ''The Closer'' is an American television police procedural starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Brenda has a reputation as a cl ...

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

References

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* 1959 births Film producers from New Jersey American male screenwriters American television writers Living people People from West Orange, New Jersey Wesleyan University alumni American male television writers Film directors from New Jersey Screenwriters from New Jersey Television producers from New Jersey {{US-screenwriter-stub