Karl Schaefer is an American television producer and writer. He is best known for co-creating the 1990s series ''

Eerie, Indiana ''Eerie, Indiana'' is an American horror science fiction television series that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1991, to December 09, 1993. The series was created by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creat ...

'' with José Rivera. Prior to working on ''Eerie, Indiana''. Schaefer created the series ''

TV 101 ''TV 101'' is an American drama television series that aired on CBS from November 29, 1988 until March 25, 1989. The series stars Sam Robards, Brynn Thayer, Leon Russom and Andrew Cassese. Other notable cast members include Stacey Dash, Teri Polo ...

''. His other television credits include ''

Strange Luck ''Strange Luck'' is an American television series that aired on Fox, created by Karl Schaefer and starring D. B. Sweeney in the role of Chance Harper who constantly stumbles into unusual situations. The series aired on Fox from 1995 to 1996. A t ...

'', ''

Monk A monk (, from el, μοναχός, ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedica ...

'', ''

Small Shots ''Small Shots'' is an American reality TV program about two young filmmakers traveling across the country, going to small towns and using real people to make short movie spoofs. It was shown on The New TNN. External links * 2001 American te ...

'', '' The Dead Zone'', ''

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'', ''

Ghost Whisperer ''Ghost Whisperer'' is an American supernatural television series, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005, to May 21, 2010. The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon ( Jennifer Love Hewitt), who has the ability to see and communicate with ...

'' and the television film ''

The Apartment Complex ''The Apartment Complex'' is a 1999 American made-for-television mystery-thriller film directed by Tobe Hooper. Plot The film involves a man named Stan who becomes the manager of an apartment complex with strange tenants, after the previous manag ...

'' (1999), directed by

Tobe Hooper Willard Tobe Hooper (; January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror film, horror genre. The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influenti ...

. He was Executive Producer and Showrunner for ''

Z Nation ''Z Nation'' is an American horror television series that aired on Syfy, created by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler, and was produced by The Asylum. The first season of 13 episodes premiered on September 12, 2014. ''Z Nation'' was filmed in the ...

'', a zombie series he co-created with Craig Engler, and its

prequel A prequel is a literary, dramatic or cinematic work whose story precedes that of a previous work, by focusing on events that occur before the original narrative. A prequel is a work that forms part of a backstory to the preceding work. The term " ...

spin-off, ''

Black Summer ''Black Summer'' is a comic book limited series written by Warren Ellis, illustrated by Juan Jose Ryp, and published by Avatar Press starting in June 2007. The plot revolves around the consequences of a superhero, John Horus, who kills the Pres ...

''. Schaefer is the CEO of Unreality Inc, an Intellectual Property Creator.https://www.linkedin.com/pub/karl-schaefer/2b/1a0/751

Filmography

Television

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

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