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Joel Surnow - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography

Joel Sarnow - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Writer, Producer, Director.

Born November 29, 1954, Detroit, Michigan, USA is an American screenwriter, producer, and director.

Studied at the University of California at Berkeley for two years and eventually graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles Film School in 1976.

Shortly after graduation, he began writing screenplays for films; he then switched to television. His breakthrough came when he wrote the 1984 series Miami Police. Towards the end of that year, Universal Studios, which owned the show, had appointed Sarnow to supervise the series The Great Equalizer, about a CIA officer who became a vigilant.

Sarnow was the co-creator and executive producer of the television series Her Name was Nikita (1997-2001). In addition to being supervising producer and screenwriter for The Great Equalizer and executive story editor for Miami Police, he has scripted numerous other television series, including Man From Nowhere and Clever Man.

Following Her Name Nikita, Sarnow's most successful work was the television series 24 Hours, which he co-produced with executive producer Robert Cochran. In 2006, 24 Hours won an Emmy for Best Drama Series, hosted by Sarnow and his fellow producers, including Robert Cochran, and for Best Actor, Kiefer Sutherland, who also won a Golden Globe. Sarnow and Cochran previously won 24 Hours Emmy Awards in 2002 for their script for the pilot episode. Sarnow stepped down as executive producer on the series on February 12, 2008.

Joel made his directorial debut in Worthless, which was released on April 18, 2014.


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