Ed Decter

Edward Decter (born May 19, 1959)^[1] is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Ed Decter
Born	Edward Decter (1959-05-19) May 19, 1959 (age 66) West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Wesleyan University
Occupation(s)	Film director, film producer, screenwriter
Years active	1988–present

Early life and education

Born in West Orange, New Jersey, Decter graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Art from Wesleyan University in 1979.^[2]

Career

His credits include, There's Something About Mary, The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3, The New Guy, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and television series Boy Meets World, In Plain Sight, and Shadowhunters.^[3][4][5]

He frequently collaborates with fellow producer and writer John J. Strauss. His production company was Frontier Pictures and is now Carteret Street Productions.

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Credited as			Notes
		Writer	Director	Producer
Options	1989	Story & screenplay	No	No
There's Something About Mary	1998	Story & screenplay	No	No
Head over Heels	2001	Story	No	Executive producer
The New Guy	2002	No	Yes	Executive producer
The Santa Clause 2	2002	Screenplay	No	No
The Lizzie McGuire Movie	2003	Yes	No	No
Rebound	2005	Story	No	No
The Wild	2006	Screenplay	No	Co-producer
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	2006	Yes	No	No

Television

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

Title	Year	Credited as			Network	Notes
		Creator	Writer	Executive Producer
Riptide	1984	No	Yes (1)	No	NBC
The Adventures of Mark & Brian	1991–92	Yes	Yes (3)	No	NBC	Supervising producer
Boy Meets World	1993–94	No	Yes (4)	No	ABC	Co-executive producer (2 episodes)
Me and the Boys	1994–95	No	Yes (2)	No	ABC	Co-executive producer (2 episodes)
Too Something	1996	No	Yes (2)	No	Fox	Co-executive producer (Pilot)
Chicago Sons	1997	Yes	Yes (1)	Yes	NBC
The Closer	1998	Yes	Yes (1)	Yes	CBS
Odd Man Out	1999–2000	Yes	Yes (1)	Yes	ABC
Worst Week of My Life	2006	Yes	Yes	Yes	Fox	Unaired pilot
Backyards & Bullets	2007	Yes	Yes	Yes	NBC	Unaired pilot
In Plain Sight	2011–12	No	Yes (2)	Yes	USA Network
Big Mike	2011	Yes	Yes	Yes	A&E	Unaired pilot
The Client List	2012–13	No	Yes (2)	Yes	Lifetime
Helix	2014	No	Yes (1)	No	Syfy	Executive consultant (9 episodes) Consulting producer (4 episodes)
Unforgettable	2014	No	Yes (2)	Yes	CBS	Executive producer (season 3)
Shadowhunters	2016–19	Developer	Yes (2)	Yes	Freeform	Executive producer (season 1)
Shelter	TBA†	Yes	No	Yes	Amazon Prime Video

Key

†	Denotes television series that have not yet been aired