Ed Decter

Edward Decter (born 1959) is a film writer, director, and producer. His credits include, among other work, There's Something About Mary, The Santa Clause 3, The Santa Clause 2, The New Guy, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and Boy Meets World. He frequently collaborates with fellow producer and writer John J. Strauss. Decter graduated from Wesleyan University in 1979. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Decter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Boy Meets World
8.2

Boy Meets World

The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man.

Release Date1993-09-24

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count158

Vote Count520

Shadowhunters
7.6

Shadowhunters

When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.

Release Date2016-01-12

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count13

Vote Count1120

Unforgettable
7.2

Unforgettable

Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.

Release Date2011-09-20

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count2

Vote Count318

The Client List
6.7

The Client List

Riley Parks delicately balances two starkly different lives -- one as a single mom in a conservative town struggling to provide for her family and the other as a savvy and ambitious businesswoman working with a rowdy, sexy and unpredictable group of women.

Release Date2012-04-08

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count15

Vote Count145

Harlan Coben's Shelter
7.1

Harlan Coben's Shelter

Follow the story of Mickey Bolitar after the death of his father leads him to start a new life in suburban New Jersey. When another new student disappears, Mickey finds himself tangled in a web of secrets. With the help of two new friends, Spoon and Ema, they reveal a dark underground that may hold the answers to decades of disappearances.

Release Date2023-08-17

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Episode Count1

Vote Count103

Me and the Boys

Me and the Boys

Widower Steve Tower is raising three very different sons, Artis, William, and Andrew, with the help of his mother-in-law, Mary. When not at his video store, he is interacting with Artis, William, or Andrew, or his girlfriend, Amelia.

Release Date1994-09-20

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count19

Helix
6.6

Helix

Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.

Release Date2014-01-10

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count1

Vote Count440

Chicago Sons
8.5

Chicago Sons

A bachelor pad overlooking Wrigley Field is home to the close-knit but usually bickering Kolchuk brothers.

Release Date1997-01-08

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count3

Odd Man Out
5.5

Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC television network as a part of the TGIF lineup. It aired from September 24, 1999 to January 7, 2000. Created by Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, the show also featured Bill Cosby as executive producer.

Release Date1999-09-24

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count13

Vote Count2

The Closer
7.0

The Closer

The Closer was an American television situation comedy that aired on CBS for 10 episodes in 1998. The show starred Tom Selleck as a successful advertising agency executive.

Release Date1998-02-23

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count2

6.6

There's Something About Mary

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

Release Date1998-07-15

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count5055

5.5

The Wild

An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.

Release Date2006-04-06

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

Vote Count1078

6.3

The Lizzie McGuire Movie

Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy with her class. And what was supposed to be only a normal trip, becomes a teenager's dream come true.

Release Date2003-05-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1274

5.9

The New Guy

Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?

Release Date2002-05-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count608

5.5

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.

Release Date2006-11-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1107

6.0

The Santa Clause 2

Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.

Release Date2002-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1342

5.6

Rebound

An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.

Release Date2005-07-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count336

5.6

Head Over Heels

Ordinary single girl Amanda Pierce unexpectedly finds herself sharing an awesome Manhattan apartment with four sexy supermodels. Determined to bring Amanda into their world, the models give her the ultimate makeover. The plan works fabulously as Amanda connects with next door charmer Jim Winston. That is, until one night while spying on him, Amanda thinks she sees the man of her dreams committing a cold blooded crime.

Release Date2001-02-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count241

Backyards & Bullets

Backyards & Bullets

Strange things are afoot at a local suburban neighborhood watch group.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Chloe Gamble

Chloe Gamble

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

The Fallen

The Fallen

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

10.0

Backyards & Bullets

Strange things are afoot at a local suburban neighborhood watch group.

Release Date2007-05-07

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1

2.0

Options

An MBA goes to Africa to make a deal, but comes out with a Princess.

Release Date1989-05-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3

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