Joel Steiger is an American

United States

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 television producer

Television producer

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, writer, and director

Television director

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. He specializes in creating mystery

Mystery fiction

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series. Has worked as writer, executive producer and consultant on some of the most successful television mysteries of the 80's & 90's.

Awards

Steiger has won one Edgar Award in 1983 for "Remington Steele" for episode "In the Steele Of The Night".

Producer or executive producer

• "Diagnosis Murder" (executive producer) (2 episodes, 1997)
• Gramps (1995) (TV) (executive producer)
• "Matlock" (executive producer) (89 episodes, 1990-1995) (supervising producer) (45 episodes, 1987-1990) (producer) (24 episodes, 1986-1987) (co-executive producer) (21 episodes, 1989-1990)
• "Jake and the Fatman" (executive producer) 44 eposodes
• "Perry Mason" (co-executive Producer) 26 2hr movies

Writer

• A Town Without Pity (2002) (TV) (writer)
• "Diagnosis Murder" (9 episodes, 1997-2001)
• Thrill (1996) (TV) (television story)
• "Matlock" (54 episodes, 1986-1995)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993) (TV) (story)
• "Father Dowling Mysteries" (41 episodes, 1989-1991)
• "Jake and the Fatman" (1987) TV series (unknown episodes)

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