Michael Edelstein, born February 20, 1968 in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 television producer

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Together with Marc Cherry

Marc Cherry

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 and Tom Spezialy

Tom Spezialy

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, Edelstein was one of the original executive producer

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s for Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

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, for which he was awarded an Emmy

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 nomination. Following creative conflicts with series creator Cherry during the second season of the series, Edelstein left the series in January 2006.

In addition to Desperate Housewives, Edelstein has been executive producer for the thriller series Threat Matrix

Threat Matrix

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, and the sitcom Hope & Faith

Hope & Faith

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, as well as telefilms Haunting Sarah from 2005 and Him and Us from 2006. He is also executive producer for the 2009 space drama, Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity (TV series)

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