Everything about Joel Surnow totally explained
Joel Surnow is an
American writer and producer best known for being the creator of the
Emmy winning television series
24. He also produced the
Fox News Channel The Half Hour News Hour.
Biography
Surnow was born to Jewish parents in
Michigan, and his family moved to
Los Angeles when he was ten years old. His father was an
itinerant carpet salesman from Odessa, Ukraine, his mother a clothing retailer of Lithuanian descent. He graduated from Beverly Hills High in 1972 and attended
UC Berkeley before transferring to the
UCLA School of Theater Film and Television in 1975 after a year and a half at Berkeley.
Soon after graduation, he began writing for film; he then switched to television. His breakthrough came when he began writing for
Miami Vice, in 1984. By the end of the year,
Universal Studios, which owned the show, assigned Surnow to
The Equalizer, as Supervising Producer, about a
CIA officer turned
vigilante.
He has five daughters, two from a previous marriage and three with his current wife.
Career
His most recent work is the very popular and award-winning TV series
24, which he co-created and also executive produced with
Robert Cochran. In 2006,
24 won
Emmy awards as outstanding drama series for Surnow and his fellow producers, including Robert Cochran and
outstanding lead actor Emmy award and Golden Globe award winner
Kiefer Sutherland. Surnow and Cochran had previously won an Emmy for
24 in 2002, for their writing of the series' pilot episode. Surnow quit his role in production of
24 February 12, 2008.
Surnow was also the creator and
executive consultant of the
1997–
2001 television series La Femme Nikita, which was the top-rated drama on basic cable its first two seasons. In addition to being Supervising Producer and writing for
The Equalizer and serving as executive story editor on the first season of
Miami Vice, he's written scripts for a number of other TV series, including
Nowhere Man and
Wiseguy.
Politics
Surnow has described himself as a supporter of the
Republican Party, donating money to the campaign of
Rick Santorum and expressing particular admiration for former President
Ronald Reagan. He is also a close friend of conservative radio host
Rush Limbaugh. However, Surnow is a self-described "isolationist" and has stated that he's "no faith in nation building". He is the owner of an American flag that flew over Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which was sent to him as a gift from one of the regiments stationed there.
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