Karl Schaefer
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Television producer and writer |
Years active | 1988–present |
Karl Schaefer is an American television producer and writer.
He is best known for co-creating the 1990s series Eerie, Indiana with José Rivera. Prior to working on Eerie, Indiana. Schaefer created the series TV 101. His other television credits include Strange Luck, Monk, Small Shots, The Dead Zone, Eureka, Ghost Whisperer and the television film The Apartment Complex (1999), directed by Tobe Hooper. He was Executive Producer and Showrunner for Z Nation, a zombie series he co-created with Craig Engler, and its prequel spin-off, Black Summer.[1]
Schaefer is the CEO of Unreality Inc, an Intellectual Property Creator.[2]
Filmography
Television
The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | |||
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Creator | Director | Writer | Executive Producer | ||||
TV 101 | 1988–89 | Yes | No | Yes (3) | Yes | CBS | |
Eerie, Indiana | 1991–92 | Yes | No | Yes (4) | Yes | NBC | |
Strange Luck | 1995–96 | Yes | No | Yes (2) | Yes | Fox | Executive producer (13 episodes) |
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension | 1998 | No | No | Yes (1) | No | Fox Kids Network | |
Ghosts of Fear Street | 1998 | Yes | No | No | Yes | ABC | Pilot episode |
The Apartment Complex | 1999 | — | No | Yes | Yes | Showtime Networks | Television film |
Small Shots | 2001 | No | Yes | No | Yes | The New TNN | |
The Dead Zone | 2003–06 | No | Yes (1) | Yes (8) | No | USA Network | Co-executive producer (season 2: 4 episodes) Executive producer (season 3: 11 episodes; season 4: 2 episodes) Executive consultant (season 4: 8 episodes; season 5: 2 episodes) |
Monk | 2003 | No | No | Yes (1) | No | USA Network | |
Eureka | 2006 | No | No | Yes (2) | No | Sci Fi | Co-executive producer (season 1: 11 episodes) |
Ghost Whisperer | 2007–08 | No | No | Yes (2) | No | CBS | Consulting producer (season 3: 13 episodes) |
Z Nation | 2014–18 | Yes | No | Yes (11) | Yes | Syfy | |
Black Summer | 2019–2021 | Yes | No | Yes (4) | Yes | Netflix |
References
External links
- Karl Schaefer at IMDb
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- Stephen J. Cannell for "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" (1980)
- Steven Bochco & Michael Kozoll for "Hill Street Station" (1981)
- Michael Wagner for "The World According to Freedom" (1982)
- David Milch for "Trial By Fury" (1983)
- Steven Bochco & Mark Frost & Karen Hall & Jeff Lewis & David Milch & Michael Wagner for "Grace Under Pressure" (1984)
- Georgia Jeffries for "An Unusual Occurrence" / Anthony Yerkovich for "Brother's Keeper" (1985)
- Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" / Tom Fontana & John Masius & Bruce Paltrow for "Remembrance of Things Past" (1986)
- Georgia Jeffries for "Turn, Turn, Turn" / Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "It's a Wonderful Job" (1987)
- Susan Shilliday for "Therapy" / Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick for "Pilot" (thirtysomething) (1988)
- Karl Schaefer for "Rolling" (1989)
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