Engel, Stephen

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ENGEL, Stephen

PERSONAL

Married. Education: Graduated from Tufts and New York University Law School. Religion: Jewish. Avocational Interests: Sports.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Writer, producer, show creator, and director. Previously worked as a lawyer.

Awards, Honors:

CableAce Award nomination (with others), comedy series, 1995, for Dream On.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Consulting producer, Mad about You, NBC, 1992.

Coproducer, Family Album, CBS, 1993.

Co–executive producer and story editor, Dream On, HBO, 1994–96.

Co–executive producer, Just Shoot Me!, NBC, 1997.

Executive producer, Alright Already, The WB, 1997.

Coordinating producer and additional cinematography, Going Places, PBS, 1997.

Executive producer and creator, Work with Me, CBS, 1999.

Executive producer and creator, Inside Schwartz, NBC, 2001.

Production staff, Last Comic Standing: The Search for the Funniest Person in America, NBC and Comedy Central, 2003.

Executive producer, show runner, and creator, The Big House, ABC, 2004.

Consulting producer, Quintuplets, Fox, 2004.

Television Work; Specials:

Production executive (Engel Bros Media), Mysteries of Deep Space (documentary), PBS, 1997.

Executive producer, Lost Warriors of the Clouds (documentary), Discovery, 1998.

Segment executive producer, "Cannibals," Secrets of the Dead (documentary), PBS, 2000.

Executive producer, Adrenaline Science: Lethal Predators (documentary), The Learning Channel, 2001.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Sunshine State, Fox, 2003.

Television Work; Episodic:

Producer, "Sydney," Going Places, PBS, 1997.

Segment director, "London," Going Places, PBS, 1997.

Also directed episodes of Dream On, HBO.

WRITINGS

Television Pilots:

Work with Me, 1999.

Inside Schwartz, NBC, 2001.

Television Episodes:

(With others) "Madonna and Child Reunion," Home Fires, 1992.

"No Deposit, No Return," Dream On, HBO, 1992.

"The Undergraduate," Dream On, HBO, 1992.

"The French Conception," Dream On, HBO, 1993.

"Depth Be Not Proud," Dream On, HBO, 1993.

"Reach out and Touch Yourself," Dream On, HBO, 1993.

"Guardian Anger," Family Album, CBS, 1993.

"Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, All You Gotta Do Is Call …," Family Album, CBS, 1993.

"Blinded by the Cheese," Dream On, HBO, 1994.

"The Taking of Pablum 5–2–3: Parts 1 & 2," Dream On, HBO, 1994.

"Hey Diddle Diddle," Dream On, HBO, 1996.

"Finale with a Vengeance: Part 2," Dream On, HBO, 1996.

Going Places, PBS, 1997.

"Nina's Birthday," Just Shoot Me, NBC, 1997.

"How the Finch Stole Christmas," Just Shoot Me, NBC, 1998.

(With Carol Leifer) "Again with the Billionaire," Alright Already, 1998.

(With Leifer) "Again with the Hockey Player: Part 2," Alright Already, 1998.

Work with Me, CBS, 1999.

"Let's Go to the Videotape," Inside Schwartz, NBC, 2001.

"Hart Transplant," The Big House, 2004.

Quintuplets, Fox, 2004.

Television Episode; Stories:

Dream On, HBO, 1992–96.

(With Carol Leifer) "Again with the White House," Alright Already, 1998.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, September 7, 2001.