Loeb, Jeph 1958- (Joseph Loeb III)

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Loeb, Jeph 1958- (Joseph Loeb III)

PERSONAL

Born January 29, 1958, in Stamford, CT; married Christine; children: Joseph IV, Audrey. Education: Columbia University, bachelor's degree and master's degree.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Producer, writer, and comic book artist. Awesome Entertainment, cofounder and publisher.

Awards, Honors:

Eisner Award 1999, for Batman: The Long Halloween; Television Award nomination (with others), new series, Writers Guild of America Awards, Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding drama series, 2007, both for Heroes; two other Eisner Awards; five Wizard Awards.

CREDITS

Film Work:

(As Joseph Loeb III) Associate producer, Commando, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985.

(As Joseph Loeb III) Coproducer, Burglar, Warner Bros., 1987.

(As Joseph Loeb III) Producer, Firestorm, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Film Appearances:

Himself, Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century (documentary short), 2002.

Himself, Hero in Crisis (documentary short), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, Making the Amazing (documentary; also known as Making the Amazing: Spider-Man 2 and Making the Amazing: The Making of "Spider-Man 2"), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2004.

Himself, The Many Faces of Catwoman (documentary short), Warner Home Video, 2005.

Himself, Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman (documentary short), Warner Home Video, 2005.

Television Work; Series:

Supervising producer and story editor, Seven Little Monsters, PBS, 2000.

Consulting producer, Smallville (also known as Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2002-2004.

Supervising producer, Smallville (also known as Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2004-2005.

Supervising producer, Lost, ABC, 2006.

Co-executive producer, Heroes, NBC, 2006-2007.

Television Work; Movies:

Program consultant, Christmas in Connecticut, TNT, 1992.

(As Joseph Loeb III) Executive producer, Model by Day, Fox, 1994.

Television Appearances; Series:

Himself, "Heroes" Unmasked, BBC, 2007-2008.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Wizard World Chicago 2002, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of Spider-Man," HBO First Look, HBO, 2002.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As Joseph Loeb III) Teen Wolf, Atlantic Releasing, 1985.

(As Joseph Loeb III) Burglar, Warner Bros., 1985.

Film Stories:

(As Joseph Loeb III) Commando, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985.

(As Joseph Loeb III) Teen Wolf Too, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987.

Television Movies:

(As Joseph Loeb III) Model by Day, Fox, 1994.

Television Episodes:

The Hitchhiker, HBO and USA Network, 1983.

Seven Little Monsters, PBS, 2000.

"Red," Smallville (also known as Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2002.

"Insurgence," Smallville (also known as Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2003.

"Legacy," Smallville (also known as Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2004.

"Unsafe," Smallville (also known as Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2005.

"Chapter Three ‘One Giant Leap,’" Heroes, NBC, 2006.

"Chapter Sixteen ‘Unexpected,’" Heroes, NBC, 2006.

"Chapter Eleven ‘Powerless,’" Heroes, NBC, 2006.

Comic Books:

Batman: Haunted Knight: The Legends of the Dark Knight Halloween Specials: Three Tales of Halloween in Gotham City, DC Comics, 1995.

X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse, Marvel, 1995.

X-Men: Dawn of the Age of Apocalypse, Marvel, 1996.

Onslaught: To the Victor, Marvel, 1997.

Wolverine Gambit: Victims, Marvel, 1997.

Batman: The Long Halloween, DC Comics, 1998.

Superman for All Seasons, DC Comics, 1999.

Superman: No Limits, DC Comics, 2000.

The Witching Hour, DC Comics, 2000.

Batman: Dark Victory, DC Comics, 2001.

Superman: Endgame, DC Comics, 2001.

(With Carlos Pacheco) Fantastic Four: Flesh and Stone, Marvel Comics, 2001.

Superman: 'Til Death Do Us Part, DC Comics, 2002.

Superman: Our Worlds at War, DC Comics, 2002.

Superman: The Ultimate Guide, DK Publishing, 2002.

Superman: President Lex, DC Comics, 2003.

Daredevil: Yellow, Marvel, 2003.

Spider-Man: Blue, Marvel, 2003.

Batman: Hush, Volume 1, DC Comics, 2003.

Batman: Hush, Volume 2, DC Comics, 2004.

Hulk: Gray, Marvel, 2004.

Challengers of the Unknown Must Die!, DC Comics, 2004.

(With others) Public Enemies, DC Comics, 2004.

Catwoman: When in Rome, DC Comics, 2005.

Superman/Batman, Volume 1: Public Enemies, DC Comics, 2005.

Superman/Batman, Volume 2: Supergirl, DC Comics, 2005.

Superman/Batman, Volume 3: Absolute Power, DC Comics, 2005.

Superman/Batman, Volume 4: Vengeance, DC Comics, 2005.

Catwoman: When in Rome, DC Comics, 2005.

The Long Halloween: Absolute Batman, DC Comics, 2007.

(With Simone Bianchi) Wolverine: Evolution, Marvel Comics, 2007.

(With others) Ultimate Power, Marvel Comics, 2008.

(With Tim Sale) Daredevil: Yellow Black & White Premiere HC, Marvel Comics, 2008.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Authors and Artists for Young Artists, Vol. 73, Thomson Gale, 2007.

Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2007.