Joel Surnow
Birth name	Joel Surnow
Born	December 18, 1955 (1955-12-18) (age 51) Michigan, USA

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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. Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Look up itinerant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... The UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television (TFT), located in Los Angeles, USA, is unique in that it combines all three (theater, film, and television) of these aspects into a single school. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios), a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is one of the major American film studios. ... For the professional wrestler known as The Equalizer, see Bill Dannenhauser. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... For other uses, see Vigilante (disambiguation). ...

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 produces 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. 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ... Robert Cochran (also credited as Bob Cochran) is the co-creator of the television series 24, which is currently airing on the Fox television network. ... An Emmy Award. ... This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winners: 1974: Telly Savalas - Kojak 1975: Robert Blake - Baretta 1976: Peter Falk - Columbo 1977: James Garner - The Rockford Files 1978: Edward Asner - Lou Grant 1979: Ron Leibman - Kaz 1980: Edward Asner - Lou Grant... Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian television and film actor, well known for his role of Jack Bauer on the series 24. ...

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 has written scripts for a number of other TV series, including Nowhere Man and Wiseguy. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Nikita (re-titled La Femme Nikita in the United States and other international markets) is a television spy drama based upon the French film directed by Luc Besson (see Nikita). ... For the professional wrestler known as The Equalizer, see Bill Dannenhauser. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nowhere Man is an American television series starring Bruce Greenwood. ... First season cast of Wiseguy Wiseguy (1987-1990) was a U.S. television program about Vincent Vinnie Terranova, an undercover agent of the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau), a fictional division of the FBI. Produced by Stephen J. Cannell, the show differed from previous crime dramas in its use of story...

Personal life

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.^{[citation needed]} He is also a close friend of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.^{[citation needed]} However, Surnow is a self-described "isolationist" and has stated that he has "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.^[1] The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host and political commentator. ...

References

1. ^ "Whatever it Takes: The Politics of the Man Behind '24' " by Jane Mayer in The New Yorker (19 Feb. 2007)

External links

• Joel Surnow at the Internet Movie Database