---
name: "Ed Decter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-decter"
fi1m_id: "ed-decter"
imdb_id: "nm0214036"
tmdb_id: 7397
wikidata_id: "Q3048492"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 May 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T04:05:47.891533+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ed Decter

## Identity

Ed Decter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ed-decter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ed-decter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0214036
- **TMDB ID:** 7397
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3048492
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Decter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214036/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7397

Writer. Born 19 May 1959 in West Orange, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 May 1959, West Orange, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1998–2011
- **Also known as:** Edward Decter, Эд Дектер
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Decter, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048492, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214036/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7397

## Biography

Ed Decter is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. Born Edward Decter on 19 May 1959 in West Orange, New Jersey, he graduated from Wesleyan University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Art.

He frequently collaborates with writer and producer John J. Strauss. Their joint credits include the story and screenplay for the comedy *There's Something About Mary* (1998). Decter has also written for *The Santa Clause 2* (2002), *The Lizzie McGuire Movie* (2003) and *The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause* (2006), and directed *The New Guy* (2002). His television work includes writing episodes of *Boy Meets World* (1993) and creating or executive-producing series such as *Shadowhunters* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fandango.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Fi1m 78, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Harlan Coben's Shelter* (2023), series, Teleplay
- *Shadowhunters* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Helix* (2014), series, Story
- *The Client List* (2012), series, Executive Producer, Story
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, Story, Teleplay
- *Backyards & Bullets* (2007), Producer, Writer
- *The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause* (2006), Writer
- *The Wild* (2006), Co-Producer, Screenplay
- *Rebound* (2005), Screenplay
- *The Lizzie McGuire Movie* (2003), Writer
- *The Santa Clause 2* (2002), Screenplay
- *The New Guy* (2002), Director, Executive Producer
- *Head Over Heels* (2001), Writer
- *Odd Man Out* (1999), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)
- *The Closer* (1998), series, Creator
- *Chicago Sons* (1997), series, Creator
- *Me and the Boys* (1994), series, Producer, Writer
- *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, Producer, Writer
- *Options* (1989), Screenplay
- *Backyards & Bullets*, series, Writer
- *Chloe Gamble*, series, Creator
- *The Fallen*, series, Creator

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