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name: "Ed Zuckerman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ed-zuckerman"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 August 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T23:37:45.163323+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 Zuckerman

Writer. Born 20 August 1948.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 August 1948
- **Active:** 1984–1990
- **Works often with:** Gabrielle Beaumont, Aaron Lipstadt, Barry M. Schkolnick, Chip Chalmers, Daniel Sackheim, David Assael

## Biography

Ed Zuckerman is an American television writer and producer. He began his career as a journalist, contributing to magazines including Rolling Stone, the New Yorker and Esquire, and wrote the nonfiction books The Day After World War III and Small Fortunes.

Zuckerman's first television writing credit was the 1988 Miami Vice episode 'The Cows of October'. He went on to write more than 50 episodes of Law & Order (1990), serving as story editor and executive story editor, and also worked as a writer and producer on series including Star Trek: The Next Generation, JAG, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Blue Bloods. He has received an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award and two Edgar Awards.

*Sources: miamivice.fandom.com, crimereads.com, imdb.com, cornellalumnimagazine.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Story, Teleplay, Writer

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Story, Writer, Teleplay
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), Writer
- *JAG* (1995), Writer
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), Writer

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