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born: "1 January 1950"
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# Jeffrey Stepakoff

Writer. Born 1 January 1950 in Atlanta, Georgia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Atlanta, Georgia

## Biography

Jeffrey Stepakoff is an American television writer, producer and author. He earned a BA in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MFA in playwriting from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988. After the 1988 Writers Guild strike, he began writing for series including *Simon & Simon*, *Major Dad* and *The Wonder Years*.

Stepakoff has written for more than a dozen series, including *Sisters*, *Dawson's Creek* (as co-executive producer) and *Chasing Life*. He contributed to Disney animated films *Tarzan* and *Brother Bear*, and has written several novels. He is associate professor of screenwriting at Kennesaw State University and was founding executive director of the Georgia Film Academy.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, jeffreystepakoff.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Also known for

- *Dawson's Creek* (1998), Writer
- *Chasing Life* (2014), Writer

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