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name: "Joe Gannon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-gannon"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:21:21.899463+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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# Joe Gannon

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21546

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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## Biography

Joe Gannon is a writer, producer and director who has worked primarily in American television. His credits include episodes of *Law & Order* (2001), *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2003), *In the Heat of the Night* (1991–1995), *Friday the 13th: The Series* (1989), *A Different World* (1987), *Max Headroom* (1987), *Hunter* (1987) and *The Twilight Zone* (1985). He has also written for *Moonlighting* (1985) and contributed to the screenplay for the feature *Solar Crisis* (1990).

Earlier in his career Gannon worked in the UK as a film editor at the BBC and on feature films for Stanley Long. He later moved to the United States, where he wrote, produced and directed for series including *Archie Bunker's Place* and *Gloria*. He has also served as a producer on multiple episodes of *In the Heat of the Night*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), Story, Teleplay
- *Friday the 13th: The Series* (1987), Writer
- *Hunter* (1984), Writer
- *A Different World* (1987), Writer
- *Max Headroom* (1987), Writer
- *In the Heat of the Night* (1988), Writer

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