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).
