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Biography

Straczynski is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. He is also a playwright, journalist and…more

Born

7/17/1954, Patterson, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name

Joseph Michael Straczynski

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (1)

Role
- Babylon 5
  Maintenance Worker (uncredited)
  - S 5: Ep 22 Sleeping in Light
    11/25/98
Writer (13)

Role
- Babylon 5
  Writer
  - S 6: Ep 1 The Lost Tales : Voices in the Dark
    7/31/07
  - — A Call to Arms
    1/3/99
  - S 5: Ep 22 Sleeping in Light
    11/25/98
  - S 5: Ep 21 Objects at Rest
    11/18/98
  - S 5: Ep 20 Objects in Motion
    11/11/98
  - + 93 More Credits
- Jeremiah
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 14 Interregnum (1)
    9/24/04
  - S 2: Ep 15 Interregnum (2)
    9/24/04
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Face in the Mirror
    9/17/04
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Past Is Prologue
    9/10/04
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Question
    9/10/04
  - + 19 More Credits
- Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 To Live and Die in Starlight
    1/19/02
- Murder, She Wrote
  Writer
  - S 13: Ep 0 A Story to Die For
    5/18/00
  - S 9: Ep 11 Final Curtain
    1/10/93
  - S 9: Ep 4 The Wind Around the Tower
    11/1/92
  - S 8: Ep 17 To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee
    3/15/92
  - S 8: Ep 13 Incident in Lot 7
    1/19/92
  - + 3 More Credits
- Crusade
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 13 Each Night I Dream of Home
    9/1/99
  - S 1: Ep 12 Visitors from Down the Street
    8/25/99
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Needs of Earth
    8/18/99
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Memory of War
    8/11/99
  - S 1: Ep 9 Racing the Night
    8/4/99
  - + 5 More Credits
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Shadow in the Night
    5/1/93
- Jake and the Fatman
  Writer
  - S 4: Ep 10 Goodbye (2)
    11/28/90
  - S 4: Ep 9 Goodbye (1)
    11/28/90
  - S 3: Ep 25 Danny Boy
    5/9/90
  - S 3: Ep 19 I Ain't Got No Body
    3/7/90
  - S 3: Ep 15 Who's Sorry Now?
    1/31/90
- The Real Ghostbusters
  Writer
  - S 6: Ep 8 Russian About
    10/27/90
  - S 6: Ep 4 The Haunting of Heck House
    9/29/90
  - S 6: Ep 1 Janine, You've Changed
    9/8/90
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Halloween Door
    10/29/89
  - S 5: Ep 8 The Ghostbusters Live! from Al Capone's Tomb!
    10/28/89
  - + 16 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 27 Special Service
    4/8/89
  - S 3: Ep 26 Rendezvous in a Dark Place
    3/12/89
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Wall
    2/25/89
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Mind of Simon Foster
    2/18/89
  - S 3: Ep 19 Something in the Walls
    1/28/89
  - + 6 More Credits
- Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 24 Retribution (2)
    3/27/88
  - S 1: Ep 23 Retribution (1)
    3/20/88
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Eden Road
    2/21/88
  - S 1: Ep 18 A Summoning of Thunder (2)
    2/14/88
  - S 1: Ep 17 A Summoning of Thunder (1)
    2/7/88
  - + 4 More Credits
- Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 65 Final Ride at Journey's End
    12/13/85
  - S 1: Ep 64 The Squire Smith
    12/12/85
  - S 1: Ep 54 Circus Planet
    11/28/85
  - S 1: Ep 50 The Gardener
    11/22/85
  - S 1: Ep 47 Do Not Disturb
    11/19/85
  - + 7 More Credits
- She-Ra: Princess of Power
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 62 Magicats
    12/2/85
  - S 1: Ep 61 Darksmoke and Fire
    11/29/85
  - S 1: Ep 47 The Price of Power
    11/11/85
  - S 1: Ep 42 Enemy With My Face
    11/4/85
  - S 1: Ep 39 Into the Dark Dimension
    10/30/85
  - + 3 More Credits
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 28 Trouble's Middle Name
  - S 2: Ep 29 Journey To Stone City
  - S 2: Ep 65 The Cold Zone
    12/8/84
  - S 2: Ep 63 The Games
    12/6/84
  - S 2: Ep 58 Mistaken Identity
    11/29/84
  - + 4 More Credits
Director (1)

Role
- Babylon 5
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 1 The Lost Tales : Voices in the Dark
    7/31/07
  - S 5: Ep 22 Sleeping in Light
    11/25/98
Story (6)

Role
- Jeremiah
  Story
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Face in the Mirror
    9/17/04
- Babylon 5
  Story
  - S 5: Ep 20 Objects in Motion
    11/11/98
- Jake and the Fatman
  Story
  - S 4: Ep 10 Goodbye (2)
    11/28/90
  - S 4: Ep 9 Goodbye (1)
    11/28/90
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Story
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Curious Case of Edgar Witherspoon
    9/24/88
- Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 20 Freedom One
    2/28/88
  - S 1: Ep 14 Gemini and Counting
    1/10/88
  - S 1: Ep 13 Flame Street
    11/29/87
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Intruder
    11/15/87
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Mirror in Darkness
    10/25/87
  - + 1 More Credits
- She-Ra: Princess of Power
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 18 Horde Prime Takes a Holiday
    10/1/85
Producer (2)

Role
- Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers
  Producer
- Murder, She Wrote
  Producer
  - S 9: Ep 9 A Christmas Secret
    12/13/92
  - S 9: Ep 8 The Classic Murder
    12/6/92
  - S 9: Ep 5 The Dead File
    11/15/92
  - S 9: Ep 4 The Wind Around the Tower
    11/1/92
  - S 9: Ep 3 The Mole
    10/4/92
  - + 2 More Credits
Creator (1)

Role
- Jeremiah
  Creator
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Mysterious Mister Smith
    11/7/03
  - S 2: Ep 5 Rites of Passage
    10/31/03
  - S 2: Ep 3 Strange Attractors
    10/24/03
  - S 2: Ep 2 Letters from the Other Side (2)
    10/17/03
Teleplay (2)

Role
- Jeremiah
  Teleplay
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Face in the Mirror
    9/17/04
- Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
  Teleplay
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Intruder
    11/15/87
Co-Producer (1)

Role
- Murder, She Wrote
  Co-Producer
  - S 8: Ep 22 Murder On Madison Avenue
    5/17/92
  - S 8: Ep 21 Badge of Honor
    5/10/92
  - S 8: Ep 20 Angel of Death
    5/3/92
  - S 8: Ep 19 Day of the Dead
    4/26/92
  - S 8: Ep 18 Programmed for Murder
    4/5/92
  - + 17 More Credits
Story Editor (1)

Role
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Story Editor
  - S 3: Ep 12 20/20 Vision
    12/10/88
  - S 3: Ep 11 Acts of Terror
    12/3/88
Executive Producer (2)

Role
- Jeremiah
  Executive Producer
  - S 2: Ep 2 Letters from the Other Side (2)
    10/17/03
- Babylon 5
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 3 Soul Hunter
    2/2/94

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- Joe was nominated for the Writers' Guild Of America Anthology Episode/Single Program Award for "The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde" (1989) in 1991.
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- Joe won the Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of America Bradbury Award for Babylon 5 in 1999.
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- Joe won 2 consecutive Hugo Awards, in 1996 and 1997, for Best Dramatic Presentation, for the Babylon 5 episodes "The Coming Of Shadows" and "Severed Dreams" respectively.
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- (about his work on Jake and The Fatman) J. Michael Straczynski: I often felt that I was a better writer than the shows I found myself working on. By that I mean...you can write the best Jake and the Fatman script in the whole world, but it's still Jake and the Fatman. It's like putting in ten years teaching a pig to sing; even if you achieve the goal, at the end of the day, what've you got for all your work? A singin' pig.
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- J. Michael Straczynski : Too many TV shows are about answers - easy answers that you get just before the last commercial. I wanted to do a TV show about questions - hard questions. Because knowing how to ask the right question is more important than getting the easy answer.
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- J. Michael Straczynski: On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.
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