Joshua D. Maurer Explained

Birth Name:Joshua Dwight Maurer
Birth Date:26 February 1964
Birth Place:New Jersey, U.S.
Alma Mater:Sarah Lawrence College
Occupation:Producer, Writer, Actor
Years Active:1981–present
Children:2

Joshua D. Maurer (born February 26, 1964) is an American film producer, writer and actor who is best known for Georgia O'Keeffe, The Hoax, The Last Tycoon, Rosemary's Baby, , Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself, The Pentagon Papers, Howards End, Papillon, and The Miracle Club.

Early life

Maurer grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, where he attended West Orange High School.[1] Maurer next attended and received his B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in history and drama. Prior to forming his own company, Maurer began his professional career as an actor, training with Emmy winner Viveca Lindfors and Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, which led him to being hired by Olympia for her Montclair, New Jersey Whole Theatre Company's production of "HOME" written by Samm-Art Williams and starring Samuel L. Jackson and S. Epatha Merkerson.

Career

After graduation, Maurer first appeared as a series lead in the CBS critically acclaimed Vietnam War television series Tour of Duty, portraying the conscientious objector "Private Roger Hom." He later went on to star in a number of television movies, starring opposite Valerie Bertinelli in CBS's Taken Away as well as the motion picture Gettysburg, directed by Ron Maxwell, as "Lieutenant Colonel James c. Rice."

Maurer was nominated twice within the same year and category for the David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award for Longform Television.

Maurer is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America, the Producers Guild, as well as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Joshua is married to Alixandre Witlin, with whom he shares two daughters.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2000Emmy AwardExecutive ProducerIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
2000Columbus International Film & Animation FestivalBronze Plaque Award (Entertainment)Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
2000Black Reel AwardsBest Television Miniseries or MovieIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
2000Satellite AwardsBest Motion Picture Made for TelevisionIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
2000Golden Globes AwardsBest Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
2000NAMIC Vision AwardsDramaIntroducing Dorothy DandridgeWon
2000Prism AwardsTV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic SpecialIntroducing Dorothy DandridgeWon
2000NAACP Image AwardsOutstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic SpecialIntroducing Dorothy DandridgeWon
2004Imagen AwardsBest Movie for TelevisionAnd Starring Pancho Villa as HimselfWon
2004Critics' Choice AwardsBest Picture Made for TelevisionAnd Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2004Producers Guild of America AwardsDavid L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form TelevisionAnd Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2004Emmy AwardExecutive ProducerAnd Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2010Emmy AwardExecutive Producer Georgia O'Keeffe
2004Producers Guild of AmericaOutstanding Producer of Long-Form TelevisionAnd Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2004Producers Guild of AmericaOutstanding Producer of Long-Form TelevisionThe Pentagon Papers
2010Golden Globe AwardsBest Miniseries or Television FilmGeorgia O'Keeffe
2010NAACP Image AwardsOutstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic SpecialGeorgia O'Keeffe
2017Bafta AwardsOutstanding Television MovieHowards End (2018)
2010Producers Guild of AmericaProducerGeorgia O'Keeffe

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987-1988Tour of DutyActor - 21 EpisodesTV Series
1993GettysburgActorTV Movie
1997Dead Men Can't DanceExecutive ProducerTV Movie
1989Taken AwayActorTV Movie
1999Introducing Dorothy DandridgeExecutive ProducerTV Movie
2001Dodson's JourneyExecutive ProducerTV Movie
2003The Pentagon PapersExecutive ProducerTV Movie
2003And Starring Pancho Villa as HimselfExecutive ProducerTV Movie
2006The HoaxProducerFilm
2009Georgia O'KeeffeExecutive ProducerTV movie
2010RubiconExecutive Producer - Gone in the Teeth EpisodeTV series
2013Executive ProducerTV movie
2014Rosemary's BabyExecutive Producer - Nights One and TwoTV mini-series
2016The Last TycoonExecutive Producer - Nine Episodes TV series
2017PapillonExecutive ProducerFilm
2017Howards EndExecutive Producer - Four EpisodesTV mini-series
2018I Feel BadExecutive Producer - Thirteen EpisodesTV series
2023The Miracle ClubWriter, ProducerFilm

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Notes and References

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