Joshua D. Maurer
Producer, Writer, Actor
1981–present
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Early life[edit]
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[edit]
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.