John Falsey
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John Falsey (born April 12, 1945) is an Emmy Award-winning American television writer and producer who created St. Elsewhere, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure with his partner Joshua Brand.
Born in New York City, Falsey graduated from Hampshire College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1975 and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. In 1979, he joined the production staff of The White Shadow, where he met Brand [1].
In addition to his three successful series, Falsey wrote and produced Amazing Stories and A Year in the Life. He has been nominated for eleven Emmy Awards and won three, as well as the Humanitas Prize, the Producers Guild of America Award, and the Environmental Media Award for Ongoing Commitment.
Falsey's first feature film as a producer is Car Wars, which is in pre-production as of February 2007.
