Steve Pearlman is an American television director and producer born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He holds an undergraduate degree at UCLA and a master’s in communication management from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication. Pearlman began working for Warner Bros. Television (then Lorimar-Telepictures) in 1986 as a research analyst. He was executive vice president, Creative Affairs, responsible for drama, comedy and alternative series development when he left the executive offices in 2004 to form an independent production company, Class IV Productions.
