Joe Chappelle is an American film and television director and producer. He was a co-executive producer and regular director for the HBO crime drama "The Wire" and a producer and frequent director for "CSI: Miami".
The series centers on Law & Order Special Victims Unit character Elliot Stabler, a veteran Detective who returns to the NYPD in New York following his wife's murder. Stabler joins the Organzied Crime Task Force, led by Sergeant Ayanna Bell
