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J.J. Abrams

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams, better known as his screen moniker J.J. Abrams, is an American film and television producer, screenwriter, director, actor and composer.   Best known for his work in science fiction and action genres, Abrams (co-)created multiple award winning television series, including: Felicity, Alias, Lost, Fringe, Undercovers, Person of Interest and Revolution.  His film work includes the late 2000s reboots of beloved film series such as Star Trek, Star Wars, and Mission: Impossible.  Many of the films he has contributed to are distributed by Paramount Pictures, while his television series are, generally, co-produced by either Warner Bros. Television or Touchstone Television. Abrams' frequent creative collaborators include writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, composer Michael Giacchino, cinematographers Daniel Mindel and Larry Fong, and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey.   Abrams was born in New York City, but raised in Los Angeles, the son of television producer Gerald W. Abrams and executive producer Carol Ann Abrams (née Kelvin).  He attended Palisades High School and Sarah Lawrence College.  Abrams' first movie business job came at the age of 16, when he wrote music for Don Dohler's film Nightbeast.  During his senior year at college, he teamed with Jill Mazursky to write a feature film treatment later used as the basis for Taking Care of Business, Abrams' first produced film. Abrahms continues to create major television and motion picture pieces under his production company, Bad Robot, founded in 2001 with Byran Burk.    Description above provided by and modified from the Wikipedia article J. J. Abrams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Jun 27, 1966 In New York City - New York - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
33
First Appeared:
In the movie Regarding Henry 1991-07-10
Latest Project:
Movie Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me 2022-12-24
Known For
Poster of Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed
Poster of Blood, Boobs & Beast
Poster of The Daily Show
Poster of Diabolique
Filmography
Movie Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me Self 2022-12-24
Movie The Skywalker Legacy Self 2020-03-18
Movie Men in Black: International Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited) 2019-06-12
Movie Love, Antosha Self 2019-08-02
Movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker D-O (voice) 2019-12-18
Movie King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen Himself 2018-07-07
Movie The Disaster Artist J.J. Abrams 2017-03-12
Movie Tour de Pharmacy J.J. Abrams 2017-07-08
Movie And the Winner Isn't Self 2017-12-08
Movie Spielberg Self 2017-10-05
Movie 50 Years of Star Trek Self 2016-08-14
Movie Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey Self 2016-04-16
Movie For the Love of Spock Himself 2016-09-09
Movie Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel Self 2015-12-15
Movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shag Kava 2015-12-15
Movie Star Wars: Greatest Moments Self 2015-12-26
Movie Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show Self 2014-10-17
Movie Lennon or McCartney Self (archive footage) 2014-12-12
Movie Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe Himself 2013-05-16
Movie The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Himself 2011-04-22
Movie Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible Self 2010-11-12
Movie Blood, Boobs & Beast Himself 2007-05-03
Movie Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed Self 2007-05-28
Series The Colbert Report Unknown 2005-10-17
Movie Comic Book: The Movie Self 2004-01-27
Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Unknown 2003-01-26
Series HypaSpace Self 2002-05-13
Series Icons Unknown 2002-05-01
Movie The Suburbans Rock Journalist 1999-10-29
Movie Diabolique Video Photographer #2 1996-03-22
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Movie Six Degrees of Separation Doug 1993-12-08
Movie Regarding Henry Delivery Boy 1991-07-10