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Who is J.J. Abrams?
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Who the heck is J.J. Abrams? And why is everyone talking about him?
| | Jeffrey Abrams (usually credited as J. J. Abrams) (born 1966) is an American film and television producer, writer, actor, composer and director. |
| | Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, J.J. Abrams attended Sarah Lawrence College where, during his senior year, he teamed with a friend to write a feature film treatment. |
| | Purchased by Touchstone Pictures, the treatment was the basis for Taking Care of Business, Abrams’ first produced film, which starred Charles Grodin and Jim Belushi. |
| | He followed that up with Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford, and Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson. |
| | Abrams then collaborated with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay on the summer 1998 blockbuster, Armageddon. In 2001 he co-wrote and produced the film Joy Ride. |
| | In 1998 he made his first foray into television with Felicity, which ran for four seasons on The WB, serving as the show’s co-creator (with Matt Reeves) and executive producer. |
| | Under his production company, Bad Robot, Abrams created and executive-produced ABC’s “Alias” and is co-creator (with Damon Lindelof) and executive producer of “Lost.” |
| | He is also executive producer of What About Brian and Six Degrees, also on ABC. |
| | In 2005 Abrams received Emmys for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for the Lost pilot, as well as Outstanding Drama Series for “Lost.” |
| | He is also an Emmy nominee for his Alias pilot script and his Lost pilot script (co-written with Lindelof). Abrams won a Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Drama Series for “Lost.” In addition to writing and directing, he composed the theme music for Alias and co-wrote the theme song for Felicity. |
| | He made his feature directorial debut with Mission: Impossible 3, starring Tom Cruise. |
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