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Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. Abrams planned on going to dental school, but decided to study film at Sarah Lawrence College. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which ...
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Demimonde
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Batman: Caped Crusader
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Fledgling
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Lisey's Story
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- Now You Must Be Still
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- The Good Brother
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2020
Lovecraft Country
(TV Series) (executive producer - 10 episodes)
- Full Circle
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- Rewind 1921
(2020)
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- I Am.
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2020
Challenger: The Final Flight
(TV Mini Series documentary) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
- Nothing Ends Here
(2020)
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- HELP!
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- Space For Everyone
(2020)
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2020
Little Voice
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- Sing What I Can't Say
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- Sea Change
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- Ghost Light
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- Tell Her
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- Quick, Quick Slow
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2016-2020
Westworld
(TV Series) (executive producer - 28 episodes)
- Crisis Theory
(2020)
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- Passed Pawn
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- Decoherence
(2020)
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- Genre
(2020)
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- The Mother of Exiles
(2020)
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2018-2019
Castle Rock
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- Clean
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- Caveat Emptor
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- Dirty
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- The Word
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- The Mother
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2018
Glare
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- Episode #1.1
(2018)
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2016
America Divided
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- Episode #1.5
(2016)
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- Episode #1.1
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2016
Roadies
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(2016)
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- The Corporate Gig
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- The All Night Bus Ride
(2016)
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- Carpet Season
(2016)
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- Longest Days
(2016)
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2011-2016
Person of Interest
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- Return 0
(2016)
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- .exe
(2016)
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- Synecdoche
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- The Day the World Went Away
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- Sotto Voce
(2016)
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2016
11.22.63
(TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
- The Day in Question
(2016)
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- Soldier Boy
(2016)
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- Happy Birthday, Lee Harvey Oswald
(2016)
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- The Truth
(2016)
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- The Eyes of Texas
(2016)
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2016
Moon Shot
(TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
- Race for the Prize
(2016)
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- Pittsburgh Astrobotic
(2016)
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2014
Believe
(TV Series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
- Perception
(2014)
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- Prodigy
(2014)
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- Sinking
(2014)
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- White Noise
(2014)
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- Defection
(2014)
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2012-2014
Revolution
(TV Series) (executive producer - 37 episodes)
- Declaration of Independence
(2014)
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- Memorial Day
(2014)
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- Tomorrowland
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- S#!& Happens
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- Austin City Limits
(2014)
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2013-2014
Almost Human
(TV Series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
- Straw Man
(2014)
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- Beholder
(2014)
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- Disrupt
(2014)
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- Perception
(2014)
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- Unbound
(2014)
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2008-2013
Fringe
(TV Series) (executive producer - 100 episodes)
- An Enemy of Fate
(2013)
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- Liberty
(2013)
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- The Boy Must Live
(2013)
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- Anomaly XB-6783746
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- Black Blotter
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2012
Alcatraz
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- Tommy Madsen
(2012)
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- Sonny Burnett
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- The Ames Bros.
(2012)
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2010-2012
Undercovers
(TV Series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
- The Reason
(2012)
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- Dark Cover
(2012)
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- The Key to It All
(2010)
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- Funny Money
(2010)
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- A Night to Forget
(2010)
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2004-2010
Lost
(TV Series) (executive producer - 116 episodes)
- The End
(2010)
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- What They Died For
(2010)
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- Across the Sea
(2010)
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- The Candidate
(2010)
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- The Last Recruit
(2010)
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2009
Star Trek D·A·C
(Video Game) (executive producer: Bad Robot Interactive - as Jeffrey Jacob Abrams)
2007-2008
Lost: Missing Pieces
(TV Mini Series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
- So It Begins
(2008)
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- The Envelope
(2008)
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- Jin Has a Temper-Tantrum on the Golf Course
(2008)
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- Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack.
(2008)
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- Tropical Depression
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2006-2007
Six Degrees
(TV Series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
- A Simple Twist of Fate
(2007)
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- Objects in the Mirror
(2007)
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- Surstromming or a Slice
(2007)
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- Ray's Back
(2007)
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- Sedgewick's
(2007)
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2006-2007
What About Brian
(TV Series) (executive producer - 24 episodes)
- What About Calling All Friends...
(2007)
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- What About Secret Lovers...
(2007)
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- What About All That Glitters...
(2007)
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- What About Strange Bedfellows...
(2007)
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- What About Temptations...
(2007)
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2001-2006
Alias
(TV Series) (executive producer - 105 episodes)
- Reprisal
(2006)
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- All the Time in the World
(2006)
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- No Hard Feelings
(2006)
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- I See Dead People
(2006)
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- 30 Seconds
(2006)
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1998-2002
Felicity
(TV Series) (executive producer - 84 episodes)
- Felicity Interrupted
(2002)
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- Back to the Future
(2002)
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- Spin the Bottle
(2002)
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- The Power of the Ex
(2002)
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- Time Will Tell
(2002)
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Writer (25 credits)
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Music department (8 credits)
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Soundtrack (12 credits)
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Director (16 credits)
Director (16 credits)
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Actor (15 credits)
Actor (15 credits)
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Composer (2 credits)
Composer (2 credits)
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Visual effects (1 credit)
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Sound department (1 credit)
Sound department (1 credit)
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Additional Crew (1 credit)
Additional Crew (1 credit)
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Thanks (45 credits)
Thanks (45 credits)
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Self (178 credits)
Self (178 credits)
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Archive footage (17 credits)
Archive footage (17 credits)
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Personal Details
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DVD commentary: Provided audio commentary on Lost: Pilot: Part 1 (2004) with Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk. See more »Official Sites:
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JJ Abrams | Jeffrey Jacob Abrams | Jeffrey AbramsHeight:
5' 7" (1.7 m)Spouse:
Katie McGrath (3 children)
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