J.J. Abrams Biography

J.J. Abrams: Biography

JJ ABRAMS

Creator & Executive Producer

Screenwriter of such films as Armageddon, Forever Young, and Regarding Henry, J.J. Abrams made his first step into television with Imagine Television and Touchstone Television's series Felicity, which ran for 4 seasons (1998 - 2002). He was the show's co-creator and executive producer, and he also co-wrote the theme song and made his directorial debut with a two-part episode in the series' first season.

Those days J.J. Abrams serves as creator and executive producer of Alias and Lost.

In Alias J.J. wrote and directed the pilot and season one's finale, and composed the series' theme music as well.

He is the creator, writer and executive producer of Lost. He also wrote and directed 2 episodes.

Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Abrams developed a passion for movies at the age of eight when his grandfather took him on the Universal Studios Tour. That night, J.J. asked his father if he could use his Super 8mm camera to make his own films and, after much cajoling, his father conceded.

Over the next 10 years, Abrams made countless amateur films, which he entered in various student film festivals, winning a number of awards. It was through these festivals that, at age 13, Abrams met Matt Reeves, his collaborator on Felicity.

Abrams attended Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York 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 James 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.

His feature producing credits include The Pallbearer, directed by Reeves, and the independent film The Suburbans with Jennifer Love Hewitt. He was an actor in the movies Six Degrees of Separation and Diabolique. In 2001 Abrams co-wrote and produced Joy Ride, for Twentieth Century Fox, directed by John Dahl. He continues to balance both film and television.

Abrams, his wife and their two young children divide their time between Los Angeles and Maine.

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.(edit)
J.J. was listed at #85 in Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100 of 2007.(edit)
J.J. is 5' 7".(edit)
On June 19, 2007, J.J. was one of 115 people to be admitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which is the group who's members vote on Academy Award nomination ballots. (edit)
J.J. Abrams began working on TV and cinema, as a producer or a writer, in the year 1990.(edit)
J.J. Abrams is the director of the movie Mission: Impossible III (2006) (starring Tom Cruise). He says that Cruise watched early episodes of Alias (J.J.'s series), and then offered him the job.(edit)
J.J. Abrams used to write scripts while he was in college. He used Alvin Sargent's screenplay to Ordinary People as a guide.(edit)
J.J. Abrams full name is Jeffrey Jacob Abrams.(edit)
J.J. Abrams is the creator of Alias, and he brought Jennifer Garner to that show. He knew her from her guest-roles in his previous series, Felicity.(edit)
During his college years, J.J. Abrams teamed up with a friend in the writing of a feature film treatment. The film was bought by Touchstone Pictures was the basis for the movie Taking Care of Business. J.J. was the Producer.(edit)
J.J. Abrams is the screenwriter of the films Armageddon, Forever Young and Regarding Henry.(edit)
When J.J. Abrams was 8 years old, his grandfather took him on the Universal Studios tour. Which is why, over the next 10 years, he created several student films and even won some awards at festivals.(edit)
He produced a pilot for The Catch with Greg Grunberg (Eric Weiss in Alias where Abrams is part of the crew as well) as a bounty hunter. Right Now the series hasn't aired yet.(edit)
He learned in the Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.(edit)
His father is the television producer Gerald W. Abrams.(edit)
He was/is a Writer for Alias, Felicity and Lost, Director for them all, and Executive Producer for Alias and Lost.(edit)
He is a television producer, writer, director, composer and actor.(edit)
J.J. Abrams was born on June 27, 1966.(edit)

J.J. Abrams: (about Alias' 4th season) Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year, ... The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all I can say, or the writers will kill me. They know where I live.(edit)
J.J. Abrams: I couldn't believe it, ... I started on a Monday and turned in the outline on a Friday. On the Saturday they called and said, 'OK, we're making it'.(edit)