J.J. Abrams

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RECENT CREDITS

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protoco... (FILM) Dec. 16, 2011

Super 8 (FILM) Jun. 10, 2011

Morning Glory (FILM) Nov. 10, 2010

Star Trek (FILM) May. 7, 2009

Cloverfield (FILM) Jan. 18, 2008

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HIGHLIGHTS

His father, producer Gerald W. Abrams, played a judge in a 2000 episode of Felicity.

Got his first taste of show business when, at age 8, he toured Universal Studios with his grandfather. That same year he received a super 8mm camera and began making amateur films.

Met Matt Reeves, his collaborator on Felicity, at a student film festival when he was 13.

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Star Trek 2 2012

Producer

Film

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011

Producer

Film

Morning Glory 2010

Producer

Film

Hot for Teacher

Producer

Film

The Invisible Woman

Producer

Film

Cloverfield 2008

Producer

Film

Mission: Impossible III 2006

Director, Screenwriter

Film

Joy Ride 2001

Producer, Screenwriter

Film

The Suburbans 1999

Producer

Film

Armageddon 1998

Screenwriter

Film

Felicity 1998-2002

Executive Producer, Writer

Back to the Future (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Felicity Interrupted (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Felicity Interrupted; Back to the Future (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Spin the Bottle (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Power of the Ex (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Time Will Tell (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Graduate (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Ben Don't Leave (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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The Paper Chase (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Raising in Arizona (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Kiss and Tell (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Future Shock (2002) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

A Perfect Match (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Fire (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Moving On (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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The Last Thanksgiving (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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The Storm (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Oops...Noel Did It Again (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Boooz (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Miss Conception (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Your Money or Your Wife (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

My Best Friend's Wedding (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Declaration (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Last Summer Ever (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

It's Raining Men (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Senioritis (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Break-up Kit (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Blackout (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Girlfight (2001) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

And to All a Good Night (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Let's Get It On (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

James and the Giant Piece (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

A Good Egg (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Kissing Mr. Covington (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

One Ball, Two Strikes (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Surprise (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Greeks and Geeks (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Hello, I Must Be Going (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Anti-Natalie Intervention (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Christening (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Biggest Deal There Is (2000) -Executive Producer, Writer

Executive Producer, Writer

TV Episode

Final Answer (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Aretha Theory (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Ben Was Here (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Running Mates (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Party Lines (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Girlfight (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Docuventary II (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Revolutions (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Things Change (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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True Colors (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Truth and Consequences (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Slump (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Help for the Lovelorn (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Great Expectations (2000) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Portraits (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Family Affairs (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Getting Lucky (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Love Bug (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Crash (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Depths (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Ancient History (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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The List (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Sophomoric (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Felicity Was Here (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Force (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Connections (1999) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Pilot Episode (1998) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Fringe

Executive Producer

Lost 2004-2007

Creator, Executive Producer, Writer

Through the Looking Glass (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Greatest Hits (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Man Behind the Curtain (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Brig (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

D.O.C. (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Catch-22 (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

One of Us (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Left Behind (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Exposé (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Man From Tallahassee (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Par Avion (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Enter 77 (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Tricia Tanaka Is Dead (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Stranger in a Strange Land (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Flashes Before Your Eyes (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

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Not in Portland (2007) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

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I Do (2006) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Cost of Living (2006) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Every Man for Himself (2006) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

Further Instructions (2006) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Glass Ballerina (2006) -Creator, Executive Producer

Creator, Executive Producer

TV Episode

A Tale of Two Cities (2006) -Creator, Executive Producer, Writer

Creator, Executive Producer, Writer

TV Episode

Live Together, Die Alone (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Three Minutes (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

? (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Two for the Road (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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S.O.S. (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Dave (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Lockdown (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Whole Truth (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Maternity Leave (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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One of Them (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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The Long Con (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Fire + Water (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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The Hunting Party (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The 23rd Psalm (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What Kate Did (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Collision (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Other 48 Days (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Abandoned (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

...and Found (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Everybody Hates Hugo (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Orientation (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Adrift (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Man of Science, Man of Faith (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Exodus (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Exodus (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Born to Run (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Greater Good (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Do No Harm (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Deus Ex Machina (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Numbers (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

...In Translation (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Outlaws (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Homecoming (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Special (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Hearts and Minds (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Whatever the Case May Be (2005) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Raised by Another (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Solitary (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Confidence Man (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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The Moth (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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House of the Rising Sun (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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White Rabbit (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Walkabout (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Tabula Rasa (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Pilot Episode (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

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Pilot Episode (2004) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Lost Survival Guide

Executive Producer

Six Degrees 2006-2007

Executive Producer

Get a Room (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Slings and Arrows (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What You Wish For (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Masquerade (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Puncher (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

A New Light (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What Are the Odds? (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Pilot Episode (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Brian 2006-2007

Executive Producer

What About Calling All Friends... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Secret Lovers... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About All That Glitters... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Strange Bedfellows... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Temptations... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Finding Your Place... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About the Lake House... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Marjorie... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About the Exes... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About the Tangled Web... (2007) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About True Confessions... (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Secrets... (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About First Steps... (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About What Was Supposed to Be... (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Angelo's Ashes... (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About the Fish... (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Denial... (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About the Wedding... (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

What About Second Chances... (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Sex, Lies and Videotape (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

The Importance of Being Brian (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Moving Day (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Two in Twenty-Four (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Pilot (2006) -Executive Producer

Executive Producer

TV Episode

Six Degrees of Separation 1993 -Doug

Actor

Film

Super 8 2011

Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Film

Star Trek 2009

Director, Producer

Film

Highlights

His father, producer Gerald W. Abrams, played a judge in a 2000 episode of Felicity.

Got his first taste of show business when, at age 8, he toured Universal Studios with his grandfather. That same year he received a super 8mm camera and began making amateur films.

Met Matt Reeves, his collaborator on Felicity, at a student film festival when he was 13.

While a senior at Sarah Lawrence College, wrote his first feature-length screenplay, Taking Care of Business (1990) with Jill Mazursky, the daughter of producer-director Paul Mazursky (who prod

As Jeffrey Abrams, had small acting roles in the films Diabolique (1996), Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and Regarding Henry (1991), which he also scripted.