J.J. Abrams

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J.J. Abrams

Date of Birth	June 27, 1966 (age 41)

Origin	New York, NY, USA

Job(s)	Creator Executive producer

IMDb profile

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams, commonly known as J.J. Abrams, is one of the creators and executive producers of Lost. He is also credited with being the driving force behind the show, along with writing and directing the episodes "Pilot, Part 1" and "Pilot, Part 2".

1 Background
2 Role in creation of Lost
3 Other work on Lost
4 Awards
5 Trivia
6 Career
7 External links

Background

The son of Gerald W. Abrams, J.J. Abrams is occasionally credited as Jeffrey Abrams. While attending Sarah Lawrence College, he used the Alvin Sargent screenplay Ordinary People as a guide for writing his own scripts. His first feature film project written at Sarah Lawrence became the film Taking Care of Business, which he produced. His next productions were Regarding Henry and Forever Young. He also worked with Michael Bay on Armageddon. Abrams was named as one of Fade In magazine's "100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know" in 2005. He claims that he acquired the director's job on Mission: Impossible III after Tom Cruise watched early episodes of Alias on DVD and loved them. The two started hanging out together and subsequently, Cruise offered him the MI:III job. Alias was still in production, Abrams gave Jennifer Garner a pink bicycle for her birthday. She would often greet the production crew by ringing the bells on the bike's handlebars. On 24 February 2007 Paramount announced that Abrams will be directing the eleventh Star Trek film, provisionally titled Star Trek which is due to premiere May 8, 2009.

Role in creation of Lost

As revealed on a special feature in the DVD of season one, Lloyd Braun had pitched an idea about Cast Away: The Series. However, the studio soon took it to Abrams, who decided to take the show in a more science-fiction/fantasy direction. Working closely with Damon Lindelof, Abrams and Lindelof finished the pilot treatment, which was then picked up by ABC. J.J. then worked to direct the two pilot episodes, starting the series.

Other work on Lost

Co-wrote and directed "Pilot, Part 1" and "Pilot, Part 2"
Co-wrote "A Tale of Two Cities" with Damon Lindelof
Co-wrote the mobisode "The Envelope" with Damon Lindelof (a deleted scene from "A Tale of Two Cities")
Serves as executive producer and co-creator
Composed the theme music (heard during the main title sequence)

Awards

Emmy Awards:
- Won for Outstanding Drama Series, for Lost (2005)
- Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, with Damon Lindelof (teleplay by/story by) and Jeffrey Lieber (story by), for "Pilot, Part 1" and "Pilot, Part 2" (2005)

Trivia

J.J. Abrams and his "magic mystery box"

In March 2007, Abrams gave a talk at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) in which he explained his love of the unseen mystery, using the metaphor of a mystery box. Abrams views the box as representative of imagination, similar in nature to that of the magic box by which Ben explains one the mysteries of the Island to Locke in "The Man from Tallahassee". Abrams himself bought a "magic mystery box" as a kid, which he has never opened. View talk - "J.J. Abrams: The mystery box"
Abrams' film Cloverfield, which he produced, was released in January 2008. (January 2008 = 1/08, or 108)
- There is also a DHARMA logo in the beginning frames of the movie.
Abram's first feature film as director was Mission: Impossible III. The movie contains multiple Lost Easter eggs, such as the Paik logo visible on a building in Shanghai and the inclusion of the Hanso Foundation in the end credits.
Abram's show Alias shared many connections with Lost. See main article: Overlaps between Alias and Lost.
In 2008, Abrams was listed in the Time Magazine "2008 Top 100 Most Influential People." Time Top 100

Career

Screenwriter

The end credits of Mission: Impossible 3

1990 - Taking Care of Business
1991 - Regarding Henry
1992 - Forever Young
1997 - Gone Fishin'
1998 - Armageddon
2001 - Joy Ride (known as Road Kill in the UK)
2006 - Mission: Impossible III