J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams
Background information
Born	Jeffrey Jacob Abrams June 27, 1966 (age 57) New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Film producer, television producer, director, screenwriter, actor, composer
Years active	1990-present
Family information
Spouse	Katie McGrath (1996-present)
Children	August, Henry, and Gracie

Jeffrey Jacob "J.J." Abrams is an American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, actor, and composer. He is best known for creating the television series Alias and Lost for ABC, and co-created the TV series Felicity with Matt Reeves, also for ABC. He has also directed the Paramount Pictures films Mission: Impossible III (2006), Super 8 (2011), and the 2009 Star Trek reboot and its sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2014) and Star Trek Beyond (2016). Additionally, he wrote the films Armageddon (1998), Regarding Henry (1991), and Forever Young (1992).

For Disney, he directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. He co-wrote the latter with Chris Terrio and produced Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which Rian Johnson directed. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1998 Touchstone Pictures film Armageddon.

Gallery

J.J. Abrams speaks at the Revolution panel during the NBC portion of the 2013 Winter TCA Tour.

J.J. Abrams speaks at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con.

J.J. Abrams at the Hollywood premiere of Star Wars: the Force Awakens in December 2015.

J.J. Abrams attending the 2016 Tribeca Film Fest.

J.J. Abrams attending the 2019 D23 Expo.

J.J. Abrams speaks onstage at the 2019 D23 Expo.

Trivia

• He received a special thanks credit for Werewolf by Night.
• Long before Disney bought Star Wars and Lucasfilm from George Lucas, J.J Abrams had expressed his admiration of the Star Wars films.
• He did an uncredited rewrite for the 2000 Touchstone Pictures film Gone in 60 Seconds.
• He did an uncredited rewrite for the 2008 superhero film Iron Man.

External links

• J.J. Abrams on Wikipedia