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J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams
Jeffrey Jacob "J.J." Abrams, born on 27 June 1966, is an American film and television producer, also screenwriter, actor and composer. He wrote and produced feature films before co-creating the television series Felicity (1998–2002). Abrams also created Alias (2001–2006) and co-created Lost (2004–2010), Fringe (2008–present), Undercovers (2010) and produced the television series Person of Interest (2011–present) and Alcatraz (2012). Abrams directed the films Mission: Impossible III (2006), Star Trek (2009), and Super 8 (2011), and produced the films Cloverfield (2008), Morning Glory (2010) and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011).

He was born in New York City, and raised in Los Angeles. He is the son of television producer Gerald W. Abrams and executive producer Carol Ann Abrams. His sister is screenwriter, Tracy Rosen.



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J.J. Abrams - news / articles


  • J.J. Abrams wins Norman Lear Achievement Award - 5 November 2012
    -Star Trek director J.J. Abrams is to be honoured with the 2013 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television at the Producers Guild of America Awards in Hollywood on 26 January (13).-The multi-talented producer/writer, who has worked on a number of popular American sh


  • Abrams upset over Star Trek sequel photo leak - 28 February 2012
    -Super-secretive director J.J. Abrams was furious after pictures from his upcoming Star Trek sequel leaked online.-The photos showed Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana in costume as Spock and Uhura respectively, battling the film's new villain, played by actor Benedict C


  • Abrams shocked to learn casting assistant is a sex offender - 18 November 2011
    -Star Trek director J.J. Abrams has been left stunned after discovering a casting assistant on his Super 8 movie has a record as a sex offender.-Police records show Jason James Murphy was convicted of kidnapping and molesting an eight-year-old boy in Washington state

J.J. Abrams - what members say


  • Alias - Season 1
  • Alias - Season 1 review by A customer from Grimsby, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Superb! 9 July 2004
    ... next disc to see how the cliffhangers at the end of each episode are resolved. J.J. Abrams should be congratulated for an excellent concept, although if you are observant...   Read customer review
  • Alias - Season 5
  • Alias - Season 5 review by from London, England
    Rated - 2.0 stars The end is...poor 5 July 2006
    ...he writing is pretty terrible. The story arc is all over the place and it seems J.J. Abrams was preoccupied with the success of Lost to give this series the end it deserve...   Read customer review
  • Star Trek
  • Star Trek review by PhilB7 from Mitcham
    Rated - 1.0 stars Star Trek: XI 12 May 2009
    ...ns' to be near a outpost which 'just happens' to be where Scotty is. Really? - J.J. Abrams tries and fails to avoid stealing stuff from Star Wars, which is no bad thing, ...   Read customer review

J.J. Abrams - filmography


  • Fringe - Season 4 (6 discs) on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Jasika Nicole,  Blair Brown,  Anna Torv
    Director: Roberto Orci,  J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All episodes from the fourth season of the sci-fi television series, co-created by J.J. Abrams, following a team investigating cases of strange phenomena that exist on the fringes of science. In this season, the Fringe divisions join forces in an attempt to prevent the imminent destruction of both ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 87% from 1,194 member
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  • Super 8 - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Elle Fanning,  Amanda Michalka,  Kyle Chandler
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg... In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 16,535 members
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  • Super 8 on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Elle Fanning,  Amanda Michalka,  Kyle Chandler
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg... In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 33,988 members
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  • Morning Glory - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Patrick Wilson,  Diane Keaton
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton and Jeff Goldblum star in this comedy set in the world of television production, penned by 'The Devil Wears Prada' screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna. Becky Fuller (McAdams) is a sparky, ambitious young television producer who spies an opportunity to claw ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 7,132 members
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  • Star Trek - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Winona Ryder,  Bruce Greenwood,  Zoe Saldana
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Oscar-winning big-budget spin-off of the classic 1960s sci-fi adventure series. The film chronicles the early years in the life of James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members, including Kirk's enrolment at Starfleet Academy, his first meeting with Spock (Zachary Quinto) ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 19,443 members
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  • Cloverfield - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Jessica Lucas,  T.J. Miller,  Odette Yustman
    Director: Matt Reeves
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Visually explosive sci-fi tale of the night a monstrous creature attacks the city of New York. When five young friends get together to hold a going-away party for one of their number, their celebrations are violently curtailed by a series of huge tremors felt throughout the city. As panic begins to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 6,993 members
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  • Star Trek on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Chris Pine,  Zachary Quinto,  Simon Pegg
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director J.J. Abrams (Alias) re-teams with his MI: III screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to bring a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time. Featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, Star Trek depicts Romulan time traveller Nero's bloody ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 73,051 members
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  • Alias - Season 5 (5 discs) on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Greg Grunberg,  Elodie Bouchez,  Michael Vartan
    Director: Tucker Gates,  Ken Olin,  Fred Toye
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All 17 episodes of the fifth and final series of the television drama starring Jennifer Garner as Sydney Bristow, an agent for a secret anti-terrorist division of the CIA. In this series, Sydney discovers that she is pregnant with Agent Vaughn's baby - but tragedy strikes before he can reveal more ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 4,304 members
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  • Lost - S01 E14 - Special (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Violence ensues and a mysterious island beast makes a re-appearance when Michael and Locke clash over Walt's upbringing. Meanwhile, Charlie is tempted to read the missing Claire's diary, and Sayid enlists Shannon to help decipher the French woman's map.
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 515 members
  • Lost - S01 E08 - Confidence Man (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Shannon's inhaler runs out and Boone believes Sawyer has the remaining three in his stash. When Sawyer refuses to give them up, Jack and Sayid resort to torturing Sawyer until he agrees to reveal the location of the inhalers. In flashback we hear Sawyer's story and find he is not who he says he is.
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 614 members
  • Lost - S01 E16 - Outlaws (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Kate and Sawyer divulge dark secrets to each other while tracking a renegade boar that Sawyer swears is purposely harassing him. Hurley and Sayid worry that Charlie is losing it after facing a brush with death and killing Ethan with 6 bullets to the chest. A shocking prior connection between Sawyer ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 543 members
  • Lost - S01 E21 - The Greater Good (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After another funeral, tempers rise as the survivors' suspicions of each other grow, and an unlikely survivor vows revenge. The events that landed Sayid on Flight 815 play out as he engages Locke in a psychological game of cat and mouse to uncover the truth about the mishap that claimed Boone's life.
    4.5 stars out of 5 85% from 508 members
  • Lost - S01 E07 - The Moth (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Charlie begins a painful journey of withdrawal from drugs, surprisingly aided by Locke, whose true motive for helping Charlie is a mystery. Meanwhile, survivors struggle to find and free Jack when he's buried alive in a cave collapse, and someone might be secretly thwarting Sayid, Kate, and Boone ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 83% from 639 members
  • Lost - S01 E09 - Solitary (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Fox,  Evangeline Lilly,  Dominic Monaghan
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sayid's life is placed in grave danger after he stumbles upon the source of the mysterious French transmission, the woman Danielle Rousseau. She was on the distress call and is found alive. Meanwhile, Hurley has a ridiculous plan to make life on the island a little more civilized. The plan involves ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 589 members
  • Alias - Season 2 (6 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Greg Grunberg,  Michael Vartan,  Carl Lumbly
    Director: J.J. Abrams
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Complete season two of the hit TV show containing all 22 episodes; which includes cameos from several well-known filmstars. The pace of life is quickening for double agent Sydney Bristow. Her mother, whom she thought was dead, turns up and turns herself in to the CIA. Sydney regards her mother as ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 8,038 members
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  • Roadkill on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Paul Walker,  Leelee Sobieski,  Steve Zahn
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lewis (Paul Walker) and Fuller (Steve Zahn) are two brothers travelling across America by car. In order to pass the time, they use the CB radio to play a joke on a trucker named Rusty Nail, convincing him that Lewis is a woman called Candy Cane and arranging a rendezvous in a motel room. But when ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 6,790 members
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J.J. Abrams facts

5 most recent films

Star Trek Into Darkness - 4.0 stars
Star Trek Into Darkness - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Fringe - Season 4 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Fringe - Season 4 - 4.5 stars
Super 8 - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Fringe - Season 4 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Fringe - Season 4 - 4.5 stars
Lost - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Star Trek Into Darkness - 4.0 stars
Star Trek - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Star Trek Into Darkness - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Roadkill - 3.0 stars
Cloverfield - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Morning Glory - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Mission Impossible 3 - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Matthew Fox - 136 times - show films
Evangeline Lilly - 136 times - show films
Harold Perrineau - 136 times - show films
Naveen Andrews - 136 times - show films
Josh Holloway - 136 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jack Bender - 99 times - show films
Ken Olin - 65 times - show films
Stephen Williams - 52 times - show films
Tucker Gates - 27 times - show films
Mikael Salomon - 22 times - show films