J.J. Abrams [15344] Gender: Male Popularity: 3.7736 Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA Birthday: 1966-06-27 Age: 58 years Movies: 33 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced films such as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), Cloverfield (2008), Star Trek (2009), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' films have grossed over $4 billion worldwide, making him the tenth-highest-grossing film director of all time. Abrams has created numerous television series, including Felicity (co-creator, 1998–2002), Alias(creator, 2001–2006), Lost (co-creator, 2004–2010), and Fringe (co-creator, 2008–2013). He won two Emmy Awards for Lost – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series. His directorial film work includes Mission: Impossible III (2006), Star Trek (2009), Super 8(2011), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He also directed, co-produced, and co-wrote The Force Awakens, the seventh episode of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy. The film is his highest-grossing, the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation, as well as the most expensive film ever made. He returned to Star Wars by executive producing The Last Jedi (2017) and directing and co-writing The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' frequent collaborators include producer Bryan Burk; producer/directors Damon Lindelof and Tommy Gormley; actors Greg Grunberg, Simon Pegg, Amanda Foreman, and Keri Russell; composer Michael Giacchino; writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci; cinematographers Daniel Mindel and Larry Fong; and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey. Description above from the Wikipedia article J.J. Abrams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Jaws @ 50: The D2025-06-20 Music by John Wi2024-11-01 815 - The Story 2023-05-18 Charlie Mackesy:2022-12-24 Director by Nigh2022-11-04 The Skywalker Le2020-03-18 Star Wars: The R2019-12-18 Men in Black: In2019-06-12 Love, Antosha2019-08-02 And the Winner I2017-12-08 Spielberg2017-10-05 Three Kinds of C2017-09-19 The Magic Histor2017-08-30 King Cohen2018-07-07 Tour de Pharmacy2017-07-08 The Disaster Art2017-03-12 50 Years of Star2016-08-14 For the Love of 2016-09-09 Secrets of the F2016-04-16 John Williams: T2016-01-02 Star Wars: Great2015-12-26 Star Wars: Evolu2015-12-15 Showrunners: The2014-10-17 Star Trek: Secre2013-05-16 POM Wonderful Pr2011-04-22 Industrial Light2010-11-12 Star Wars: The L2007-05-28 Blood, Boobs & B2007-05-03 Comic Book: The 2004-01-27 The Suburbans1999-10-29 Diabolique1996-03-22 Six Degrees of S1993-12-08 Regarding Henry1991-07-10