Damon Lindelof is an American screenwriter who was the co-creator and showrunner of the TV series Lost!
Since then he moved on to other projects that have garnered critical acclaim as The Leftovers and Watchmen.
- His full name is Damon Laurence Lindelof
- He was born on April 24, 1973
- He is an American screenwriter, comic book writer, and producer
- He was the co-creator and showrunner of the television series Lost (2004- 10)
- He has written for and produced Crossing Jordan (2001- 04)
And wrote for Nash Bridges (2000- 01) - Lindelof also co-wrote the science fiction films Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Prometheus (2012), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Tomorrowland (2015)
- He co-created the TV series The Leftovers for HBO
- The series was adapted from the novel by Tom Perrotta
- Lindelof was born in Teaneck, New Jersey
- He is the son of Susan Klausner, a teacher, and David Lindelof, a bank manager
- He attended Teaneck High School
- A school whose diverse student body he credits with expanding his horizons as a writer
- Lindelof’s mother is Jewish
- Whereas his father was of Scandinavian descent
- Lindelof celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Teaneck
- There he attended synagogue for the Sabbath
- Lindelof attended film school at New York University
- Performing briefly in the band Petting Zoo
- And moved to Los Angeles after graduating
- Lindelof frequently collaborates with a tightly knit group of mostly Jewish film professionals
- They include J.J. Abrams, Adam Horowitz, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Edward Kitsis, Andre Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, Jeff Pinkner, and Bryan Burk
- An early boost to his writing career came in 1999
- Then he was selected as a semifinalist for a Nicholl Fellowship for his screenplay Perfectionists
- Before this, he had worked on reviewing scripts at Paramount, Fox, and Alan Ladd studios
- He was an executive producer and joint showrunner (alongside Carlton Cuse) on Lost
- Lindelof and the Lost writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony
- This win came for their work on the first and second seasons
- He was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series a further three times
- At the February 2007 ceremony for his work on the second and third seasons
- At the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the fourth season
- And at the February 2010 ceremony for his work on the fifth season
- Lindelof and his co-writer Drew Goddard were also nominated for the WGA Award for Best Episodic Drama at the February 2008 ceremony
- For writing the episode “Flashes Before Your Eyes”
- Lindelof is the writer of the six issue comic book miniseries Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk for Marvel Comics
- Which takes place in the Ultimate Marvel universe
- It began publication in January 2006
- Production was suspended after the second issue in February 2006 due to Lindelof’s heavy workload elsewhere
- The last of the scripts was submitted to Marvel in 2008
- The series resumed publication in March 2009
- Lindelof wrote a Rip Hunter story for Time Warp No. 1 (May 2013)
- It was drawn by Jeff Lemire and published by Vertigo
- Lindelof is a self-professed Stephen King fan
- He has placed many references to King’s work into Lost
- As well as mentioning within the Official Lost Podcast that The Stand serves as a huge influence
- Lindelof has been quoted as saying that the graphic novel Watchmen, written by Alan Moore, is the greatest piece of popular fiction ever produced
- And its effect on Lost is evident many times in the show
- He has also mentioned David Lynch’s Twin Peaks as a big influence for Lost
- J.J. Abrams has often cited Patrick McGoohan’s similarly allegorical sci-fi/spy series The Prisoner as another major influence on Lost
- Lindelof lists his favorite six films, in no particular order, as Touch of Evil, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Pulp Fiction, The Shining, Bambi, and The Godfather Part II
- Lindelof is also a fan of the television series The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Battlestar Galactica
- Lindelof married Heidi Mary Fugeman in 2005
- The couple have one child
- Lindelof has been the subject of controversy over certain tweets on his Twitter account for being outspoken on his reactions to the 2012 Aurora shooting
- Lindelof deleted his Twitter account on October 14, 2013 the date of “the departure” on his then-upcoming HBO show, The Leftovers
- Lindelof stopped his final tweet in mid-sentence leaving his followers to wonder in regards to the significance
- Lindelof’s final tweet read, “After much thought and deliberation, I’ve decided t”
- Lindelof later said that he felt as though his time on Twitter was consuming him in a negative fashion
- He has no intentions of returning to the site
Justinan World says
you left out: used to sell weed out of a blue lunchbox ~1992. Drove a crappy Chevy Impala… the house he and his mom lived in was a complete and utter shithole. There was bugs all over the place. Keep that in mind when you watch his stuff. he is a slob.
Gilbert Torres says
I remember one time we had cereal at his house in 1989 and when you poured it into the bowl there was bugs… literally bugs came out of the box. This is the so called famous writer you are talking about.