J. J. Abrams is a famous director. He has directed two Star Wars movies and he has a production company named Bad Robot.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about him!
- His full name is J. J. Abrams
- He is a famous director
- He has directed two Star Wars movies
- He has a production company named Bad Robot
- 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
- These are for 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), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
- He also directed, produced and co-wrote The Force Awakens
- The seventh episode of the Star Wars saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy
- The film is also his highest-grossing, as well as the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation
- He returned to Star Wars by co-writing, producing and directing the ninth and final installment of the saga, The Rise of Skywalker
- Abrams’s frequent collaborators include producer Bryan Burk, producer/director Tommy Gormley, actors Greg Grunberg, Simon Pegg 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
- Abrams was born and raised in New York City
- He is the son of television producer Gerald W. Abrams (born 1939) and executive producer Carol Ann Abrams (1942–2012)
- His sister is screenwriter Tracy Rosen
- He attended Palisades High School
- After graduating from high school, Abrams planned on going to art school rather than a traditional college
- But eventually enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, following his father’s advice
- His father’s advice was: “it’s more important that you go off and learn what to make movies about than how to make movies”
- Abrams is married to public relations executive Katie McGrath
- He has three children
- He resides in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California
- He is Jewish and his wife is Roman Catholic
- He sometimes takes his children to religious services on Jewish holidays
- Abrams serves on the Creative Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization
- In 1989, Abrams met Steven Spielberg at a film festival
- There Spielberg spoke about a possible Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel, with Abrams as a possible writer and with Robert Zemeckis as producer
- Nothing came up from this project, although Abrams has some storyboards for a Roger Rabbit short
- In July 2002, Abrams wrote a script for a possible fifth Superman film entitled Superman: Flyby
- Brett Ratner and McG entered into talks to direct
- Although Abrams tried to get the chance to direct his own script
- However, the project was finally cancelled in 2004
- Instead Superman Returns was released in 2006
- In November 2009, it was reported that Abrams and Bad Robot Productions were producing, along with Cartoon Network Movies, Warner Bros., Frederator Films and Paramount Pictures, a film adaptation of Samurai Jack
- However, in June 2012, series creator Genndy Tartakovsky stated that the production of the film was scrapped after Abrams’ departure from the project to direct Star Trek
- For this and other reasons, Tartakovsky decided to make a new season instead of a feature film
- Also in 2009, it was reported that Abrams and Bad Robot Productions would produce a film based on the Micronauts toy line
- However, a film has never gone into production
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