J. J. Abrams trivia: 40 amazing facts about the director

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!

1. His full name is J. J. Abrams
2. He is a famous director
3. He has directed two Star Wars movies
4. He has a production company named Bad Robot
5. Abrams has created numerous television series
6. Including Felicity (co-creator, 1998–2002), Alias (creator, 2001–2006), Lost (co-creator, 2004–2010), and Fringe (co-creator, 2008–2013)
7. He won two Emmy Awards for Lost
8. These are for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series
9. 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)
10. He also directed, produced and co-wrote The Force Awakens
11. The seventh episode of the Star Wars saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy
12. The film is also his highest-grossing, as well as the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation
13. He returned to Star Wars by co-writing, producing and directing the ninth and final installment of the saga, The Rise of Skywalker
14. 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
15. Abrams was born and raised in New York City
16. He is the son of television producer Gerald W. Abrams (born 1939) and executive producer Carol Ann Abrams (1942–2012)
17. His sister is screenwriter Tracy Rosen
18. He attended Palisades High School
19. After graduating from high school, Abrams planned on going to art school rather than a traditional college
20. But eventually enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, following his father’s advice
21. 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”
22. Abrams is married to public relations executive Katie McGrath
23. He has three children
24. He resides in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California
25. He is Jewish and his wife is Roman Catholic
26. He sometimes takes his children to religious services on Jewish holidays
27. Abrams serves on the Creative Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization
28. In 1989, Abrams met Steven Spielberg at a film festival
29. There Spielberg spoke about a possible Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel, with Abrams as a possible writer and with Robert Zemeckis as producer
30. Nothing came up from this project, although Abrams has some storyboards for a Roger Rabbit short
31. In July 2002, Abrams wrote a script for a possible fifth Superman film entitled Superman: Flyby
32. Brett Ratner and McG entered into talks to direct
33. Although Abrams tried to get the chance to direct his own script
34. However, the project was finally cancelled in 2004
35. Instead Superman Returns was released in 2006
36. 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
37. 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
38. For this and other reasons, Tartakovsky decided to make a new season instead of a feature film
39. Also in 2009, it was reported that Abrams and Bad Robot Productions would produce a film based on the Micronauts toy line
40. However, a film has never gone into production