History Creator / JJAbrams

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest''

Along with Creator/JossWhedon and Creator/ChristopherNolan, He is considered one of the most prolific modern "genre" TV/film creators since Creator/StevenSpielberg, including by Spielberg himself, who produced Abrams' tribute to 70s/80s Spielberg sci-fi, ''Film/{{Super 8}}''.

He likes red balls and playing with the perception of time. He hates Airplanes (both ''Series/{{Lost}}'' and ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' have had more than one airline-related disaster - and the other stuff on the list of credits also have had aviation-related incidents).

Along with JossWhedon and ChristopherNolan, He is considered one of the most prolific modern "genre" TV/film creators since Creator/StevenSpielberg, including by Spielberg himself, who produced Abrams' tribute to 70s/80s Spielberg sci-fi, ''{{Super 8}}''.

Has a similar "shepherding" role to most tv series he is involved in, including ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' and ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', With his most hands on projects being his movies.

* ''Series/{{Felicity}}''

* TooHappyToLive

* ''Series/TheOffice''

Contrary to popular belief, his involvement in ''Series/{{Lost}}'' is marginal: He was asked to help fleshing out a concept for a show when the guy who had the initial idea (then ABC chairman Lloyd Braun) was not happy with what the first guy asked to flesh out the concept (Jeffrey Lieber) had come up with. Abrams was never really committed to the show, and had another (rejected) pilot called ''The Catch'' that he was already working on, so another guy (Damon Lindelof) was hired to flesh out the concept for the show together with Abrams (they threw everything Lieber had previously come up with out of the window, effectively leaving only Braun's initial idea intact. Regardless, Lieber was later granted a ridiculous 60% creator's credit after taking legal action). Abrams wrote and directed the pilot and then went off to direct ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' just as the first season was taking off, arguably similar to his abandonment of ''Alias'' for Lost. Lindelof, suddenly left alone with the {{Showrunner}} burden, considered quitting too, but was convinced by his former co-writer (Carlton Cuse) to stay. Cuse then joined the show as a second showrunner, and has been pulling the strings together with Lindelof ever since.

Abrams later briefly returned and wrote the season 3 premiere together with Lindelof, and was still officially credited as an executive producer as of season 6 (the final season), even though he has repeatedly confirmed in interviews that he has nothing to do with the show anymore, and all he really does is approve everything Lindelof and Cuse come up with. (Lindelof even once joked that Jimmy Kimmel knows more about ''Series/{{Lost}}'' than Abrams does.)

!!This director's work contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Occurs quite frequently. Alias and Fringe both star iconic women in action roles, Sydney Bristow and Olivia Dunham respectively, and Lost also has its fair share (though not as many as one might think) like Kate, Juliet, Ana-Lucia, Ilana, and so on.
* KillAndReplace: Tends to happen at least once per show with regards to a prominent side character, notable in the second seasons of both Alias and Fringe.
* LensFlare: A stylistic trope more prevalent in his movies than his TV shows, with ''Film/StarTrek'' being the biggest offender (thus far...).
* MoodWhiplash: Common, particularly on Lost.
* ParentalAbandonment
* TooHappyToLive
* WellDoneSonGuy: Again common, most notably on Lost between Jack and his distant, patronizing dad.

!!Works that he has credit in:

* ''Series/WhatAboutBrian''

He likes red balls and playing with the perception of time. He hates Airplanes (both ''Series/{{Lost}}'' and ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' have had more than one airline-related disaster- and the other stuff on the list of credits also have had aviation-related incidents).

* ActionGirl - Occurs quite frequently. Alias and Fringe both star iconic women in action roles, Sydney Bristow and Olivia Dunham respectively, and Lost also has its fair share (though not as many as one might think) e.g. Kate, Juliet, Ana-Lucia, Ilana etc
* KillAndReplace - Tends to happen at least once per show with regards to a prominent side character, notable in the second seasons of both Alias and Fringe.
* LensFlare - A stylistic trope more prevalent in his movies than his TV shows, with ''Film/StarTrek'' being the biggest offender (thus far...).
* MoodWhiplash - Common, particularly on Lost.

* WellDoneSonGuy - Again common, most notably on Lost between Jack and his distant, patronizing dad.

JJ Abrams is a producer, writer, director and creator known for his work on ''{{Felicity}}'', ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Series/{{Lost}}'', ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'', ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'', the ''Film/StarTrek'' film, it's sequel ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' and ''StarWars Episode VII''. He's won Emmys and Golden Globes in nearly 20 years in the industry.

Creator or co-creator of ''{{Felicity}}'', ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Series/{{Lost}}'', and ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', producer of ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' and Series/{{Alcatraz}}, one of the five credited writers of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', and director of ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'', the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' film and its sequel ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''. He's won Emmys and Golden Globes in nearly 20 years in the industry.

Some have declared him to be the greatest (and certainly the most successful) mainstream "genre" TV/filmmaker since Creator/StevenSpielberg, a summation seemingly shared by Spielberg himself, who produced and openly supported Abrams' tribute to 70s/80s Spielberg sci-fi, ''{{Super 8}}''. Along with JossWhedon (himself reportedly a friend of Abrams) and ChristopherNolan, he is one of the very-much-talked-about trinity of modern genre entertainment.

Contrary to popular misbelief, his involvement in ''Series/{{Lost}}'' is extremely marginal: He was asked to help fleshing out a concept for a show when the guy who had the initial idea (then ABC chairman Lloyd Braun) was not happy with what the first guy asked to flesh out the concept (Jeffrey Lieber) had come up with. Abrams was never really committed to the show, and had another (rejected) pilot called ''The Catch'' that he was already working on, so another guy (Damon Lindelof) was hired to flesh out the concept for the show together with Abrams (they threw everything Lieber had previously come up with out of the window, effectively leaving only Braun's initial idea intact. Regardless, Lieber was later granted a ridiculous 60% creator's credit after taking legal action). Abrams wrote and directed the pilot and then went off to direct ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII'' just as the first season was taking off, arguably similar to his abandonment of ''Alias'' for Lost. Lindelof, suddenly left alone with the {{Showrunner}} burden, considered quitting too, but was convinced by his former co-writer (Carlton Cuse) to stay. Cuse then joined the show as a second showrunner, and has been pulling the strings together with Lindelof ever since.

Abrams later briefly returned and wrote the season 3 premiere together with Lindelof, but apparently realized the show really wasn't for him. Regardless, he's still officially credited as an executive producer as of season 6 (the final season), even though he has repeatedly confirmed in interviews that he has nothing to do with the show anymore, and all he really does is approve everything Lindelof and Cuse come up with. (Lindelof even once joked that Jimmy Kimmel knows more about ''Series/{{Lost}}'' than Abrams does.)

Now, guess who both the mainstream media and casual viewers still constantly refer to as the "mastermind" behind ''Series/{{Lost}}''. Hint: This article is about him.

He did something similar with ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', and given his continued movie-making career, it's possible that similar things will happen with all his future shows.

His most recent gig will be taking direction of the seventh episode of the [[TropeCodifier seminal]] science fiction franchise known as StarWars; this will make him quite possibly the only director to have helmed both a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' movie and a ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie.

* WellDoneSonGuy - Again common, most notably on Lost between Jack and his distant, patronising dad.

* ''Film/{{Armageddon}}''
* ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''

* ''Film/GoneFishin''

* ''Film/JoyRide''
* ''Series/{{Lost}}''
* ''Film/MissionImpossibleIII''
** ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'' (producer) (Directed by BradBird)

* ''Film/StarTrek''
* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''
* ''Franchise/StarWars Episode VII''
* ''Film/{{Super 8}}''

His most recent gig will be taking direction of the seventh episode of a little known science fiction franchise known as StarWars; this will make him quite possibly the only director to have helmed both a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' movie and a ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie.

His most recent gig will be taking direction of the seventh episode of a little known science fiction franchise known as StarWars; this will make him quite possibly the only director to have helmed both a ''StarTrek'' movie and a ''StarWars'' movie.

** ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol''

His most recent gig will be taking direction of the seventh episode of a little known science fiction franchise known as StarWars.

* ''Series/{{Alcatraz}}''

* ''Film/ForeverYoung''

* ''Film/MorningGlory''

* ''Film/TakingCareOfBusiness''

Creator or co-creator of ''{{Felicity}}'', ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Series/{{Lost}}'', and ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', producer of ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' and Series/{{Alcatraz}}, one of the five credited writers of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', and director of ''Film/MissionImpossible III'', the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' film and its sequel ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''. He's won Emmys and Golden Globes in nearly 20 years in the industry.

Contrary to popular misbelief, his involvement in ''Series/{{Lost}}'' is extremely marginal: He was asked to help fleshing out a concept for a show when the guy who had the initial idea (then ABC chairman Lloyd Braun) was not happy with what the first guy asked to flesh out the concept (Jeffrey Lieber) had come up with. Abrams was never really committed to the show, and had another (rejected) pilot called ''The Catch'' that he was already working on, so another guy (Damon Lindelof) was hired to flesh out the concept for the show together with Abrams (they threw everything Lieber had previously come up with out of the window, effectively leaving only Braun's initial idea intact. Regardless, Lieber was later granted a ridiculous 60% creator's credit after taking legal action). Abrams wrote and directed the pilot and then went off to direct ''[[Film/MissionImpossible Mission Impossible 3]]'' just as the first season was taking off, arguably similar to his abandonment of ''Alias'' for Lost. Lindelof, suddenly left alone with the {{Showrunner}} burden, considered quitting too, but was convinced by his former co-writer (Carlton Cuse) to stay. Cuse then joined the show as a second showrunner, and has been pulling the strings together with Lindelof ever since.

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol''

* ''Series/FamilyGuy''

* ''Series/WhatAboutBrian''
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* WellDoneSonGuy - Again common, most notably on Lost between Jack and his distant, patronising dad.

Creator or co-creator of ''{{Felicity}}'', ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Series/{{Lost}}'', and ''Series/{{Fringe}}'', producer of ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' and Series/{{Alcatraz}}, one of the five credited writers of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', and director of ''Film/MissionImpossible III'' and the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' film. He's won Emmys and Golden Globes in nearly 20 years in the industry.

Creator or co-creator of ''{{Felicity}}'', ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Series/{{Lost}}'', and ''{{Fringe}}'', producer of ''{{Cloverfield}}'' and Series/{{Alcatraz}}, one of the five credited writers of ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'', and director of ''Film/MissionImpossible III'' and the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' film. He's won Emmys and Golden Globes in nearly 20 years in the industry.

He likes red balls and playing with the perception of time. He hates Airplanes (both ''{{Lost}}'' and ''{{Fringe}}'' have had more than one airline-related disaster- and the other stuff on the list of credits also have had aviation-related incidents).

Contrary to popular misbelief, his involvement in ''{{Lost}}'' is extremely marginal: He was asked to help fleshing out a concept for a show when the guy who had the initial idea (then ABC chairman Lloyd Braun) was not happy with what the first guy asked to flesh out the concept (Jeffrey Lieber) had come up with. Abrams was never really committed to the show, and had another (rejected) pilot called ''The Catch'' that he was already working on, so another guy (Damon Lindelof) was hired to flesh out the concept for the show together with Abrams (they threw everything Lieber had previously come up with out of the window, effectively leaving only Braun's initial idea intact. Regardless, Lieber was later granted a ridiculous 60% creator's credit after taking legal action). Abrams wrote and directed the pilot and then went off to direct ''[[Film/MissionImpossible Mission Impossible 3]]'' just as the first season was taking off, arguably similar to his abandonment of ''Alias'' for Lost. Lindelof, suddenly left alone with the {{Showrunner}} burden, considered quitting too, but was convinced by his former co-writer (Carlton Cuse) to stay. Cuse then joined the show as a second showrunner, and has been pulling the strings together with Lindelof ever since.

Abrams later briefly returned and wrote the season 3 premiere together with Lindelof, but apparently realized the show really wasn't for him. Regardless, he's still officially credited as an executive producer as of season 6 (the final season), even though he has repeatedly confirmed in interviews that he has nothing to do with the show anymore, and all he really does is approve everything Lindelof and Cuse come up with. (Lindelof even once joked that Jimmy Kimmel knows more about ''{{Lost}}'' than Abrams does.)

Now, guess who both the mainstream media and casual viewers still constantly refer to as the "mastermind" behind ''{{Lost}}''. Hint: This article is about him.

He did something similar with ''{{Fringe}}'', and given his continued movie-making career, it's possible that similar things will happen with all his future shows.

Creator or co-creator of ''{{Felicity}}'', ''Series/{{Alias}}'', ''Series/{{Lost}}'', and ''{{Fringe}}'', producer of ''{{Cloverfield}}'' and {{Series/Alcatraz}}, one of the five credited writers of ''{{Film/Armageddon}}'', and director of ''Film/MissionImpossible III'' and the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek'' film. He's won Emmys and Golden Globes in nearly 20 years in the industry.

Some have declared him to be the greatest (and certainly the most successful) mainstream "genre" TV/filmmaker since StevenSpielberg, a summation seemingly shared by Spielberg himself, who produced and openly supported Abrams' tribute to 70s/80s Spielberg sci-fi, ''{{Super 8}}''. Along with JossWhedon (himself reportedly a friend of Abrams) and ChristopherNolan, he is one of the very-much-talked-about trinity of modern genre entertainment.

Contrary to popular misbelief, his involvement in ''{{Lost}}'' is extremely marginal: He was asked to help fleshing out a concept for a show when the guy who had the initial idea (then ABC chairman Lloyd Braun) was not happy with what the first guy asked to flesh out the concept (Jeffrey Lieber) had come up with. Abrams was never really committed to the show, and had another (rejected) pilot called ''The Catch'' that he was already working on, so another guy (Damon Lindelof) was hired to flesh out the concept for the show together with Abrams (they threw everything Lieber had previously come up with out of the window, effectively leaving only Braun's initial idea intact. Regardless, Lieber was later granted a ridiculous 60% creator's credit after taking legal action). Abrams wrote and directed the pilot and then went off to direct ''[[{{Film/Mission Impossible}} Mission Impossible 3]]'' just as the first season was taking off, arguably similar to his abandonment of ''Alias'' for Lost. Lindelof, suddenly left alone with the {{Showrunner}} burden, considered quitting too, but was convinced by his former co-writer (Carlton Cuse) to stay. Cuse then joined the show as a second showrunner, and has been pulling the strings together with Lindelof ever since.

* MoodWhiplash - Common, particularly on Lost.

* TooHappyToLive