Josh Appelbaum is an American television writer, screenwriter, showrunner and producer.[1]

Josh Appelbaum
Born
United States
EducationB.A. The University of Southern California
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, television writer, television producer, film producer, showrunner
Years active1998–present

Biography

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Appelbaum is from a Jewish family.[2] He attended the Riverdale Country School with longtime writing and producing partner André Nemec.[3] He then went on to attend the University of Southern California.

Appelbaum has written for shows such as Life on Mars,[1] October Road,[1] Happy Town[1] and Citadel. He has also written or produced such films as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,[1] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Project Almanac, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Wonder Park and Without Remorse.

He frequently collaborates with a tightly-knit group of film professionals which include J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Adam Horowitz, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Edward Kitsis, Andre Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg and Bryan Burk.[2]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Writer Producer
2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Yes Co-producer
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Yes No
2015 Project Almanac No Executive
2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Yes Executive
2019 Wonder Park Yes Yes
2021 Without Remorse No Executive
TBA Heads of State Yes No

Television

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Year Title Writer Producer Notes
1998 Martial Law Yes No 1 episode
1999 Profiler Yes No 1 episode
1999-2000 Early Edition Yes No 2 episodes
2001-2002 Going to California Yes No 3 episodes
2002 The Chronicle Yes No 1 episode
She Spies Yes Yes Wrote 2 episodes
2002–2003 Fastlane Yes Yes Wrote 4 episodes
2003–2005 Alias Yes Supervising Wrote 7 episodes;
Also co-executive producer
2007–2008 October Road Yes Executive Wrote 7 episodes;
Also creator
2008 Samurai Girl No Executive Miniseries
2008–2009 Life on Mars Yes Executive Wrote 1 episode;
Also developer
2010 Happy Town Yes Executive Wrote 2 episodes;
Also creator
2014 Star-Crossed No Executive
2015-2016 Zoo Yes Executive Wrote 1 episode;
Also developer
2017-2019 Knightfall No Executive
2018 Everything Sucks! No Executive
Origin No Executive
2019 Limetown No Executive
2020 High Fidelity No Executive
2021 Cowboy Bebop No Executive
2022–present From No Executive
2023 Citadel Yes Executive

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Josh Appelbaum". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
  2. ^ a b Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family - J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton October 16, 2009 |"We’re all self-deprecating short Jews, with the exception of Bob Orci”
  3. ^ Variety Magazine: "Appelbaum & Nemec : Friendship leads to big-budget ‘Mission' - 10 Screenwriters to Watch 2011: Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec" By Todd Longwell December 2, 2011
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