Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced films such as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), Cloverfield (2008), Star Trek (2009), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' films have grossed over $4 billion worldwide, making him the tenth-highest-grossing film director of all time. 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 – 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), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He also directed, co-produced, and co-wrote The Force Awakens, the seventh episode of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy. The film is his highest-grossing, the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation, as well as the most expensive film ever made. He returned to Star Wars by executive producing The Last Jedi (2017) and directing and co-writing The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' frequent collaborators include producer Bryan Burk; producer/directors Damon Lindelof and Tommy Gormley; actors Greg Grunberg, Simon Pegg, Amanda Foreman, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article J.J. Abrams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2028Grandgear — Producer
• 2028Oh, the Places You'll Go! — Producer
• 2027Skeletons — Producer
• 2027The Great Beyond — Producer, Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
• 2026The End of Oak Street — Producer
• Duster — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• Batman: Caped Crusader — Executive Producer
• Beyond: UFOS and the Unknown — Executive Producer
• Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose — Executive Producer
• 2024Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes — Producer
• Presumed Innocent — Executive Producer
• 2024The Blue Angels — Producer
• 2023815 - The Story of the Lost Pilot
• Bupkis — J.J. Abrams
• 2022Lou — Producer
• 2022The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse — Producer
• Lisey's Story — Executive Producer
• UFO — Executive Producer
• Challenger: The Final Flight — Executive Producer
• Little Voice — Executive Producer
• Lovecraft Country — Executive Producer
• 2019Men in Black: International — Alien on TV Monitor (uncredited)
• 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — D-O (voice), Producer, Director, Story, Screenplay
• 2018A Wrinkle in Time — Thanks
• Castle Rock — Executive Producer
• 2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout — Producer
• 2018Monster Challenge — Thanks
• 2018Overlord — Producer
• 2018The Cloverfield Paradox — Producer
• 2017100 Years — Executive Producer
• 2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi — Executive Producer
• 2017The Disaster Artist — J.J. Abrams
• 2017The Magic History of Cinema
• 2017Tour de Pharmacy — J.J. Abrams
• 201610 Cloverfield Lane — Producer
• 11.22.63 — Executive Producer
• Moon Shot — Producer
• Roadies — Executive Producer
• 2016Star Trek Beyond — Producer
• Westworld — Executive Producer
• 2015Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation — Producer
• 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Producer, Director, Writer
• Believe — Executive Producer
• 2014Infinitely Polar Bear — Producer
• 2014Joy Ride 3 — Characters
• 2013Star Trek Into Darkness — Director, Producer
• Alcatraz — Executive Producer
• Revolution — Executive Producer
• 2011Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol — Producer
• Person of Interest — Executive Producer
• 2011Super 8 — Producer, Writer, Director
• 2010Catfish — Thanks
• 2010Morning Glory — Producer
• 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — Thanks
• Undercovers — Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
• 2009Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead — Characters
• 2009Star Trek — Director, Producer
• 2009The People Speak — Producer
• 2008Cloverfield — Producer
• Fringe — Writer, Producer, Creator
• 2007We Own the Night — Thanks
• 2006Mission: Impossible III — Director, Writer
• Six Degrees — Executive Producer
• What About Brian — Executive Producer
• The Office — Director
• 2004Comic Book: The Movie — J.J. Abrams
• Lost — Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay, Creator
• Icons
• Alias — Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2001Joy Ride — Producer, Writer
• Family Guy — J.J. Abrams (voice)
• 1999The Suburbans — Rock Journalist, Producer
• 1998Armageddon — Screenplay
• Felicity — Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• 1997Gone Fishin' — Writer
• 1996Diabolique — Video Photographer #2
• 1996The Pallbearer — Producer
• 1994Future Shock — Original Music Composer
• 1993Six Degrees of Separation — Doug
• 1992Forever Young — Screenplay, Executive Producer
• 1992Mr. Petrified Forrest — Original Music Composer
• 1991Regarding Henry — Delivery Boy, Writer, Co-Producer
• 1990Taking Care of Business — Screenplay
• The Simpsons — J.J. Abrams (voice)
• 1982Nightbeast — Original Music Composer, Sound Effects
• A Woman of No Importance — Producer
• Emily the Strange — Producer
• Hot Wheels — Producer
• Kolma — Producer
• Sid & Zoey — Executive Producer
• Tab & Tony — Producer
• The Catch — Creator
• The Heavy — Producer
• The Yankees Win — Executive Producer
• Untitled Cloverfield Sequel — Writer
• Untitled J.J. Abrams Film — Director
• Untitled Star Trek Origin Story Film — Producer
• Wunderkind — Producer
• Your Name — Producer
• Zanbato — Producer

Appearances as themselves (44)

• 2025Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2024Getting LOST — Self
• 2024Music by John Williams — Self - Filmmaker
• 2022Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me — Self
• 2022Director by Night — Self (archive footage)
• LIGHT & MAGIC — Self
• Reunited Apart — Self
• 2020The Skywalker Legacy — Self
• 2019Love, Antosha — Self
• 2018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen — Self
• 2017And the Winner Isn't — Self
• 2017Spielberg — Self
• 2017Three Kinds of Close Encounters — Self
• 201650 Years of Star Trek — Self
• 2016For the Love of Spock — Self
• Geeking Out — Self
• 2016John Williams: The Seventh Symphony — Self
• 2016Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey — Self
• IMDb on the Scene — Self
• 2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel — Self
• 2015Star Wars: Greatest Moments — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self, Self - Guest
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
• 2014Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2013Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe — Self
• 2012Ghost Protocol: Mission Accepted — Self
• 2011POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold — Self
• Conan — Self - Guest
• 2010Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible — Self
• 2010Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the Impossible — Self
• 2009Fringe: Access All Areas — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2007Blood, Boobs & Beast — Himself
• 2007Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed — Self
• The Colbert Report — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• HypaSpace — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self / Presenter
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• 60 Minutes — Self