JJ Abrams directing the NEW Star Trek Film

Abrams then collaborated with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay on the 1998 film, Armageddon. That same year, he made his first foray into television with Felicity, which ran for four seasons on The WB Network, serving as the show's co-creator (with Matt Reeves) and executive producer. Under his production company, Bad Robot, Abrams created and executive-produced ABC's Alias and is co-creator (with Damon Lindelof) and executive producer of Lost. He also served as executive producer of What About Brian and Six Degrees, also on ABC. Abrams directed and wrote the two-part pilot for Lost and remained active producer for the first half of the season before moving on to work on Mission: Impossible III. He later co-wrote the teleplay of the third season premiere A Tale of Two Cities and continues to participate in creative meetings with Damon Lindleof and Carlton Cuse about the direction and mythology of the show.

Abrams contributed in the writing process in Superman Flyby, and co-wrote and produced the 2001 film Joy Ride. He made his feature directorial debut in 2006 with Mission: Impossible III, starring Tom Cruise. He also directed the 2009 blockbuster film Star Trek. Abrams is also the producer of the 2008 monster movie, Cloverfield. His partnership with Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof has grown into the duo producing Star Trek together and also writing and producing an adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels.

In addition to writing and directing, he composed the theme music for Alias, the opening theme for Lost and co-wrote both theme songs for Felicity and Fringe. Abrams signed deals with Warner Bros. for new television shows and Paramount Pictures for new films worth around $50 million.

He is also featured in a digital short shown during the MTV Movie Awards 2009 called "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions", in which he plays keyboard.

Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Abrams is the son of television producer Gerald W. Abrams and executive producer Carol.  He attended Sarah Lawrence College. Abrams is married to Katie McGrath and has three children.

Abrams is a long time supporter of the Democratic Party and has donated $176,000 to the party since 1995.

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matencio said:

Wow! Talk about a golden touch and a true Democrat to boot. Seriously - you rock. Give us another new Star Trek, please. You managed to take a 1968 series with a crowd that is so completely divided (old Star Trek vs TNG vs Voyager vs DS 9 vs Enterprise) and brought them together in a neat package. Skill, grace and staying true to the original characters is what did it. You didn't try to be something that you're not, instead it looks like you let the story tell itself. Hitchcock would have been very impressed and proud. He believed a well written (crafted) story was the most effective way to make a movie. Special effects and computer animation are fine, but those are tools to further the story and highlight key parts not be "the" story. I write and post my work on my website and Inktip.com. I hope one day I get close to what you have done. Thanks

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captainsky said:

	go to my site j.j.abrams! i think i have a good space adventure that you may be interested in..can you read my blogs!when you have time! thanks! i,m on myouterspace.com [captainsky]
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