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J.J. Abrams
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Biography:A prominent writer/producer of Hollywood features who later went on to make a name for himself as the creator of such popular small-screen hits as Felicity and Alias, J.J. Abrams has managed the rare feat of finding success in the all-too-often mutually exclusive worlds of both film and television. It was at the age of eight that the wide-eyed youth first discovered his love of film while on a Hollywood studio tour with his grandfather, and when the pair returned home, Abrams convinced his father to let him try his hand at filmmaking with the family's Super-8 camera. During the following decade, the young auteur grew increasingly comfortable behind the camera, and he continued to turn out his impressive amateur films at an exhausting rate. Later attending New York's Sarah Lawrence College and teaming with a close friend to pen a feature-film treatment, Abrams got his first taste of success when the... Full Biography
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Zoe Saldana, film producer and director JJ Abrams and actor Chris Pine, from left, promoting their...
Director J.J. Abrams and Tom Cruise on the set of "Mission: Impossible III"
Director J.J. Abrams on the set of "Mission: Impossible III"
Director J.J. Abrams on the set of "Mission: Impossible III"
Producer J.J. Abrams, left, on the set of "Cloverfield" (Paramount Pictures)
Producer J.J. Abrams, left, with Lizzy Caplan on the set of "Cloverfield" (Paramount Pictures)
J.J. Abrams, winner of Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for "Lost"
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