J.J. Abrams

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990). He went on to write and produce Regarding Henry (1991) and Forever Young (1992). He also co-wrote Câu Cá Cùng Sát Nhân (1997) with Mazursky. Along with other Sarah Lawrence alumni, he experimented with computer animation and was contracted to develop pre-production animation for Gã Chằn Tinh Tốt Bụng (2001).

Abrams worked on the screenplay for Ngày Tận Thế (1998) and co-created (as well as composing the opening theme of) Felicity (1998), which ran for four seasons. He founded the production company Bad Robot in 2001 with Bryan Burk. He created and executive-produced Bí Danh (2001) and Mất Tích (2004), composing the theme music for both, and co-writing episodes of "Lost". He also co-wrote and produced thriller Trò Đùa Chết Người (2001). He made his feature directing debut with Nhiệm Vụ Bất Khả Thi 3 (2006), reinvigorating the series. He produced the hit mystery film Cloverfield: Thảm Họa Diệt Vong (2008) and co-created Giải Mã Kỳ Án (2008).

He directed the Star Trek: Du Hành Giữa Các Vì Sao (2009) reboot, proving successful with fans and newcomers to the franchise. He next directed Quái Vật Vũ Trụ (2011), co-produced by Steven Spielberg and produced Nhiệm Vụ Bất Khả Thi: Chiến Dịch Bóng Ma (2011). He returned to direct the follow-up to his reboot, Star Trek: Chìm Trong Bóng Tối (2013). Disney and Lucasfilm announced J.J. as their choice for director of the first episode in the new 'Star Wars' trilogy, Chiến Tranh Giữa Các Vì Sao Tập 7: Thần Lực Thức Tỉnh (2015). He initially resisted, as he didn't want to travel away from his family to London, but Kathleen Kennedy convinced him that his voice would be the best to reinvigorate this franchise, as he had done with two others before. He also produced Nhiệm Vụ Bất Khả Thi: Quốc Gia Bí Ẩn (2015) and Star Trek: Không Giới Hạn (2016), and executive-produced Star Wars: Jedi Cuối Cùng (2017). When it was announced that Colin Trevorrow would no longer direct Star Wars: Skywalker Trỗi Dậy (2019), it was announced that J.J. would return to complete the trilogy he started.