Jeff Pinkner
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Jeff Pinkner is an American television writer
and producer
. He graduated from Pikesville High School
in Baltimore Maryland in 1983. He is known for his work on Alias
where he served as executive producer. In 2006 and 2007, he worked as an executive producer and writer for the mystery
series Lost
. The Lost writing staff, including Pinkner, were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award
for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2007 ceremony
for their work on the second and third seasons of Lost. He currently works on the FOX science-fiction series Fringe
.
, along with co-creators, Alex Kurtzman
, J.J. Abrams, and Roberto Orci
. Now in its fourth season
, Pinkner serves as writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner. Titles he shares with J.H. Wyman. Episodes he has co-written include:
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. He graduated from Pikesville High School
Pikesville High School
Pikesville High School is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore County Public Schools consolidated school district...
in Baltimore Maryland in 1983. He is known for his work on Alias
Alias (TV series)
Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
where he served as executive producer. In 2006 and 2007, he worked as an executive producer and writer for the mystery
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
series Lost
Lost (TV series)
Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
. The Lost writing staff, including Pinkner, were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2007 ceremony
Writers Guild of America Awards 2006
The 59th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film and television writers of 2006.-Best Adapted Screenplay:The Departed - William Monahan...
for their work on the second and third seasons of Lost. He currently works on the FOX science-fiction series Fringe
Fringe (TV series)
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
.
Fringe
In 2008, Pinkner began developing the FOX science-fiction series FringeFringe (TV series)
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
, along with co-creators, Alex Kurtzman
Alex Kurtzman
Alex Kurtzman is an American film and television screenwriter and producer.Kurtzman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he met his high school friend and long time collaborator Roberto Orci...
, J.J. Abrams, and Roberto Orci
Roberto Orci
Roberto Gaston Orci is a Mexican-American film producer, television producer, and screenwriter.-Biography:Orci was born in Mexico City to a Mexican father and a Cuban mother. His mother had left Cuba for Mexico after Fidel Castro came to power. He is the older brother of screenwriter-producer J....
. Now in its fourth season
Fringe (season 4)
The fourth season of the American science fiction television series Fringe premiered on Fox on September 23, 2011, and will consist of 22 episodes. The series is produced by Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, Pinkner serves as writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner. Titles he shares with J.H. Wyman. Episodes he has co-written include:
- "The Same Old StoryThe Same Old StoryJosh Jackson of Paste Magazine disliked the "deus ex machina" aspects that "neatly solved the puzzles of the first two episodes", and also criticized perceived "plot contrivances" like how the serial murderer immediately began aging once interrupted from killing his last victim...
" (01.02) (co-written by Orci, Abrams, and Kurtzman) - "The ArrivalThe Arrival (Fringe)"The Arrival" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by the series co-creator and executive producer J. J. Abrams and executive producer and show runner Jeff Pinkner. Paul A. Edwards directed it...
" (01.04) (co-written by Abrams) - "In Which We Meet Mr. JonesIn Which We Meet Mr. Jones"In Which We Meet Mr. Jones" is the seventh episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by J. J. Abrams and Jeff Pinkner, and directed by Brad Anderson...
" (01.07) (co-written with Abrams) - "BoundBound (Fringe)"Bound" is the 11th episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by series co-creators J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and executive producer Jeff Pinkner. Frederick E. O. Toye directed it...
" (02.11) (co-written by Abrams, Orci, and Kurtzman) - "The Road Not TakenThe Road Not Taken (Fringe)"The Road Not Taken" is the 19th episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode's story was written by Akiva Goldsman, and the teleplay by Jeff Pinkner and J. R. Orci; it was directed by Frederick E. O...
" (01.19) (Pinkner and supervising producer J.R. OrciJ.R. OrciJ. R. Orci is a television and film writer and producer.He was born in Mexico City and raised in Canada, Texas, and Los Angeles. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin...
co-wrote the teleplay, based on a story by consulting producer Akiva GoldsmanAkiva GoldsmanAkiva J. Goldsman from Walker Valley, New York is an American screenwriter and film producer. He received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the 2001 film, A Beautiful Mind, which also won the Oscar for Best Picture....
) - "There's More Than One of EverythingThere's More Than One of Everything"There's More Than One of Everything" is the finale of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The finale followed David Robert Jones' attempts to open a doorway to the parallel universe, while the Fringe team tries to stop him.The episode's story was...
" (01.20) (Pinkner and Wyman co-wrote the teleplay, based on a story by Goldsman and executive producer Bryan BurkBryan BurkBryan Burk is an American film and television producer, as well as an occasional screenwriter.A graduate of USC's School of Cinema-Television, Bryan Burk began his career working with producers Brad Weston at Columbia Pictures, Ned Tanen at Sony Pictures and John Davis at FOX...
) - "Night of Desirable ObjectsNight of Desirable Objects (Fringe)"Night of Desirable Objects" is the second episode of the second season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode followed Olivia and Peter's investigation into mysterious disappearances taking place in a small Pennsylvania town.The episode was written by executive...
" (02.02) (co-written with Wyman) - "AugustAugust (Fringe)"August" is the eighth episode of the American science fiction drama television series Fringes second season. The episode was written by executive producers J. H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner, and directed by Dennis Smith...
" (02.08) (co-written by Wyman) - "PeterPeter (Fringe)"Peter" is the 16th episode of the second season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 36th episode overall. Considered a keystone episode of the series, "Peter" is a flashback episode, told as Walter Bishop reveals to Olivia Dunham that his son Peter is really the...
" (02.16) (Pinkner, Wyman, and supervising producer Josh SingerJosh SingerJosh Singer is a WGA-award nominated television Writer and Producer, whose most noticeable work includes writing and producing episodes of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, the critically acclaimed series The West Wing, the crime series Bones, and the FOX science-fiction series Fringe.- Fringe...
wrote the teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined) - "Brown BettyBrown Betty (Fringe)"Brown Betty" is the 20th episode of the second season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and is the only one of the series performed as a musical. The episode was written by co-showrunners Jeff Pinkner and J. H. Wyman, and consulting producer Akiva Goldsman. It was...
" (02.20) (co-written with Goldsman and Wyman) - "Over There (Part 1)Over There (Fringe)"Over There" is the two-part second-season finale of the Fox science fiction drama series Fringe. They are the 22nd and 23rd episodes of the season, and the 42nd and 43rd episodes of the series overall. Both parts were written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, together with...
" (02.22) (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman) - "Over There (Part 2)Over There (Fringe)"Over There" is the two-part second-season finale of the Fox science fiction drama series Fringe. They are the 22nd and 23rd episodes of the season, and the 42nd and 43rd episodes of the series overall. Both parts were written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, together with...
" (02.23) (co-written by Goldsman and Wyman) - "OliviaOlivia (Fringe)"Olivia" is the first episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. The episode was written by executive producers J. H. Wyman and Jeff Pinkner, and was directed by Joe Chappelle. The third season spent its time alternating between the prime and...
" (03.01) (co-written with Wyman) - "EntradaEntrada (Fringe)"Entrada" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 51st episode overall. The third season spent much of its time alternating between the prime and parallel universes, and "Entrada" was the first of the season to have time...
" (03.08) (co-written by Wyman) - "The FireflyThe Firefly (Fringe)"The Firefly" is the 10th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 53rd episode overall. The episode centers on a chain of events created by Walter crossing over into the parallel universe in 1985 that has had subtle but significant effects...
" (03.10) (co-written with Wyman) - "Subject 13Subject 13"Subject 13" is the 15th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 58th episode overall. Inspired by fan reaction to the show's previous flashback episode, "Peter", "Subject 13" occurs 25 years before the show's current timeline, in 1985 a...
" (03.15) (co-written with Goldsman and Wyman) - "StowawayStowaway (Fringe)"Stowaway" is the 17th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 60th episode overall. It followed the Fringe team's investigation into a woman, Dana Gray , who repeatedly tries to commit suicide only to meet with little success...
" (03.17) (Danielle Dispaltro wrote the teleplay, based on a story from Pinkner, Wyman, and Goldsman) - "Lysergic Acid DiethylamideLysergic Acid Diethylamide (Fringe)"Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" is the 19th episode of the third season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the 62nd episode overall...
" (03.19) (Pinkner and Wyman wrote a teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined) - "The Day We DiedThe Day We Died"The Day We Died" is the third season finale of the Fox science fiction drama television series Fringe. It is the season's 22nd episode and the series' 65th episode overall. The finale follows the aftermath of Peter entering and activating the doomsday device...
" (03.22) (Pinkner and Wyman wrote a teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined) - "Neither Here Nor ThereNeither Here Nor There (Fringe)"Neither Here Nor There" is the fourth season premiere of the Fox science fiction drama television series Fringe. It is the season's 1st episode and the series' 66th episode overall....
" (04.01) (Pinkner and Wyman wrote a teleplay, based on a story that they, along with Goldsman, imagined) - "Subject 9Subject 9"Subject 9" is the fourth episode of the fourth season of the Fox science fiction drama television series Fringe, and the series 69th episode overall.-Plot:...
" (04.04) (co-written with Goldsman and Wyman)
Executive Producer
- AliasAlias (TV series)Alias is an American action television series created by J. J. Abrams which was broadcast on ABC for five seasons, from September 30, 2001 to May 22, 2006...
- LostLost (TV series)Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...
- FringeFringe (TV series)Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security...
Writer
- Alias
- The Beast
- The $treetThe $treetThe $treet is an American television drama series that aired on Fox in 2000. 11 episodes were produced and 6 aired in the U.S.The series was about a small brokerage house called Belmont Stevens located in New York and the lives of its employees. Freddie Sacker was one of the most notable...
- Ally
- ProfilerProfiler (TV series)Profiler was an American crime drama that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series follows the exploits of a criminal profiler working with the fictional FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force based in Atlanta, Georgia....
- Ally McBealAlly McBealAlly McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
- Early EditionEarly EditionEarly Edition is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 28, 1996 to May 27, 2000. Set in the city of Chicago, Illinois, it follows the adventures of a man who mysteriously receives each Chicago Sun-Times newspaper the day before it is actually published, and who uses this...
(and story editor) - Lost
- Fringe