Javier Grillo-Marxuach

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Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Carnegie Mellon (BA)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, producer, and podcaster,
Known forLost, Charmed, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Javier "Javi" Grillo-Marxuach (listen

television series Lost, as well as other series including Charmed and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
.

Early life

Grillo-Marxuach graduated from

Iris Rainer Dart and actor Frank Gorshin among its notable alumni. Grillo-Marxuach also wrote a weekly pop-culture column for the campus newspaper, The Tartan.[4]

He has a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Southern California and from 2015 was sponsoring a fellowship there for MFA students who demonstrate an interest or facility with Hispanic language and culture.[5]

Career

Grillo-Marxuach joined the crew of

February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons.[7]

In 2006, he left the Lost team,[8] and began working as a co-executive producer for Medium, as well as entering the world of comics with his own Viper Comics title, The Middleman. He also wrote the 2006 Annihilation - Super-Skrull limited series for Marvel Comics, part of the company's Annihilation event,[9] and the Annihilation: Conquest - Wraith limited series for the 2007 Annihilation: Conquest follow-up project.[10] He is also writer of Dynamite Entertainment's four-issue limited series Classic Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse. He wrote Cops On the Edge: Episode 89 (2000).

In 2008, the ABC Family picked up his television series The Middleman, for which he is the writer and producer. The series was not picked up for a second season due to poor ratings.

In 2010, a pilot for Department Zero was moved to active production by ABC.

SyFy channel's series Helix.[12]

Grillo-Marxuach has also served as writer and producer on other series, such as The 100,[13] The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and most recently, From. Alongside Jose Molina, he is also the co-host of the Children of Tendu Podcast, a weekly series offering advice for getting into the television industry.[14]

Filmography

Year Title Credited as Notes
Writer Producer Executive producer
1995–1996 SeaQuest DSV Yes Writer (3 episodes)
  • episode 3.4 "Destination Terminal"
  • episode 3.7 "Equilibrium"
  • episode 3.13 "Weapons of War"
1996 Dark Skies Yes Writer (1 episode)
  • episode "Hostile Convergence"
1996–1997 The Pretender Yes Writer (3 episodes); story editor
  • episode "The Better Part of Valor"
  • episode "The Paper Clock"
  • episode "Potato Head Blues"
1997 Van Helsing Chronicles Yes Yes Creator (pilot); supervising producer
1998 Three Yes Writer (2 episodes); executive story editor
  • episode "Breakout"
  • episode "Emerald City"
1998–2000 Charmed Yes Yes Writer (7 episodes); executive story editor; co-producer
  • episode 1.04 "
    Dead Man Dating
    "
  • episode 1.11 "
    Feats of Clay
    "
  • episode 1.16 "
    Which Prue is it, Anyway?
    "
  • episode 1.21 "
    Love Hurts
    "
  • episode 2.05 "
    She's a Man, Baby, A Man!
    "
  • episode 2.11 "
    Reckless Abandon
    "
  • episode 2.17 "How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans"
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Yes Writer (1 episode)
  • episode 3.07 "Sacrifice"
2001–2002 The Chronicle Yes Yes Writer (6 episodes); producer
  • episode "Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns"
  • episode "Hot From the Oven"
  • episode "The King is (Un) Dead"
  • episode "Let Sleeping Dogs Fry"
  • episode "Pig Boy's Big Adventure"
  • episode "Touched by An Alien")
2002 The Dead Zone Yes Writer (1 episode)
  • episode 1.07 "Enemy Mind"
2003 Boomtown Yes Yes Writer (1 episode); producer
  • Episode "Monsters Brawl"
2003–2004 Jake 2.0 Yes Yes Writer (3 episodes); supervising producer
  • episode "The Good, The Bad and The Geeky"
  • episode "Whiskey - Tango - Foxtrot"
  • episode "Get Foley"
2004–2005 Lost Yes Yes Writer (7 episodes); supervising producer
2006–2008 Medium Yes Yes Writer (8 episodes); co-executive producer
  • "Four Dreams Part 1" (Season 3, Episode 1) with Glenn Gordon Caron
  • "Four Dreams Part 2" (Season 3, Episode 2) with Glenn Gordon Caron
  • "Apocalypse, Push" (Season 3, Episode 11)
  • "We Had A Dream" (Season 3, Episode 15)
  • "1-900-LUCKY" (Season 3, Episode 18) with Robert Doherty
  • "Head Games" (Season 3, Episode 20) with Robert Doherty & Moira Kirkland
  • "Burn Baby Burn Part 1" (Season 4, Episode 7)
  • "Burn Baby Burn Part 2" (Season 4, Episode 8) with René Echevarria
2008 The Middleman Yes Yes Creator; writer (2 episodes)
  • "The Pilot Episode Sanction" (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • "The Sino-Mexican Revelation" (Season 1, Episode 3)
2011 Charlie's Angels Yes Yes Writer (2 episodes); consulting producer
2014–2015 Helix Yes Yes Writer (4 episodes); co-executive producer
2016 The 100 Yes Yes Writer (2 episodes); co-executive producer
2017 The Shannara Chronicles Yes Yes Writer (1 episode); Consulting producer
2018 Guardians of the Galaxy Yes No Writer (1 episode)
2019 Blood & Treasure Yes Yes Writer (2 episodes); Consulting producer
2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Yes Yes Writer (1 episode); Consulting producer
  • "Time to Make ... My Move" (Season 1, Episode 7)
2021 Cowboy Bebop Yes Writer[15]
2022 From Yes Yes Writer (2 episodes); Consulting producer

Bibliography

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ McKee, Jenn (18 May 2010). "Former "Lost" writer from Ann Arbor reflects as the series finale approaches". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Alumni | H&SS;, Carnegie Mellon University". www.hss.cmu.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-09-09.
  3. ^ "One of a Kind". www.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University. 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ Das, Bagmi (16 October 2006). "*Lost* writer soon to be found on campus". thetartan.org. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  5. ^ "USC Cinematic Arts , Financial Aid & Scholarships". cinema.usc.edu. University of Southern California. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
  7. ^ "2007 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  8. ^ Grillo-Marxuach, Javier (February 22, 2006). "Leaving the island..." Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2006-03-22.
  9. ^ The Fantastic Four-In-One: Javier Grillo-Marxuach talks "Super-Skrull", Comic Book Resources, January 4, 2006
  10. ^ The Kree With No Name?: Grillo-Marxuach talks "Annihilation: Conquest - Wraith", Comic Book Resources, April 16, 2007
  11. ^ Grillo-Marxuach, Javier (May 24, 2010). "ABC Puts 5 Projects In Active Development". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  12. ^ http://okbjgm.squarespace.com Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "About". the grillo-marxuach experimental design bureau. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  14. ^ "Children of Tendu". childrenoftendu.libsyn.com.
  15. ^ Elderkin, Beth (June 2, 2020). "How Netflix's Cowboy Bebop Captures the Spirit and Style of the Original". Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.

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