Jeff Pinkner

Jeff Pinkner
Pinkner at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010.
Born	November 16, 1964 (age 51)
Other names	Jeffery Pinkner
Occupation	Writer, producer
Years active	1996–present

Jeff Pinkner (born c. 1964) is an American television writer and producer.

Life and career

He graduated from Pikesville High School in Baltimore, Maryland in 1983, Northwestern University in 1987, and Harvard Law School in 1990. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Pinkner wrote Columbia Pictures's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 script with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The film starred Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, and was directed by Marc Webb. It opened in the U.S. May 2014.^[3]

Fringe

In 2008, Pinkner began developing the FOX science fiction series Fringe, along with co-creators Alex Kurtzman, J. J. Abrams and Roberto Orci. Pinkner served as co-showrunner, executive producer, and writer (titles he shared with J. H. Wyman) through the show's fourth season.^[4][5] After the conclusion of season four, Pinkner left the series.^[6] Episodes he contributed to include:

• "The Same Old Story" (01.02) (co-written by Orci, Abrams, and Kurtzman)
• "The Arrival" (01.04) (co-written by Abrams)
• "In Which We Meet Mr. Jones" (01.07) (co-written with Abrams)
• "Bound" (02.11) (co-written by Abrams, Orci, and Kurtzman)
• "The Road Not Taken" (01.19) (Pinkner and supervising producer J. R. Orci co-wrote the teleplay, based on a story by consulting producer Akiva Goldsman)
• "There's More Than One of Everything" (01.20) (Pinkner and Wyman co-wrote the teleplay, based on a story by Goldsman and executive producer Bryan Burk)
• "Night of Desirable Objects" (02.02) (co-written with Wyman)
• "August" (02.08) (co-written by Wyman)
• "Peter" (02.16) (Pinkner, Wyman, and supervising producer Josh Singer wrote the teleplay based on a story along with Goldsman)
• "Brown Betty" (02.20) (co-written with Goldsman and Wyman)
• "Over There (Part 1)" (02.22) (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)
• "Over There (Part 2)" (02.23) (co-written by Goldsman and Wyman)
• "Olivia" (03.01) (co-written with Wyman)
• "Entrada" (03.08) (co-written by Wyman)
• "The Firefly" (03.10) (co-written with Wyman)
• "Subject 13" (03.15) (co-written with Goldsman and Wyman)
• "Stowaway" (03.17) (Danielle Dispaltro wrote the teleplay, based on a story from Pinkner, Wyman, and Goldsman)
• "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" (03.19) (Pinkner and Wyman wrote a teleplay based on a story along with Goldsman)
• "The Day We Died" (03.22) (Pinkner and Wyman wrote a teleplay based on a story along with Goldsman)
• "Neither Here Nor There" (04.01) (Pinkner and Wyman wrote a teleplay based on a story along with Goldsman)
• "Subject 9" (04.04) (co-written with Goldsman and Wyman)
• "Making Angels" (04.11) (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)
• "Nothing as It Seems" (04.16) (co-written with Goldsman)
• "Letters of Transit" (04.19) (co-written by Goldsman and Wyman)
• "Brave New World (Part 1)" (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)
• "Brave New World (Part 2)" (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Writer	Producer	Executive producer
1998	Ally McBeal	Yes			Writer (1 episode)
1998–2000	Profiler	Yes			Writer (3 episodes)
1999	Ally	Yes			Writer
1999–2000	Early Edition	Yes			Writer (3 episodes), story editor
2000	The $treet	Yes	Yes		Writer (2 episodes); co-producer
2001	The Beast	Yes			Writer
2001–2006	Alias	Yes	Yes	Yes	Writer (12 episodes); producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer
2006–2007	Lost	Yes		Yes	Writer (4 episodes), executive consultant
2007–2008	October Road		Yes		Consulting producer
2008–2012	Fringe	Yes		Yes	Writer (26 episodes)
2015–present	Zoo	Yes		Yes	Co-creator; writer (3 episodes)

Film

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2014	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Screen Story and Screenplay by	With Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and James Vanderbilt
2016	The 5th Wave	Screenplay by	With Akiva Goldsman and Susannah Grant, based on the novel by Rick Yancey
2017	Jumanji	Screenplay by
TBA	Creature from the Black Lagoon	Screenplay by	In development; based on Creature from the Black Lagoon

References

1. Werthheimer, Linda (May 20, 2006). "Dramas Edge Reality Out of New TV Season". National Public Radio. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
2. "2007 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
3. Sneider, Jeff (September 28, 2012). "Marc Webb to direct 'Spider-Man 2'". Variety. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
4. Jensen, Jeff (September 11, 2009). "Fall TV 2009: Fringe". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
5. Trechak, Brad (April 10, 2008). "Lost producer goes to the Fringe". AOLTV. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
6. Ng, Philiana (June 19, 2012). "'Fringe' Co-Showrunner Jeff Pinkner Exits for Final Season". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 30, 2013.

External links

• Jeff Pinkner at the Internet Movie Database