Jaime Paglia is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for creating and producing ''
Eureka
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'' (2006–12).
Life and career
He attended the
University of California at Santa Cruz
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majoring in economics for three weeks, before finding his passion with the theatre arts/film program. He minored in English literature.
His first show business endeavour was as an assistant in feature film publicity at
MGM Studios
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, which led to him meeting many executives. For his first script, he partnered with college friend,
Andrew Cosby
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, and sold a
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New Line Cinema
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.
''Eureka''
In 2003, Paglia and Cosby sold their
dramedy
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''
Eureka
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'' to
Syfy
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as a pitch. In July 2006, the series premiered to critical and viewer success. Over the course of the show's six-year run and 77 episodes, Paglia contributed to 20. He made his directing debut with the fifth-season episode, "Jack of All Trades".
''The Flash''
In summer 2014, Paglia was hired as a writer on the
DC Comics
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produced
CW superhero
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series ''
The Flash
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''. He co-wrote the series' 6th episode, "The Flash Is Born", which introduced the supervillain
Girder
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.
''Scream TV Series''
In 2015, Paglia, a former co-executive producer and executive producer of the
MTV
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slasher series ''
Scream
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'', was credited as the writer for two episodes.
Filmography
Television
The numbers in credits refer to the number of episodes.
References
External links
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20th-century American writers
20th-century American male writers
American male screenwriters
American television directors
American television producers
Living people
American male television writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Showrunners
Year of birth missing (living people)