Jaime Paglia is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for creating and producing ''

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'' (2006–12).

Life and career

He attended the

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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

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, which led to him meeting many executives. For his first script, he partnered with college friend,

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, and sold a

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''Eureka''

In 2003, Paglia and Cosby sold their

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'' to

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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

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produced CW

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series ''

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''. He co-wrote the series' 6th episode, "The Flash Is Born", which introduced the supervillain

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''Scream TV Series''

In 2015, Paglia, a former co-executive producer and executive producer of the

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slasher series ''

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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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