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Jeffrey Jackson Bell is an American writer and producer best known for his work on television. He began his career writing for '' The X-Files'', where he stayed for three seasons, then became a writer/director/producer on '' Angel'', becoming its
showrunner A showrunner (or colloquially a helmer) is the top-level executive producer of a television series production who has creative and management authority through combining the responsibilities of employer and, in comedy or dramas, typically also th ...
for the final two seasons. He served as executive producer on the pilot episode for the '' V'' remake, his first project in a 2009-10 deal with Warner Bros. Television. From 2013 until 2020, Bell served as a co-showrunner and writer of the Marvel Television series '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''


Personal life

Bell was born in Indiana, studied design and photography at the University of Cincinnati, then moved to California, receiving MFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1990. His 20-minute MFA thesis film, ''Radio Inside,'' was adapted into a feature film of the same name starring Elisabeth Shue and William McNamara and released in 1994. Bell is a visiting assistant professor for the UCLA Producers Program.


Episodes written

The following is a partial list of television episodes written by Bell.


''The X-Files''

*6.08 "The Rain King" (writer) *6.16 "Alpha" (writer) *7.06 "The Goldberg Variation" (writer) *7.09 "Signs & Wonders" (writer) *8.10 "Salvage" (writer)


''Angel''

*3.02 "That Vision Thing" (writer) *3.06 "Billy" (co-writer) *3.08 "Quickening" (writer) *3.14 "Couplet" (co-writer) *3.17 "Forgiving" (writer) *3.20 "A New World" (writer) *4.04 "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" (writer) *4.08 "Habeas Corpses" (writer) *4.12 "Calvary" (co-writer) *4.16 "Players" (co-writer) *4.19 "The Magic Bullet" (writer/director) *5.06 "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" (writer/director) *5.22 "Not Fade Away" (co-writer/director)


''Alias''

*4.04 "Ice" (writer/director) *4.12 "The Orphan" (co-writer) *4.20 "The Descent" (writer/director) *5.06 "Solo" (writer/director)


''Day Break''

*1.08 "What If He's Not Alone?" (writer) *1.12 "What If She's the Key?" (writer)


''Harper's Island''

*1.02 "Crackle" (writer) *1.07 "Thrack, Splat, Sizzle" (writer) *1.12 "Sigh" (writer)


''Spartacus: War of the Damned''

*3.09 "The Dead and the Dying" (writer)


''The Protector''

*1.01 "Pilot" (writer) *1.04 "Spoons" (writer) *1.13 "Safe" (writer)


''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''

*1.02 "
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Jeffrey Year of birth missing (living people) American male television writers Living people People from Indiana University of Cincinnati alumni UCLA Film School alumni Screenwriters from Indiana American showrunners