Jerome Schwartz is an American television and film writer and

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. He is well known for his work on the

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series ''

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''; as well as for its spin-off '' Once Upon a Time in Wonderland''.

Life and career

He grew up in

Bellingham, Washington Bellingham ( ) is the most populous city in, and county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies south of the U.S.–Canada border in between two major cities of the Pacific Northwest: Vancouver, British Columbia (locat ...

. He attended

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, graduating with a double major in theatre and English literature. He traveled the world after graduation, before settling in Los Angeles. He started off as a clerical assistant on the

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series ''

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''. His girlfriend at the time passed his resume to producers at

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s ''

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'', and he was hired as a writers production assistant. He was later promoted to research assistant. In 2010, Schwartz co-wrote his first film with director Cullen Hoback, ''Friction''. A film that blurs the line between fiction and documentary. He'd go on to write for short lived series ''

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'' and '' Zero Hour''.

''Once Upon a Time''

After

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was hired as showrunner for the ABC series ''

s'' new spinoff '' Once Upon a Time in Wonderland'' by

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and

Adam Horowitz Adam Horowitz (born December 4, 1971) is an American screenwriter and producer. He is known for co-creating the ABC fairy tale drama series ''Once Upon a Time'' with his writing partner Edward Kitsis. Days after the show ended its seven-year r ...

; he brought Schwartz on, since establishing a rapport with him on ''Zero Hour''. When ''Wonderland'' wasn't renewed for a second season; Schwartz became the only crew member to shift over to the mother series, joining its

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. Schwartz has contributed some notable episodes of the series such as: " Rocky Road," "

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," "

The Broken Kingdom "The Broken Kingdom" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the American fantasy drama series '' Once Upon a Time'', which aired on October 18, 2015. In this episode, Mary Margaret decides to take matters into her own hands when she fails ...

," and "

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''The Fix''

Schwartz wrote one episode of '' The Fix'' entitled: "

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''Emergence''

Schwartz wrote one episode of ''

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'' entitled: " No Outlet"

References

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