Joel Howard "J. H." Wyman (born January 5, 1967) is a film and TV producer, screenwriter, director and musician. He is best known for his work on the

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shows ''

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'' and '' Almost Human'', and wrote and produced the films ''

The Mexican ''The Mexican'' is a 2001 American dark comedy adventure crime film directed by Gore Verbinski and stars Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt in lead roles. Its plot is a mixture of different genres. Plot In Los Angeles, a traffic light changes to red a ...

'' (2001) and ''

Dead Man Down ''Dead Man Down'' is a 2013 American neo-noir crime thriller film written by J.H. Wyman and directed by Danish director Niels Arden Oplev. The film stars Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, and Terrence Howard, and was released on March ...

'' (2013).

Life and career

Wyman was born January 5, 1967, in

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, but grew up in

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. He left for

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to pursue an acting career and later attended the

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. After a short stint as an actor (using the stage name Joel Wyner) which included roles in the TV-series ''

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'' (1992) and ''

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'' (1993), Wyman segued into writing and producing. His first major feature script was ''

'' (2001) starring

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and

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, directed by acclaimed director

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. He then created the

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series ''

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'' (2003). In 2008, Wyman joined the first season of the FOX

series ''

'' as a writer and co-executive producer. At the start of

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, he was promoted to executive producer and co-

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(titles he shared with

Jeff Pinkner Jeff Pinkner (born November 16, 1964) is an American television and movie writer and producer. Life and career Born to a Jewish family,A Short Story About Love "A Short Story About Love" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of the Fox science-fiction drama television series ''Fringe'', and the series' 80th episode overall. The series follows members of a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe ...

" (Season 4, Episode 15) and the season-five finale, "

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". Wyman is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the FOX science-fiction series '' Almost Human'' (2013). In 1997, Wyman formed his production company, Frequency Films, which produced such film and TV projects as ''

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'', ''

'', '' Almost Human'' and ''

''. He is also a musician and performs with the alternative rock band Angels of Mercy. On December 4, 2016, Main Man Records will release Angels of Mercy's self-titled debut. On January 11, 2020, Wyman wrote a script for the pilot episode of a new ''

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'' television series for

Legendary Television Legendary Pictures Productions, LLC (Trade name, doing business as Legendary Entertainment or simply Legendary) is an American film production and mass media company based in Burbank, California, founded by Thomas Tull in 2000. The company has c ...

and

Universal Television Universal Television LLC (abbreviated as UTV) is an American television production company that is a subsidiary of Universal Studio Group, a division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. It serves as the network television production arm of NBC; a predeces ...

. On June 29, 2020, NBC announced that the production had been given a series order.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Angels of Mercy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wyman, J.H. 1967 births Living people People from Oakland, California American male screenwriters American television writers American television directors Television producers from California American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni American male television writers Showrunners Film directors from California Screenwriters from California