Matthew Pitts is an American

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, best known for his involvement with J.J. Abrams.

Career

Pitts began his career working as

J. J. Abrams Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced such films as '' Regarding Henry'' (1991), '' F ...

' assistant on the film ''

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'' and held the same position on Abrams' '' Star Trek'', before transitioning into a writer. Pitts has written a horror screenplay entitled ''Spring Break Zombie Cruise'', about a government-created virus that infects a group of people on a Spring Break cruise. The script was shopped to studios, intended to be shot in 3-D. He wrote the script for the upcoming thriller ''Quicksand'', starring Carolina Gaitán and Allan Hawco. He served as a writer, executive story editor, and co-producer on the

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series ''

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''. Other series he would work on include ''

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'' and ''

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''.

''Fringe''

Pitts worked on the

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series ''

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'' in some capacity since the first season, beginning with being co-creator Abrams' assistant. He has since been given the opportunity to write for the show's second, third, and fourth seasons. He would go onto serve as story editor. Installments he has contributed to include: *" Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver." (2.17) *" Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?" (3.04) (co-written with co-executive producer David Wilcox) *" Concentrate and Ask Again" (3.12) (co-written with executive story editor

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) *"

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" (4.07) (co-written by script coordinator Justin Doble) *"

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" (04.17) (co-executive producer

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and consulting producer

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co-wrote a teleplay based on a story by Pitts and Orci) *" Worlds Apart" (4.20) (Pitts and

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' Nicole Phillips co-wrote a teleplay based on a story by co-producer Roland) He also wrote the ''Tales from the Fringe'' comic series.

References

External links

* *Scripts & Scribes Intervie
with Matt Pitts
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pitts, Matthew Living people American television writers American male television writers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)