Javier "Javi" Grillo-Marxuach (), born October 28, 1969 in

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and producer, and podcaster, known for his work as writer and producer on the first two seasons of the ABC

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'', as well as other series including ''

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'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''.

Early life

Grillo-Marxuach graduated from Huron High school in

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, Michigan. He received a BA in 1991 from Carnegie Mellon. While at CME he was active as an actor, writer and director with Scotch'n'Soda, the theatrical club for non-theater majors that also counts composer Stephen Schwartz, author Iris Rainer Dart and actor

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among its notable alumni. Grillo-Marxuach als
wrote a weekly pop-culture column
for the campus newspaper, The Tartan. He has an MFA from USC and (as of 2015) sponsors a fellowship there for MFA students who demonstrate an interest or facility with Hispanic language and culture.

Career

Grillo-Marxuach joined the crew of ''

'' as a supervising producer and writer for the first season in 2004. He returned as a supervising producer and writer for the second season in 2005. The writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. The writing staff were nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series again at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons. In 2006, he left the ''Lost'' team, and began working as a co-executive producer for ''

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'', as well as entering the world of comics with his own

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title, '' The Middleman.'' He also wrote the 2006 '' Annihilation - Super-Skrull''

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for

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, part of the company's ''

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'' event, and the '' Annihilation: Conquest - Wraith'' limited series for the 2007 '' Annihilation: Conquest'' follow-up project. He is also writer of Dynamite Entertainment's four-issue limited series ''Classic Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse.'' In 2008, the

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picked up his television series '' The Middleman'', for which he is the writer and producer. The series was not picked up for a second season due to poor ratings. In 2010, a pilot for ''Department Zero'' was moved to active production by ABC. The pilot is based upon work by

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. As of 2015, Grillo-Marxuach is a co-executive producer of the

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channel's series '' Helix''. Grillo-Marxuach has also served as a writer and co-executive producer of '' The 100''. In 2019, he served as one of the writers for '' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance''.

Episodes written

* '' The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'' (2019) TV Series ** "Time to Make ... My Move" (Season 1, Episode 7) * " Helix" (2013-2015) TV Series * " Department Zero" (2010) TV Pilot * '' The Middleman'' (2008) TV Series ** "The Pilot Episode Sanction" (Season 1, Episode 1) ** "The Sino-Mexican Revelation" (Season 1, Episode 3) * ''

'' (2005) TV Series ** "Four Dreams Part 1" (Season 3, Episode 1) with Glenn Gordon Caron ** "Four Dreams Part 2" (Season 3, Episode 2) with Glenn Gordon Caron ** "Apocalypse, Push" (Season 3, Episode 11) ** "We Had A Dream" (Season 3, Episode 15) ** "1-900-LUCKY" (Season 3, Episode 18) with Robert Doherty ** "Head Games" (Season 3, Episode 20) with Robert Doherty & Moira Kirkland ** "Burn Baby Burn Part 1" (Season 4, Episode 7) ** "Burn Baby Burn Part 2" (Season 4, Episode 8) with René Echevarria * ''

'' (2004) TV Series ** " House of the Rising Sun" (Season 1, Episode 6) ** " All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" (Season 1, Episode 11) ** " Hearts and Minds" (Season 1, Episode 13) with Carlton Cuse ** " ...In Translation" (Season 1, Episode 17) with Leonard Dick ** " Born to Run" (Season 1, Episode 22) (story) ** " Orientation" (Season 2, Episode 3) with Craig Wright ** " Collision" (Season 2, Episode 8) with Leonard Dick * ''

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'' (2003) TV Series **episode "The Good, The Bad and The Geeky" **episode "Whiskey - Tango - Foxtrot" **episode "Get Foley" * ''

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'' (2002) TV Series (writer) ** Episode "Monsters Brawl" * '' The Dead Zone'' (2002) TV Series (story) (episode 1.07 "Enemy Mind") * '' The Chronicle'' (2001) TV Series **episode "Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns" **episode "Hot From the Oven" **episode "The King is (Un) Dead" **episode "Let Sleeping Dogs Fry" **episode "Pig Boy's Big Adventure" **episode "Touched by An Alien") * '' Cops On the Edge: Episode 89'' (2000) * '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (1999) TV Series **episode 3.07 "Sacrifice" * ''

'' (1998) TV Series **episode 1.04 " Dead Man Dating" **episode 1.11 " Feats of Clay" **episode 1.16 " Which Prue is it, Anyway?" **episode 1.21 " Love Hurts" **episode 2.05 " She's a Man, Baby, A Man!" **episode 2.11 " Reckless Abandon" **episode 2.17 "How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans" *'' Three'' (1998) TV Series **episode "Breakout" **episode "Emerald City" *'' Van Helsing Chronicles'' (1997) (TV) *'' Dark Skies'' (1996) TV Series (teleplay) **episode "Hostile Convergence" *'' The Pretender'' (1996) TV Series **episode "The Better Part of Valor" **episode "The Paper Clock" **episode "Potato Head Blues" *''

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'' (1993) TV Series **episode 3.4 "Destination Terminal" **episode 3.7 "Equilibrium" **episode 3.13 "Weapons of War"

Filmography

Bibliography

* ''

: Super-Skrull'' (with artist Greg Titus, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2006) * '' Annihilation: Conquest - Wraith'' (with artist

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, 4-issue mini-series, 2007) * '' Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse'' (limited series, Dynamite Entertainment, 2007) * '' The Middleman'' (a number of mini-series,

, 2005–present)

Footnotes

External links

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The Grillo-Marxuach Experimental Design Bureau
personal website of Javier-Grillo Marxuach
JAVIminions
Official fansite for Javier-Grillo Marxuach
PopGurls Interview: Javier Grillo-Marxuach

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