Josh Appelbaum is an American television writer, screenwriter, showrunner and producer.

Biography

Appelbaum is from a

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family.Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family - J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton
October 16, 2009 , ''"We’re all self-deprecating short Jews, with the exception of Bob Orci”'' He attended the

Riverdale Country School Riverdale Country School is a co-educational, independent, college-preparatory day school in New York City serving pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is located on two campuses covering more than in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Ne ...

with longtime writing and producing partner

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.Variety Magazine: "Appelbaum & Nemec : Friendship leads to big-budget ‘Mission' - 10 Screenwriters to Watch 2011: Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec" By Todd Longwell
December 2, 2011 He then went on to attend

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's Tisch School for the Arts. Appelbaum has written for shows such as ''

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'', '' October Road'', and the series '' Happy Town''. He has also been a co-producer and screenwriter for such films as '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''. He frequently collaborates with a tightly knit group of film professionals which include J. J. Abrams,

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, Adam Horowitz,

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, Roberto Orci,

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, Andre Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, and Bryan Burk. In 2005, Appelbaum and Andre Nemec via Space Floor Television signed a deal with Touchstone Television.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* American television writers American male television writers Living people American film producers Jewish American screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Riverdale Country School alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni {{US-screen-writer-stub