Jeff Pinkner
American television writer and producer

Jeff Pinkner

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American television writer and producer
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Birth:
1 January 1964
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Jeff Pinkner (born c. 1964) is an American television writer and producer.

Life and career

He graduated from Pikesville High School in Baltimore, Maryland in 1983, Northwestern University in 1987, and Harvard Law School in 1990. He is known for his work on Alias where he served as executive producer. In 2006 and 2007, he worked as an executive producer and writer for the mystery series Lost. The Lost writing staff, including Pinkner, were nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons of Lost.

Pinkner wrote Columbia Pictures's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 script with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The film starred Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, and was directed by Marc Webb. It opened in the U.S. May 2014.

Fringe

In 2008, Pinkner began developing the FOX science fiction series Fringe, along with co-creators Alex Kurtzman, J. J. Abrams and Roberto Orci. Pinkner served as co-showrunner, executive producer, and writer (titles he shared with J. H. Wyman) through the show's fourth season. After the conclusion of season four, Pinkner left the series. Episodes he contributed to include:

  • "The Same Old Story" (01.02) (co-written by Orci, Abrams, and Kurtzman)
  • "The Arrival" (01.04) (co-written by Abrams)
  • "In Which We Meet Mr. Jones" (01.07) (co-written with Abrams)
  • "Bound" (02.11) (co-written by Abrams, Orci, and Kurtzman)
  • "The Road Not Taken" (01.19) (Pinkner and supervising producer J. R. Orci co-wrote the teleplay, based on a story by consulting producer Akiva Goldsman)
  • "There's More Than One of Everything" (01.20) (Pinkner and Wyman co-wrote the teleplay, based on a story by Goldsman and executive producer Bryan Burk)
  • "Night of Desirable Objects" (02.02) (co-written with Wyman)
  • "August" (02.08) (co-written by Wyman)
  • "Peter" (02.16) (Pinkner, Wyman, and supervising producer Josh Singer wrote the teleplay based on a story along with Goldsman)
  • "Brown Betty" (02.20) (co-written with Goldsman and Wyman)
  • "Over There (Part 1)" (02.22) (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)
  • "Over There (Part 2)" (02.23) (co-written by Goldsman and Wyman)
  • "Olivia" (03.01) (co-written with Wyman)
  • "Entrada" (03.08) (co-written by Wyman)
  • "The Firefly" (03.10) (co-written with Wyman)
  • "Subject 13" (03.15) (co-written with Goldsman and Wyman)
  • "Stowaway" (03.17) (Danielle Dispaltro wrote the teleplay, based on a story from Pinkner, Wyman, and Goldsman)
  • "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide" (03.19) (Pinkner and Wyman wrote a teleplay based on a story along with Goldsman)
  • "The Day We Died" (03.22) (Pinkner and Wyman wrote a teleplay based on a story along with Goldsman)
  • "Neither Here Nor There" (04.01) (Pinkner and Wyman wrote a teleplay based on a story along with Goldsman)
  • "Subject 9" (04.04) (co-written with Goldsman and Wyman)
  • "Making Angels" (04.11) (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)
  • "Nothing as It Seems" (04.16) (co-written with Goldsman)
  • "Letters of Transit" (04.19) (co-written by Goldsman and Wyman)
  • "Brave New World (Part 1)" (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)
  • "Brave New World (Part 2)" (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)

    Filmography

    Television

    Year Title Credited as Notes
    Writer Producer Executive producer
    1998 Ally McBeal Yes Writer (1 episode)
    1998–2000 Profiler Yes Writer (3 episodes)
    1999 Ally Yes Writer
    1999–2000 Early Edition Yes Writer (3 episodes), story editor
    2000 The $treet Yes Yes Writer (2 episodes); co-producer
    2001 The Beast Yes Writer
    2001–2006 Alias Yes Yes Yes Writer (12 episodes); producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer
    2006–2007 Lost Yes Yes Writer (4 episodes), executive consultant
    2007–2008 October Road Yes Consulting producer
    2008–2012 Fringe Yes Yes Writer (26 episodes)
    2015–present Zoo Yes Yes Co-creator; writer (3 episodes)

    Film

    Year Title Credit Notes
    2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Screen Story and Screenplay by With Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and James Vanderbilt
    2016 The 5th Wave Screenplay by With Akiva Goldsman and Susannah Grant, based on the novel by Rick Yancey
    2017 The Dark Tower Screenplay by With Akiva Goldsman & Nikolaj Arcel and Anders Thomas Jensen
    2017 Jumanji Screenplay by
    2018 Venom Screenplay by With Scott Rosenberg
    TBA Creature from the Black Lagoon Screenplay by In development; based on Creature from the Black Lagoon