Jeff Pinkner

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| name = Jeff Pinkner

| image = Jeff Pinkner by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Pinkner at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010.

| other_names = Jeffrey Pinkner

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 16, 1964}}

| nationality = American

| occupation = Writer, producer

| years_active = 1996–present

}}

Jeff Pinkner (born November 16, 1964) is an American television and movie writer and producer.

Early life and education

Born to a Jewish family,[https://variety.com/2009/film/features/abrams-keeps-it-all-in-the-fan-family-1118010053/ 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" Pinkner graduated from Pikesville High School in Baltimore, Maryland in 1983, Northwestern University in 1987, and Harvard Law School in 1990.{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

Career

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5419866 |title=Dramas Edge Reality Out of New TV Season |first=Linda |last=Werthheimer |publisher=National Public Radio |date=May 20, 2006 |access-date=September 30, 2013}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2267 |title=2007 Writers Guild Awards Television & Radio Nominees Announced |access-date=2007-12-06 |publisher=Writers Guild of America |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205212901/http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2267 |archive-date=2007-12-05 }} In 2010, he has an overall deal with Warner Bros. TV.{{Cite web|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=2010-04-19|title=Mega new deal for "Fringe" exec producer Jeff Pinkner|url=https://variety.com/2010/tv/news/mega-new-deal-for-fringe-exec-producer-jeff-pinkner-16129/|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/marc-webb-to-direct-spider-man-2-1118060039/|title=Marc Webb to direct 'Spider-Man 2'|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|work=Variety|date=September 28, 2012|access-date=September 30, 2012}}

He frequently collaborates with a tightly knit group of film professionals which include J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Adam Horowitz, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Edward Kitsis, Andre Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, and Bryan Burk.

=''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.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/09/11/fall-tv-2009-fringe-back-mission-broaden-sci-fis-reach/ |title = Fall TV 2009: Fringe |first = Jeff |last = Jensen |date = September 11, 2009 |access-date= June 22, 2011 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly }}{{cite web |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2008/04/10/lost-producer-goes-to-the-fringe/ |title=Lost producer goes to the Fringe |first=Brad |last=Trechak |publisher=AOLTV |date=April 10, 2008 |access-date=September 30, 2013 |archive-date=January 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113214030/http://www.aoltv.com/2008/04/10/lost-producer-goes-to-the-fringe/ |url-status=dead }} After the conclusion of season four, Pinkner left the series.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fringe-jeff-pinkner-exit-339349 |title='Fringe' Co-Showrunner Jeff Pinkner Exits for Final Season |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Philiana |last=Ng |date=June 19, 2012 |access-date=September 30, 2013}} 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)" (04.21) (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)
"Brave New World (Part 2)" (04.22) (co-written by Wyman and Goldsman)