Josh Appelbaum

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| image = Josh Appelbaum by Gage Skidmore.jpg

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| birth_place = United States

| education = B.A. The University of Southern California

| occupation = Screenwriter, television writer, television producer, film producer, showrunner

| years_active = 1998–present

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Josh Appelbaum is an American television writer, screenwriter, showrunner and producer.{{cite web|title=Josh Appelbaum|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/585738/Jeff-Appelbaum|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307013138/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/585738/Jeff-Appelbaum|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|archive-date=2016-03-07}}

Biography

Appelbaum is from 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” He attended the Riverdale Country School with longtime writing and producing partner André Nemec.[https://variety.com/2011/film/news/appelbaum-nemec-friendship-leads-to-big-budget-mission-1118046656/ 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 the University of Southern California.

Appelbaum has written for shows such as Life on Mars, October Road, Happy Town and Citadel. He has also written or produced such films as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Project Almanac, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Wonder Park and Without Remorse.

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, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg and Bryan Burk.

In March 2025, it was announced Applebaum and Rosenberg will produce an eight episode live action Scooby-Doo series for Netflix.{{cite web|first=Brookie|last=McIlvaine|url= https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/scooby-do-live-action-series |title= Netflix Announces First-Ever Live-Action Scooby-Doo Series |website=netflix.com|access-date=March 27, 2025}}{{cite web|first=Joe|last=Otterson|url= https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/scooby-doo-live-action-series-netflix-2-1236348715/ |title= ‘Scooby-Doo’ Live-Action Show Ordered to Series at Netflix With Eight Episodes |website=variety.com|access-date=March 27, 2025}}

Filmography

=Films=

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Year ! Title ! Writer ! Producer
2011 \|Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol \|{{yes}} \|{{yes\|Co-producer}}
2014 \|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles \|{{yes}} \|{{no}}
2015 \|Project Almanac \|{{no}} \|{{yes\|Executive}}
2016 \|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows \|{{yes}} \|{{yes\|Executive}}
2019 \|Wonder Park \|{{yes}} \|{{yes}}
2021 \|Without Remorse \|{{no}} \|{{yes\|Executive}}
2025 \|Heads of State \|{{yes}} \|{{no}}

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Writer

! Producer

2011

|Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Co-producer}}

2014

|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

2015

|Project Almanac

|{{no}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

2016

|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

|{{yes}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

2019

|Wonder Park

|{{yes}}

2021

|Without Remorse

|{{no}}

|{{yes|Executive}}

2025

|Heads of State

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Writer ! Producer ! Notes
1998 \| Martial Law \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 1 episode
1999 \| Profiler \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 1 episode
1999–2000 \| Early Edition \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 2 episodes
2001–2002 \| Going to California \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 3 episodes
rowspan=2\| 2002 \| The Chronicle \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| 1 episode
She Spies \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Wrote 2 episodes
2002–2003 \| Fastlane \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| Wrote 4 episodes
2003–2005 \| Alias \| {{yes}} \| {{yes\|Supervising}} \| Wrote 7 episodes; Also co-executive producer
2007–2008 \| October Road \| {{yes}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \| Wrote 7 episodes; Also creator
2008 \| Samurai Girl \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \| Miniseries
2008–2009 \| Life on Mars \| {{yes}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \| Wrote 1 episode; Also developer
2010 \| Happy Town \| {{yes}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \| Wrote 2 episodes; Also creator
2014 \| Star-Crossed \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
2015–2016 \| Zoo \| {{yes}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \| Wrote 1 episode; Also developer
2017–2019 \| Knightfall \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
rowspan=2\| 2018 \| Everything Sucks! \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
Origin \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
2019 \| Limetown \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
2020 \| High Fidelity \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
2021 \| Cowboy Bebop \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
2022–present \| From \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|
2023 \| Citadel \| {{yes}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \|

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Year

! Title

! Writer

! Producer

! Notes

1998

| Martial Law

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| 1 episode

1999