{"id":10251,"date":"2017-01-20T21:25:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T02:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=10251"},"modified":"2017-01-20T21:25:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T02:25:30","slug":"tv-show-creators-worth-knowing-about-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/tv-show-creators-worth-knowing-about-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"TV show creators worth knowing about, part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/tv-show-creators-worth-knowing-about-part-2\/\">part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Adam Horowitz &amp; Edward Kitsis<\/h2>\n<p>Horowitz and Kitsis have been writing partners for years. They created the show <strong>Once Upon a Time <\/strong>and, along with a couple of other people, its spinoff<strong> Once Upon a Time in Wonderland<\/strong>. They wrote a bunch of episodes for those shows as well as <strong>Lost<\/strong>. They also wrote episodes of other shows such as <strong>Birds of Prey<\/strong> and <strong>Dead of Summer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Once Upon a Time in Wonderland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great TV show (the 1st season was a masterpiece)\n<ul>\n<li>Once Upon a Time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alex Kurtzman &amp; Roberto Orci<\/h2>\n<p>This is another writing partnership &#8212; recently they&#8217;ve said going forward they&#8217;ll work on movies separately and TV shows together. Kurtzman and Orci worked with J.J. Abrams on several projects and created <strong>Fringe<\/strong> with him. They wrote for TV shows <strong>Hercules<\/strong>, <strong>Xena<\/strong>, and <strong>Alias<\/strong>. They wrote the movies <strong>Star Trek<\/strong>, <strong>Star Trek Into Darkness<\/strong>, and <strong>Ender&#8217;s Game<\/strong>. On the other hand, they also wrote <strong>The Island<\/strong> and <strong>Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/strong>. Kurtzman is working on the upcoming TV show <strong>Star Trek: Discovery<\/strong>. Orci created the TV show <strong>Matador<\/strong> which lasted one season.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Fringe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jeffrey Lieber<\/h2>\n<p>Lieber was one of the creators of <strong>Lost<\/strong>, but he didn&#8217;t exactly work with the others &#8212; they took his ideas and made changes. He co-wrote the movies <strong>Tuck Everlasting<\/strong> and <strong>Tangled<\/strong>. Lieber also worked on the TV shows <strong>Miami Medical<\/strong> and <strong>Necessary Roughness<\/strong>. He is currently the showrunner on <strong>NCIS: New Orleans<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Lost<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Damon Lindelof<\/h2>\n<p>Lindelof was the co-creator of <strong>Lost<\/strong>. He wrote many episodes of that show as well as <strong>Nash Bridges<\/strong> and <strong>Crossing Jordan<\/strong>. He&#8217;s currently working on <strong>The Leftovers<\/strong>. He co-wrote movies <strong>Star Trek Into Darkness<\/strong> and <strong>Tomorrowland<\/strong> but also <strong>Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/strong> and <strong>Prometheus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Lost<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Joseph Mallozzi<\/h2>\n<p>Mallozzi co-created <strong>Dark Matter<\/strong> with the next person on the list. Mallozzi and Mullie created <strong>Dark Matter<\/strong> as a comic book before it was turned into a TV show. Previously he was a writer and producer on all 3 <strong>Stargate<\/strong> TV shows. He also wrote for many other shows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great TV show\n<ul>\n<li>Dark Matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Paul Mullie<\/h2>\n<p>Mullie co-created <strong>Dark Matter<\/strong>, both in comic book and TV show form, with the previous person on the list. Prior to that he wrote a bunch of episodes of <strong>Stargate SG-1<\/strong>, as well as <strong>Stargate Atlantis<\/strong> and <strong>Largo Winch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great TV show\n<ul>\n<li>Dark Matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Maurissa Tancharoen<\/h2>\n<p>Tancharoen co-created <strong>Agents of SHIELD<\/strong>. She wrote episodes of <strong>Dollhouse<\/strong>, and also acted in a few episodes. Tancharoen co-wrote <strong>Dr. Horrible&#8217;s Sing-Along Blog<\/strong>. She&#8217;s worked on <strong>Spartacus: Blood and Sand<\/strong> and <strong>Drop Dead Diva<\/strong>. She&#8217;s also married to the next person on the list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great TV show\n<ul>\n<li>Agents of SHIELD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jed Whedon<\/h2>\n<p>Whedon co-created <strong>Agents of SHIELD<\/strong>. He wrote episodes of <strong>Dollhouse<\/strong> and co-wrote <strong>Dr. Horrible&#8217;s Sing-Along Blog<\/strong>. Whedon has worked on <strong>Spartacus: Blood and Sand<\/strong> and <strong>Drop Dead Diva<\/strong>. He&#8217;s also married to the previous person on the list, and he&#8217;s Joss Whedon&#8217;s brother.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great TV show\n<ul>\n<li>Agents of SHIELD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from part 2. Adam Horowitz &amp; Edward Kitsis Horowitz and Kitsis have been writing partners for years. They created the show Once Upon a Time and, along with a couple of other people, its spinoff Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. 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