Josh Appelbaum is an American television writer, screenwriter, showrunner and producer.
Biography Appelbaum is from a Jewish 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 in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York, with longtime writing and producing partner André Nemec.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.
Filmography Films Year Title Writer Producer2011Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol2014Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2015Project Almanac2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows2019Wonder Park2021Without Remorse2025Heads of State
Television Year Title Writer Producer Notes 1998 Martial Law 1 episode 1999 Profiler 1 episode 1999–2000 Early Edition 2 episodes 2001–2002 Going to California 3 episodes 2002 The Chronicle 1 episode She Spies Wrote 2 episodes 2002–2003 Fastlane Wrote 4 episodes 2003–2005 Alias Wrote 7 episodes;Also co-executive producer 2007–2008 October Road Wrote 7 episodes;Also creator 2008 Samurai Girl Miniseries 2008–2009 Life on Mars Wrote 1 episode;Also developer 2010 Happy Town Wrote 2 episodes;Also creator 2014 Star-Crossed 2015–2016 Zoo Wrote 1 episode;Also developer 2017–2019 Knightfall 2018 Everything Sucks! Origin 2019 Limetown 2020 High Fidelity 2021 Cowboy Bebop 2022–present From 2023 Citadel 2027 Scooby-Doo: Origins Showrunner
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