J. J. Abrams
J. J. Abrams
Jeffrey Jacob Abramsis an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is known for work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and/or produced feature films such as Regarding Henry, Forever Young, Armageddon, Cloverfield, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth27 June 1966
CountryUnited States of America
stars war kids
As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
lucky firsts
I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that.
believe stories audience
I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.
thinking signatures
I don't think I have a signature.
have-faith discussion hard
I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
jobs writing creating
Directing a movie precludes me from being involved in any greater way. But, the job was never to do more, it was always to enable. Sometimes as a producer, you're creating and writing it, or sometimes you're writing and directing it, or other times you're there from the very beginning.
thinking assuming
You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.
ideas episodes theory
The idea to put episodes out weekly in theory makes as much sense as putting them all out at once.
stars war adventure
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) is probably the most influential film of my generation. It's the personification of good and evil and the way it opened up the world to space adventure, the way westerns had to our parents' generations, left an indelible imprint. So, in a way, everything that any of us does is somehow directly or indirectly affected by the experience of seeing those first three films.
thinking important telling-stories
I feel like in telling stories, there are the things the audience thinks are important, and then there are the things that are actually important.
powerful perfect silence
There's something about looking at Super 8 films that is so evocative. You could argue it's the resolution of the film somehow because they aren't crystal clear and perfect,so there is a kind of gauzy layer between you and what you see. You could argue it's the silence of them. You could say it's the sound of the projector that creates a moodiness. But there's something about looking at analog movies that's infinitely more powerful than digital.
ideas waiting next
I sort of love the idea of, you know, watching something and then having to wait for the next episode.
grateful kids may
I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid.
hard-work people hard
I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do.