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
choices storm stories
Well, we knew that we wanted to tell a story that made bold choices, and one of those bold choices was meeting a storm trooper and seeing who this person was. That's something that had never been done.
thinking stories different
Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you tell a story is fundamentally different.
stories sells
Don't sell your story, just tell your story.
stories want events
Withholding things in a story is no good if you aren't building to something substantial. It becomes foreplay without the main event, and no one wants that.
issues long stories
Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time.
believe stories audience
I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.
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.
people insane stories
I've always liked working on stories that combine people who are relatable with something insane.
bit closed
'Star Trek' was always a little bit closed emotionally. I never connected to the characters.
insane particular surgical
You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, it's like, I want the pulse-pounding action, or the insane falling-off-my-seat comedy, or the devastating, heart-breaking drama.
good work
As a director/writer/producer, all you ever want is to work with actors who make you look better, who make the work you do seem as good as it can be and even better than it is.
time
You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
access express google heard results review search system time town york
We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.
writing years long
Cameron Crowe is someone who I've admired for so long, and I've been friends with him for many years, and I've wanted to work with him so badly that I just never stopped bothering him about writing a script that would be for a pilot.