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J.J. ABRAMS
Creator, Executive Producer
Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, J.J. Abrams developed a passion for movies at the age of eight when his grandfather took him on the Universal Studios tour. Over the next 10 years, he made a number of student films, which he entered in various film festivals, winning several awards. It was through these festivals that, at age 13, Abrams met Matt Reeves, his collaborator on "Felicity." Abrams attended Sarah Lawrence College where, during his senior year, he teamed with a friend to write a feature film treatment. Purchased by Touchstone Pictures, the treatment was the basis for "Taking Care of Business," Abrams' first produced film, which starred Charles Grodin and Jim Belushi. He followed that up with "Regarding Henry," starring Harrison Ford, and "Forever Young," starring Mel Gibson. Abrams then collaborated with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay on the summer 1998 blockbuster, "Armageddon." In 2001 he co-wrote and produced the film "Joy Ride."

In 1998 he made his first foray into television with "Felicity," which ran for four seasons on The WB, serving as the show's co-creator (with Matt Reeves) and executive producer, co-wrote the theme song and made his directorial debut with a two-part episode in the series' first season. Under his production company, Bad Robot, Abrams created and executive-produced ABC's "Alias." "Alias" won the People's Choice Award for Favorite New Drama and received an outstanding 11 Emmy nominations in its freshman season, including a nod to Abrams for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the "Alias" pilot. It also received another 11 Emmy nominations for the second season. In addition to writing and directing both the pilot and season finale, he composed the series theme music. He is also executive producer of "What About Brian" and "Six Degrees," also on ABC.

J.J. Abrams is also the co-creator (with Damon Lindelof) and executive producer of "Lost." In 2005 Abrams received Emmys for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for the "Lost" pilot, as well as Outstanding Drama Series for "Lost." He is also an Emmy nominee for his "Alias" pilot script and his "Lost" pilot script (co-written with Lindelof). Abrams won a Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Drama Series for "Lost." In addition to writing and directing, he composed the theme music for "Alias" and co-wrote the theme song for "Felicity." He made his feature directorial debut with "Mission: Impossible 3," starring Tom Cruise. Abrams and his wife have three young children, and divide their time between Los Angeles and Maine.

DAMON LINDELOF
Co-Creator, Executive Producer
Despite being advised that his brain would rot, Damon Lindelof spent the majority of his childhood watching television. After a brief flirtation with movies by way of a film degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he hopped in his car and traveled west. Treating Los Angeles as a de facto grad school, he worked for a literary agency, Paramount Studios, and finally as a creative executive for producer Alan Ladd Jr., before reminding himself that his true passion was TV. Shedding his suit and tie for a T-Shirt and Birkenstocks, Lindelof took a job as a writer's assistant on Kevin Williamson's ABC drama, "Wasteland." Shortly thereafter, fortune smiled upon him and he was made a staff writer. Shortly after that, misfortune smiled upon him and the show was cancelled. Lindelof went on to write for the CBS staple "Nash Bridges" for its final season (coincidence?) and then moved on to NBC’s new drama, "Crossing Jordan," where he wrote and produced for three seasons. Then Lindelof got "Lost." Within 12 weeks of complete insanity, he and co-creator J.J. Abrams managed to make a completely weird, ridiculously untenable and vastly expensive pilot for ABC that centered on the survivors of a plane crash in the South Pacific. Despite this, "Lost" won respectively a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Television Series and Best Drama in its freshmen season. Lindelof continues to write and produce "Lost" as it enters its third season. He also wrote this bio.

CARLTON CUSE
Executive Producer
Born in Mexico City, Carlton Cuse grew up in Boston and Orange County, California. He attended Harvard University, graduating with a degree in American History. He started his career in feature films, working first as a development executive, then formed a partnership with feature writer Jeffrey Boam. Working with Boam, Cuse helped develop the films "Lethal Weapon 2," "Lethal Weapon 3" and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." In television he began his writing career on the Michael Mann series "Crime Story." He co-created and executive-produced the critically acclaimed Fox series "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.," and created and executive-produced all six seasons of "Nash Bridges," which is currently in syndication on the USA Network. Cuse also created and executive produced the series "Martial Law," starring Arsenio Hall and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo. He currently writes and executive-produces "Lost" and has won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Producers Guild Award and a Writers Guild Award for his work on the show.

BRYAN BURK
Executive Producer
A graduate of USC's School of Cinema-Television, Bryan Burk began his career working with producers Brad Weston at Columbia Pictures, Ned Tanen at Sony Pictures and John Davis at Fox. In 1995 Burk joined Gerber Pictures, where he developed TNT's Emmy-nominated "James Dean," and he is currently attached to produce "NFL: A Love Story." In 2001 he joined J.J. Abrams on ABC's Emmy-winning "Alias," where he served as a co-producer for its entire five-season run. In 2004 he joined Abrams in forming Bad Robot Productions at Touchstone Television, where he is an executive producer on ABC's "What About Brian," "Six Degrees" and "Lost" -- which has been fortunate to win numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Drama. Burk and Abrams are continuing their partnership in the feature films arena, where they are currently developing "The Saint of Dragons" with producer Peter Guber for Universal Pictures and the newest installment to the "Star Trek" franchise for Paramount Pictures.

JACK BENDER
Executive Producer
Jack Bender grew up in Los Angeles climbing roofs in his neighborhood, going from house to house without ever having to touch the ground, and ever since then his artistic aim has always been high. He attended the USC School of Theatre and worked for several years as an actor; those performances can still be seen on Nick At Nite. Returning to the USC School of Cinema, he made the award-winning short film "A Real Naked Lady" and began his directing career, working in regional theatre. His mentor, John Houseman, gave him his first job as a television director, and since then he has directed dozens of TV movies, miniseries and award-winning episodes of such shows as "The Sopranos," "Alias" and "Ally McBeal." He wrote and directed the feature film "It Came from the Sky." Bender has been nominated twice as Best Director for a one-hour drama. He has been executive producer and director of the worldwide hit show "Lost" since the beginning of Season One. The show has won the Emmy, the Golden Globe and the Producer's Guild Award for Best Television Series, Drama. Bender's wife, a former actress and the mother of his two beautiful daughters, Sophie and Hannah, is studying to be a rabbi and helps him keep everything in perspective.

JEFF PINKNER
Executive Producer
Jeff Pinkner grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, where he developed a fondness for community and crab cakes. He attended Northwestern University, where he acquired an affection for underdogs (The Cubs) and cold winter nights; and he graduated from Harvard Law School, where he learned to argue, to view an issue from multiple perspectives and that he never wanted to practice law. In television Pinkner began his writing career with a freelance episode of "The Practice," which was produced weeks later as an episode of "Ally McBeal." And thus he fell in love with the pace and madness of the television business. He has written and produced several series, including "Profiler," "Early Edition" and "The Street." He also wrote and produced on all five season of "Alias" and ran the show in its final season. He currently writes and executive-produces "Lost."

A complete crew list can be viewed at Internet Movie Database.