Alex Kurtzman
b. 1973 (age 53)
Los Angeles - California - USA
Writer
Alex Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American film and television screenwriter and producer. Kurtzman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he met his high school friend and long time collaborator Roberto Orci. He attended Wesleyan University. In 2011, Forbes magazine described Orci and Kurtzman as "Hollywood's Secret Weapons" who together "are the quiet force behind $3 billion in box office." He and Orci frequently work with J. J. Abrams and Michael Bay on projects. Amongst other work, Kurtzman is the creator with Abrams and Orci of the FOX hit TV show Fringe.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 4.5
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
2026 Writer
Director
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★ 6.2
Star Trek: Picard: The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
2023 Self
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★ 8.2
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022 Writer
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★ 7.2
The Man Who Fell to Earth
2022 Writer
Director
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★ 6.6
Clarice
2021 Writer
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★ 7.5
Star Trek: Picard
2020 Writer
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★ 7.6
The Ready Room
2019 Self
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Moments of Discovery
2019 Self
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★ 7.1
Star Trek: Short Treks
2018 Writer
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★ 5.4
The Mummy
2017 Director
Writer
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★ 6.9
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 Writer
Director
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Tom Cruise: Reel Life
2017 Self
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★ 6.6
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014 Writer
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★ 7.7
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 Writer
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★ 7.3
Sleepy Hollow
2013 Writer
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★ 7.5
Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising
2013 Writer
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With an Accent
2013 Self
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★ 7.0
People Like Us
2012 Director
Writer
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★ 6.0
Cowboys & Aliens
2011 Writer
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★ 7.4
Hawaii Five-0
2010 Writer
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★ 8.1
Transformers Prime
2010 Writer
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★ 4.4
New Day
2010 Director
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★ 7.9
Star Trek
2009 Writer
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★ 6.0
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009 Writer
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★ 8.4
Fringe
2008 Writer
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★ 7.1
Transformers
2007 Writer
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★ 6.9
Mission: Impossible III
2006 Writer
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★ 6.8
The Island
2005 Writer
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★ 6.0
The Legend of Zorro
2005 Writer
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★ 7.4
The Secret Service
2004 Writer
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★ 7.6
Alias
2001 Director
Writer
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★ 7.7
Jack of All Trades
2000 Writer
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★ 6.8
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995 Writer
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★ 6.5
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995 Writer
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The 28th Amendment
Writer
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Rain
Writer
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Untitled Star Trek Live-Action Project
Writer