J. Michael Straczynski

Known for WritingBorn 1954-07-17 (age 71)Paterson, New Jersey, USA

Joseph Michael Straczynski (/strəˈzɪnski/; born July 17, 1954) is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002–2004) and Sense8 (2015–2018). He is the executor of the estate of Harlan Ellison. Straczynski wrote the psychological drama film Changeling (2008) and was a co-writer on the martial arts thriller Ninja Assassin (2009); he was one of the key writers for (and had a cameo in) Marvel's Thor (2011), as well as the horror film Underworld: Awakening (2012) and the apocalyptic horror film World War Z (2013). From 2001 to 2007, Straczynski wrote Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, followed by runs on Thor and Fantastic Four. He is the author of the Superman: Earth One trilogy of graphic novels, and he has written Superman, Wonder Woman, and Before Watchmen for DC Comics. Straczynski is the creator and writer of several original comic book series such as Rising Stars, Midnight Nation, Dream Police, and Ten Grand through Joe's Comics. A prolific writer across a variety of media and a former journalist, Straczynski is the author of the autobiography Becoming Superman (2019) for HarperVoyager, the novel Together We Will Go (2021) for Simon & Schuster, and Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer (2021) for Benbella Books. In 2020 he was named Head of the Creative Council for the comics publishing company Artists, Writers, and Artisans. Straczynski is a long-time participant in Usenet and other early computer networks, interacting with fans through various online forums (including GEnie, CompuServe, and America Online) since 1984. He is credited as being the first TV producer to directly engage with fans on the Internet and to allow viewer viewpoints to influence the look and feel of his show (see Babylon 5's use of the Internet). Two prominent areas where he had a presence were GEnie and the newsgroup rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated. Description above from the Wikipedia article J. Michael Straczynski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Loki

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Babylon 5

Sense8

Changeling

Watchmen: Chapter I

The Twilight Zone

Spiral Zone

Watchmen: Chapter II

The Real Ghostbusters

She-Ra: Princess of Power

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

Murder, She Wrote

Babylon 5: The Road Home

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

CBS Storybreak

World War Z

Walker, Texas Ranger

Jeremiah

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

Thor

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

Ninja Assassin

Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

Crusade

Thor: Love and Thunder

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark

Underworld: Awakening

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

Babylon 5: The Gathering

Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe

Jake and the Fatman

Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Toy Masters

Happy F*cking New Year.

8 Arms to Hold You

Shadowman

One Second After

Liminal