Josh Appelbaum

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Josh Appelbaum
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Born
United States
EducationB.A. The University of Southern California
Occupation(s) Screenwriter, television writer, television producer, film producer, showrunner
Years active1998–present

Josh Appelbaum is an American television writer, screenwriter, showrunner and producer. [1]

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Biography

Appelbaum is from a Jewish family. [2] He attended the Riverdale Country School with longtime writing and producing partner André Nemec. [3] He then went on to attend the University of Southern California.

Appelbaum has written for shows such as Life on Mars , [1] October Road , [1] Happy Town [1] and Citadel . He has also written or produced such films as Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, [1] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Project Almanac , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Wonder Park and Without Remorse.

He frequently collaborates with a tightly-knit group of film professionals which include J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Adam Horowitz, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Edward Kitsis, Andre Nemec, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg and Bryan Burk. [2]

In March 2025, it was announced Applebaum and Rosenberg will produce an eight episode live action Scooby-Doo series for Netflix. [4] [5]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleWriterProducer
2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol YesCo-producer
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles YesNo
2015 Project Almanac NoExecutive
2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows YesExecutive
2019 Wonder Park YesYes
2021 Without Remorse NoExecutive
2025 Heads of State YesNo

Television

YearTitleWriterProducerNotes
1998 Martial Law YesNo1 episode
1999 Profiler YesNo1 episode
1999-2000 Early Edition YesNo2 episodes
2001-2002 Going to California YesNo3 episodes
2002 The Chronicle YesNo1 episode
She Spies YesYesWrote 2 episodes
2002–2003 Fastlane YesYesWrote 4 episodes
2003–2005 Alias YesSupervisingWrote 7 episodes;
Also co-executive producer
2007–2008 October Road YesExecutiveWrote 7 episodes;
Also creator
2008 Samurai Girl NoExecutiveMiniseries
2008–2009 Life on Mars YesExecutiveWrote 1 episode;
Also developer
2010 Happy Town YesExecutiveWrote 2 episodes;
Also creator
2014 Star-Crossed NoExecutive
2015-2016 Zoo YesExecutiveWrote 1 episode;
Also developer
2017-2019 Knightfall NoExecutive
2018 Everything Sucks! NoExecutive
Origin NoExecutive
2019 Limetown NoExecutive
2020 High Fidelity NoExecutive
2021 Cowboy Bebop NoExecutive
2022–present From NoExecutive
2023 Citadel YesExecutive

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Josh Appelbaum". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
  2. 1 2 Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family - J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton October 16, 2009 |"We’re all self-deprecating short Jews, with the exception of Bob Orci”
  3. Variety Magazine: "Appelbaum & Nemec : Friendship leads to big-budget ‘Mission' - 10 Screenwriters to Watch 2011: Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec" By Todd Longwell December 2, 2011
  4. McIlvaine, Brookie. "Netflix Announces First-Ever Live-Action Scooby-Doo Series". netflix.com. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  5. Otterson, Joe. "'Scooby-Doo' Live-Action Show Ordered to Series at Netflix With Eight Episodes". variety.com. Retrieved March 27, 2025.