Josh Friedman
Josh Friedman | |
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Born | United States | February 14, 1967
Occupation | Screenwriter, television producer |
Genre | Science fiction, thriller, drama |
Josh Friedman (born February 14, 1967) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on the science-fiction action genre, including on the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the film adaptation of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), and James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water. He also wrote the neo-noir murder mystery The Black Dahlia (2006).
Friedman has developed several television pilots, including the TNT series Snowpiercer, based on Bong Joon-ho's film of the same name. Friedman departed the program in January 2018 due to creative differences with the network, and he was replaced by Graeme Manson. Friedman later claimed that he felt pressured to leave by TNT due to a "radical difference in vision", with an implicit threat of blacklisting should he fail to comply. Following his departure, pilot director Scott Derrickson refused to return for reshoots in solidarity with Friedman. He is currently attached to Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov's Foundation series.
Filmography
Film writer
Year | Title | Director |
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2005 | War of the Worlds | Steven Spielberg |
2006 | The Black Dahlia | Brian De Palma |
2024 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Wes Ball |
2025 | The Fantastic Four | Matt Shakman |
2029 | Avatar 4 | James Cameron |
2031 | Avatar 5 | |
TBA | Untitled Star Trek film | TBA |
Story only
Year | Title | Director |
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1996 | Chain Reaction | Andrew Davis |
2019 | Terminator: Dark Fate | Tim Miller |
2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | James Cameron |
2025 | Avatar 3 |
Television
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |||
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Writer | Producer | Creator | Developer | |||
2008–09 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 episodes (Writer) |
2011 | Locke & Key | Yes | Yes | No | No | TV movie |
2012 | The Asset | Yes | No | No | No | |
2012 | The Finder | Yes | No | No | No | 1 episode (Writer); Also consultant producer |
2014 | Crossbones | Yes | Yes | No | No | 1 episode (Writer) |
2017 | Emerald City | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3 episodes (Writer) |
2020 | Snowpiercer | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2021 | Foundation | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
- 1967 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American Jews
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American Jews
- Skydance Media people
- American male screenwriters
- American male bloggers
- American bloggers
- Jewish American screenwriters
- Brown University alumni
- American screenwriter stubs, 1960s birth stubs