Jorge Richard Orci (born August 9, 1975) is a Mexican television writer and producer.

Life and career

Orci was born in

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to a Mexican father and a

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n mother. His mother fled Cuba after

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came to power. He was raised in

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, and

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. He graduated from the

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. Orci is the younger brother of screenwriter

Roberto Orci Roberto Gaston Orcí (July 20, 1973 – February 25, 2025) was a Mexican-American film and television screenwriter and producer. Born in Mexico City, Orci began his longtime collaboration with Alex Kurtzman while at school in California. Toge ...

, with whom he worked on the

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TV series '' Alias''Levine, Robert (2004)
The Episode: Cracking the Code of 'Alias'
, ''

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'', April 25, 2004, retrieved 2010-02-13 as well as on the

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drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

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''. He is currently working on the

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''The Blacklist''.

''Fringe''

Orci joined the

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series ''

'', in its first season as writer and supervising producer. He was brought on to the show by his brother

, who is the co-creator (along with J. J. Abrams and

Alex Kurtzman Alexander Hilary Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing the scripts to ''Transformers'' (2007), '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)'', ''Star Trek'' (2009), ''Star Trek Into Darkness ...

). Orci also served as consulting producer and writer during the show's fourth season. Episodes he has contributed to include: *"

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" 01.03 (co-written by co-executive producer

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) *"

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" 01.08 (co-written by Goodman) *"

The Transformation "The Transformation" is the thirteenth episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series ''Fringe''. Its storyline centers on the circumstances surrounding a deceased scientist (Neal Huff), who was doped wit ...

" 01.13 (co-written by

Zack Whedon Zachary Adam Whedon (born August 14, 1979) is an American screenwriter, film director, and comic book writer. Early life Whedon is from a family of writers: he is the son of screenwriter Tom Whedon, grandson of screenwriter John Whedon, and ...

) *"

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" 01.16 (co-written by Whedon) *"

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" 01.19 (Orci and executive producer

Jeff Pinkner Jeff Pinkner (born November 16, 1964) is an American television and movie writer and producer. Early life and education Born to a Jewish family,Akiva Goldsman Akiva Goldsman (born July 7, 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Goldsman's filmography as a screenwriter includes ''The Client (1994 film), The Client''; ''Batman Forever'' and its sequel ''Batman & Robin (film), Batman ...

) *"

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" 04.05 (co-written with co-producer

Graham Roland Graham Roland is an Native American writer and producer. In 2022, he created the crime thriller series ''Dark Winds'' on ''AMC''. Career Roland is known for his work as a writer on the FOX series ''Prison Break'' and on the final season of th ...

) *" Welcome to Westfield" 04.12 (co-written by Roland) *"

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" 04.17 (Orci and co-executive producer

David Fury David Fury is an American television writer, producer, actor and director. Career He is well known for his work on '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', '' Angel'', '' Lost'', '' 24'', '' Fringe,'' '' Tyrant'' and '' The Tick''. Fury was a co-exe ...

co-wrote a teleplay based on a story by Orci and story editor Matthew Pitts)

Filmography

References

External links

* 1975 births Living people Mexican television writers Mass media people from Mexico City Mexican television producers {{US-writer-stub