Jeffrey Jackson Bell is an American writer and producer best known for his work on television. He began his career writing for ''

The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993, to Ma ...

'', where he stayed for three seasons, then became a writer/director/producer on ''

Angel An angel is a spiritual (without a physical body), heavenly, or supernatural being, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and humanity (the profane) in variou ...

'', becoming its

showrunner A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series. The position outranks other creative and management personnel, including episode directors, in contrast to feature films, in which the director has creative control over th ...

for the final two seasons. He served as executive producer on the pilot episode for the '' V'' remake, his first project in a 2009-10 deal with

Warner Bros. Television Warner Bros. Television Studios, operating under the name Warner Bros. Television (abbreviated as WBTV; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division), is an American television production and distribution studio and the flagship studio o ...

. From 2013 until 2020, Bell served as a co-showrunner and writer of the

Marvel Television Marvel Television was an American television production company responsible for live-action and animated television shows and direct-to-DVD series based on characters from Marvel Comics. Marvel Television was formed as a division of Marvel En ...

series ''

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ''Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' is an American television series created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen for ABC based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, ...

Personal life

Bell was born in

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, studied design and photography at the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati, informally Cincy) is a public university, public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1819 and had an enrollment of over 53,000 students in 2024, making it the ...

, then moved to California, receiving MFA from the

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), is one of the 12 schools within the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) located in Los Angeles, California. Its creation was groundbreaking in that it was the first time a leadi ...

in 1990. His 20-minute MFA thesis film, ''Radio Inside,'' was adapted into a feature film of the same name starring

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and

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and released in 1994. Bell is a visiting assistant professor for the UCLA Producers Program.

Episodes written

The following is a partial list of television episodes written by Bell.

''The X-Files''

* 6.08 " The Rain King (writer) * 6.16 "

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(writer) * 7.06 " The Goldberg Variation (writer) * 7.09 "

Signs and Wonders Signs and wonders refers to experiences that are perceived to be miraculous as being normative in the modern Christian experience, and is a phrase associated with groups that are a part of modern charismatic movements and Pentecostalism. This ...

(writer) * 8.09 " Salvage (writer)

''Angel''

* 3.02 "

That Vision Thing "That Vision-Thing" is the second episode of the third season of the American television series ''Angel''. Written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Bill L Norton, it was originally broadcast on October 1, 2001 on the WB network. In "That Visi ...

(writer) * 3.06 "

Billy Billy may refer to: * Billy (name), a name (and list of people with the name) * Billy (surname), a surname (and list of people with the surname) Animals * Billy (dog), a dog breed * Billy (pigeon), awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 * Billy ( ...

(co-writer) * 3.08 "

Quickening In pregnancy terms, quickening is the moment in pregnancy when the pregnant woman starts to feel the fetus's movement in the uterus. It was believed that the quickening marked the moment that a soul entered the fetus, termed ensoulment. Medical ...

(writer) * 3.14 "

Couplet In poetry, a couplet ( ) or distich ( ) is a pair of successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there ...

(co-writer) * 3.17 " Forgiving (writer) * 3.20 " A New World (writer) * 4.04 " Slouching Toward Bethlehem (writer) * 4.08 "

Habeas Corpses The fourth season of the television series ''Angel'', the spin-off of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', premiered on October 6, 2002, on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 7, 2003. The season aired in a new timeslot, Sundays at 9:00 pm ...

(writer) * 4.12 "

Calvary Calvary ( or ) or Golgotha () was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. ...

(co-writer) * 4.16 " Players (co-writer) * 4.19 " The Magic Bullet (writer/director) * 5.06 " The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco (writer/director) * 5.22 " Not Fade Away (co-writer/director)

''Alias''

* 4.04 "

Ice Ice is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 ° C, 32 ° F, or 273.15 K. It occurs naturally on Earth, on other planets, in Oort cloud objects, and as interstellar ice. As a naturally oc ...

(writer/director) * 4.12 " The Orphan (co-writer) * 4.20 "

The Descent ''The Descent'' is a 2005 British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film stars actresses Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone and MyAnna Buring. The plot follows six women who e ...

(writer/director) * 5.06 "

Solo Solo or SOLO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Characters * Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character * Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical ''Star Wars Legends'' continuity * Kylo Ren (Ben Solo), a ''Star Wars'' character * Napoleon Solo, fr ...

(writer/director)

''Day Break''

* 1.08 " What If He's Not Alone? (writer) * 1.12 " What If She's the Key? (writer)

''Harper's Island''

* 1.02 "

Crackle Crackle or crackling may refer to: Foods * Cracklings, the tissue remaining after lard and tallow have been extracted from animal fats ** Pork rinds in American English, pork scratchings in British English when served in small pieces as a snack ...

(writer) * 1.07 " Thrack, Splat, Sizzle (writer) * 1.12 "

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(writer)

''Spartacus: War of the Damned''

* 3.09 " The Dead and the Dying (writer)

''The Protector''

* 1.01 "

Pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its Aircraft flight control system, directional flight controls. Some other aircrew, aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are al ...

(writer) * 1.04 "

Spoons Spoons may refer to: * Spoon, a utensil commonly used with soup * Spoons (card game), the card game of Donkey, but using spoons Film and TV * ''Spoons'' (TV series), a 2005 UK comedy sketch show *Spoons, a minor character from ''The Sopranos' ...

(writer) * 1.13 "

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(writer)

''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''

* 1.02 " 0-8-4 (writer) * 1.04 " Eye Spy (writer) * 1.14 " T.A.H.I.T.I. (writer) * 1.21 " Ragtag (writer) * 2.10 "

What They Become "What They Become" is the tenth episode of the second season of the American television series ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' Based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D., it follows Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they ...

(writer) * 2.21 " S.O.S. Part 1 (writer) * 3.10 " Maveth (writer) * 4.06 " The Good Samaritan (writer) * 4.22 " World's End (writer) * 5.12 " The Real Deal (co-writer) * 6.08 " Collision Course (Part I) (co-writer) * 7.12 " The End Is at Hand (writer)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Jeffrey Year of birth missing (living people) American male television writers American television writers Living people People from Indiana University of Cincinnati alumni UCLA Film School alumni Screenwriters from Indiana American showrunners