Joel Howard "J. H." Wyman (born January 5, 1967) is a film and TV producer, screenwriter, director and musician. He is best known for his work on the

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shows ''

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'' and '' Almost Human'', and wrote and produced the films ''

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'' (2001) and ''

Dead Man Down ''Dead Man Down'' is a 2013 American action thriller film written and co-produced by J.H. Wyman and directed by Danish director Niels Arden Oplev. The film stars Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, and Terrence Howard, and was rele ...

'' (2013).

Life and career

Wyman was born January 5, 1967, in

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, but grew up in

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. He left for

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to pursue an acting career and later attended the

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. After a short stint as an actor (using the stage name Joel Wyner) which included roles in the TV-series ''

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'' (1992) and ''

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'' (1993), and '' Highlander: The Series'' (1993) Wyman segued into writing and producing. His first major feature script was ''

'' (2001) starring

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and

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, directed by

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. He then created the

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series ''

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'' (2003). In 2008, Wyman joined the first season of the FOX

series ''

'' as a writer and co-executive producer. At the start of season two, he was promoted to executive producer and co-

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(titles he shared with

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,A Short Story About Love "A Short Story About Love" is the fifteenth episode of the Fringe season 4, fourth season of the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox science-fiction drama television program, television series ''Fringe (TV series), Fringe'', and the series' 80th epis ...

" (season 4, episode 15) and the season-five finale, "

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". Wyman is the creator, executive producer and showrunner of the FOX science-fiction series '' Almost Human'' (2013). In 1997, Wyman formed his production company, Frequency Films, which produced such film and TV projects as ''

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'', ''

'', '' Almost Human'' and ''

''. He is also a musician and performs with the alternative rock band Angels of Mercy. On December 4, 2016, Main Man Records will release Angels of Mercy's self-titled debut. On January 11, 2020, Wyman wrote a script for the pilot episode of a new ''

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'' television series for

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and

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. On June 29, 2020, NBC announced that the production had been given a series order.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Angels of Mercy
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