JJ Abrams

ABOUT JJ ABRAMS

Co-created the highly popular TV shows Alias and Lost and rebooted the Star Trek franchise. He also directed the 2011 film Super 8 and the 2015 blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens .

His first film on which he was a producer was called Taking Care of Business and starred the one and only Jim Belushi .

He won two Emmy Awards in 2005 for his work on Lost, one for Best Director and the other for Outstanding Drama Series.

He married Katie McGrath in 1996; they have two sons named Henry and August and a daughter Gracie , who is a popular musician.

He also directed Mission: Impossible III , starring Tom Cruise .