# Javier Grillo-Marxuach

Javier "Javi" Grillo-Marxuach (listen; born October 28, 1969, in San Juan, Puerto Rico), is a television screenwriter and producer, and podcaster, known for his work as writer and producer on the first two seasons of the ABC television series Lost, as well as other series including Charmed and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

## Early life

Grillo-Marxuach graduated from Huron High school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1991 from Carnegie Mellon. While at CMU he was active as an actor, writer and director with Scotch'n'Soda, the theatrical club for non-theater majors that also counts composer Stephen Schwartz, author Iris Rainer Dart and actor Frank Gorshin among its notable alumni. Grillo-Marxuach also wrote a weekly pop-culture column for the campus newspaper, The Tartan.
He has a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Southern California and from 2015 was sponsoring a fellowship there for MFA students who demonstrate an interest or facility with Hispanic language and culture.

## Career

Grillo-Marxuach joined the crew of Lost as a supervising producer and writer for the first season in 2004. He returned as a supervising producer and writer for the second season in 2005. The writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first and second seasons. The writing staff were nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series again at the February 2007 ceremony for their work on the second and third seasons.
In 2006, he left the Lost team, and began working as a co-executive producer for Medium, as well as entering the world of comics with his own Viper Comics title, The Middleman. He also wrote the 2006 Annihilation - Super-Skrull limited series for Marvel Comics, part of the company's Annihilation event, and the Annihilation: Conquest - Wraith limited series for the 2007 Annihilation: Conquest follow-up project. He is also writer of Dynamite Entertainment's four-issue limited series Classic Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalypse. He wrote Cops On the Edge: Episode 89 (2000).
In 2008, the ABC Family picked up his television series The Middleman, for which he is the writer and producer. The series was not picked up for a second season due to poor ratings.
In 2010, a pilot for Department Zero was moved to active production by ABC. The pilot is based upon work by Jonathan Maberry. In 2014 & 2015, Grillo-Marxuach served as co-executive producer of the SyFy channel's series Helix.
Grillo-Marxuach has also served as writer and producer on other series, such as The 100, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and most recently, From. Alongside Jose Molina, he is also the co-host of the Children of Tendu Podcast, a weekly series offering advice for getting into the television industry.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Credited as | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
| Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Executive producer | Notes |
| 1995–1996 | SeaQuest DSV | Yes | | | Writer (3 episodes) episode 3.4 "Destination Terminal" episode 3.7 "Equilibrium" episode 3.13 "Weapons of War" |
| 1996 | Dark Skies | Yes | | | Writer (1 episode) episode "Hostile Convergence" |
| 1996–1997 | The Pretender | Yes | | | Writer (3 episodes); story editor episode "The Better Part of Valor" episode "The Paper Clock" episode "Potato Head Blues" |
| 1997 | Van Helsing Chronicles | Yes | Yes | | Creator (pilot); supervising producer |
| 1998 | Three | Yes | | | Writer (2 episodes); executive story editor episode "Breakout" episode "Emerald City" |
| 1998–2000 | Charmed | Yes | Yes | | Writer (7 episodes); executive story editor; co-producer episode 1.04 "Dead Man Dating" episode 1.11 "Feats of Clay" episode 1.16 "Which Prue is it, Anyway?" episode 1.21 "Love Hurts" episode 2.05 "She's a Man, Baby, A Man!" episode 2.11 "Reckless Abandon" episode 2.17 "How to Make a Quilt Out of Americans" |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Yes | | | Writer (1 episode) episode 3.07 "Sacrifice" |
| 2001–2002 | The Chronicle | Yes | Yes | | Writer (6 episodes); producer episode "Bring Me the Head of Tucker Burns" episode "Hot From the Oven" episode "The King is (Un) Dead" episode "Let Sleeping Dogs Fry" episode "Pig Boy's Big Adventure" episode "Touched by An Alien") |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Yes | | | Writer (1 episode) episode 1.07 "Enemy Mind" |
| 2003 | Boomtown | Yes | Yes | | Writer (1 episode); producer Episode "Monsters Brawl" |
| 2003–2004 | Jake 2.0 | Yes | Yes | | Writer (3 episodes); supervising producer episode "The Good, The Bad and The Geeky" episode "Whiskey - Tango - Foxtrot" episode "Get Foley" |
| 2004–2005 | Lost | Yes | Yes | | Writer (7 episodes); supervising producer "House of the Rising Sun" (Season 1, Episode 6) "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" (Season 1, Episode 11) "Hearts and Minds" (Season 1, Episode 13) with Carlton Cuse "...In Translation" (Season 1, Episode 17) with Leonard Dick "Born to Run" (Season 1, Episode 22) (story) "Orientation" (Season 2, Episode 3) with Craig Wright "Collision" (Season 2, Episode 8) with Leonard Dick |
| 2006–2008 | Medium | Yes | Yes | | Writer (8 episodes); co-executive producer "Four Dreams Part 1" (Season 3, Episode 1) with Glenn Gordon Caron "Four Dreams Part 2" (Season 3, Episode 2) with Glenn Gordon Caron "Apocalypse, Push" (Season 3, Episode 11) "We Had A Dream" (Season 3, Episode 15) "1-900-LUCKY" (Season 3, Episode 18) with Robert Doherty "Head Games" (Season 3, Episode 20) with Robert Doherty & Moira Kirkland "Burn Baby Burn Part 1" (Season 4, Episode 7) "Burn Baby Burn Part 2" (Season 4, Episode 8) with René Echevarria |
| 2008 | The Middleman | Yes | | Yes | Creator; writer (2 episodes) "The Pilot Episode Sanction" (Season 1, Episode 1) "The Sino-Mexican Revelation" (Season 1, Episode 3) |
| 2011 | Charlie's Angels | Yes | Yes | | Writer (2 episodes); consulting producer |
| 2014–2015 | Helix | Yes | Yes | | Writer (4 episodes); co-executive producer |
| 2016 | The 100 | Yes | Yes | | Writer (2 episodes); co-executive producer |
| 2017 | The Shannara Chronicles | Yes | Yes | | Writer (1 episode); Consulting producer |
| 2018 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Yes | No | | Writer (1 episode) |
| 2019 | Blood & Treasure | Yes | Yes | | Writer (2 episodes); Consulting producer |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Yes | Yes | | Writer (1 episode); Consulting producer "Time to Make ... My Move" (Season 1, Episode 7) |
| 2021 | Cowboy Bebop | Yes | | | Writer |
| 2022 | From | Yes | Yes | | Writer (2 episodes); Consulting producer |