# Jose Molina (writer)

Jose Molina, born in 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a television producer and screenwriter. He wrote the episodes "Trash" and "Ariel" for the American TV show Firefly, and multiple episodes for Dark Angel.

## Education

Molina attended Yale University (Pierson College, class of 1993), where he successfully applied for a student internship with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences by submitting a spec script for Star Trek: The Next Generation.

## Career

Following Firefly, Molina worked on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, earning the 2006 American Latino Media Arts Award for "Outstanding Script for a Television Drama or Comedy" for the episode "Alien". The Official Firefly Visual Companion #3, "Still Flying", released in May 2010, features a short story written by Molina. He wrote the episodes "Famous Last Words" and "Suicide Squeeze" for the television series Castle, on which he served as Co-Executive Producer, a title Molina carried into the first season of the Syfy original series Haven.
Molina followed his stint in genre cable with a return to in-network genre, becoming one of the head writers on the Steven Spielberg-produced series Terra Nova, which aired for 13 episodes in the fall at Fox. After the cancellation of Terra Nova, Molina moved briefly to NBC's rookie fairy-tale drama Grimm before landing on the flagship of The CW Network, The Vampire Diaries. More recent projects include La Brea, Legacies and Blood & Treasure .
Alongside, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, 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 | Notes |
| Year | Title | Writer | Producer | Notes |
| 1999 | Strange World | Yes | | Writer (1 episode) |
| 2000–2002 | Dark Angel | Yes | | Writer (8 episodes); story editor |
| 2002–2003 | Firefly | Yes | | Writer (2 episodes); executive story editor |
| 2004–2006 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Yes | Yes | Writer (6 episodes); story editor, executive story editor; co-producer, producer |
| 2006–2008 | Without a Trace | Yes | Yes | Writer (5 episodes); supervising producer; co-executive producer |
| 2009–2010 | Castle | Yes | Yes | Writer (2 episodes); co-executive producer |
| 2010 | Haven | Yes | Yes | Writer (2 episodes); co-executive producer |
| 2011 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Yes | | Writer (3 episodes) |
| 2011 | Terra Nova | Yes | Yes | Writer (1 episode); co-executive producer |
| 2012 | Grimm | Yes | Yes | Writer (1 episode); co-executive producer |
| 2012–2013 | The Vampire Diaries | Yes | Yes | Writer (4 episodes); co-executive producer |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow | Yes | Yes | Writer (2 episodes); co-executive producer |
| 2015–2016 | Agent Carter | Yes | Yes | Writer (2 episodes); co-executive producer |
| 2017–2018 | The Tick | Yes | Yes | Writer (3 episodes); co-executive producer |
| 2019 | Weird City | Yes | Yes | Writer (1 episode); executive producer/showrunner |
| 2021 | La Brea | Yes | Yes | Writer (1 episode); co-executive producer |
| 2021-2022 | Legacies | Yes | Yes | Writer (2 episodes); co-executive producer |
| 2022 | Blood & Treasure | Yes | Yes | Writer (2 episodes); consulting producer |