J. Michael Straczynski

J. Michael Straczynski

1954-07-17 Paterson, New Jersey, USA 24 Credits

Biography

Joseph Michael Straczynski (/strəˈzɪnski/; born July 17, 1954) is an American filmmaker and comic book writer. He is the founder of Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Studio JMS and is known as the creator of the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998) and its spinoff Crusade (1999), as well as the series Jeremiah (2002–2004) and Sense8 (2015–2018). He is the executor of the estate of Harlan Ellison. Straczynski wrote the psychological drama film Changeling (2008) and was a co-writer on ...

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Watchmen: Chapter II

Watchmen: Chapter II

2024

Adaptation, Writer

7.5
Writing

Suspicious of the events ensnaring their former colleagues, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre are spurred out of retirement to investigate. As they grapple wi...

Watchmen: Chapter I

Watchmen: Chapter I

2024

Adaptation, Writer

7.6
Writing

In 1985, the murder of a government-sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement and into a mystery that threatens to upend the...

Babylon 5: The Road Home

Babylon 5: The Road Home

2023

Writer, Executive Producer

6.8
Writing Producing

Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest...

Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder

2022

Thanks

6.4

After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of ...

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

Thanks

7.9

Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor ...

Toy Masters

Toy Masters

2014

as Himself

5.3
Acting

First ever feature-length documentary on the world-wide phenomenon that inspired an entire generation of children and became a billion dollar franchis...

World War Z

World War Z

2013

Screenstory

6.8
Writing

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning ...

Underworld: Awakening

Underworld: Awakening

2012

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Va...

Thor

Thor

2011

as Townie

6.8
Acting

Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Eart...

Thor

Thor

2011

Story

6.8
Writing

Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Eart...

Ninja Assassin

Ninja Assassin

2009

Writer

6.7
Writing

Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer...

Changeling

Changeling

2008

Writer

7.6
Writing

Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mothe...

Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark

Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark

2007

Director, Creator, Series Writer

6.4
Directing Writing Producing

This latest installment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first, is about an entity that has possessed a worker. It wants to be exorcised but Col. Loc...

8 Arms to Hold You

8 Arms to Hold You

2004

as Self

Acting

An "Ock-umentary" exploring the character of Doc Ock and the way he as well as his tentacles were brought to life on the silver screen.

Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

2002

Writer, Creator, Executive Producer

5.9
Writing Producing

After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's e...

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For

2000

Writer, Producer

6.6
Writing Producing

Jessica Fletcher, lecturing at a writers' conference, finds herself called on to solve the killing of a guest speaker, an arrogant Russian author who'...

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

1999

Screenplay, Executive Producer

6.9
Writing Producing

Allies of the Shadows seek revenge against humanity. This movie sets up the series, "Crusade," the sequel to "Babylon 5."

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

1998

Screenplay, Executive Producer

6.4
Writing Producing

A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

1998

Screenplay, Executive Producer

6.7
Writing Producing

Susan Ivanova discovers a derelict spaceship in hyperspace. They tow it back to Babylon 5, then strange things start happening. People are being telep...

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

1998

Screenplay, Executive Producer

7.2
Writing Producing

Londo Mollari, the Centauri Emperor, recounts the initial contact between the Humans and Minbari, which resulted in a major incident and subsequent wa...

Babylon 5: The Gathering

Babylon 5: The Gathering

1993

Screenplay, Executive Producer

6.4
Writing Producing

The first installment of this Emmy award-winning series. A movie based at Babylon 5: a new space station built by Humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh,...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1989

Teleplay

9.0

Henry Jekyll, a shy and unassuming doctor, is obsessed with the idea of separating the good in man's nature from the evil, and is attracted to Rebecca...

Shadowman

N/A

Writer, Executive Producer

Writing Producing

A jazz musician finds himself possessed by an ancient spirit of vengeance that leads him into a new and unexplored world of voodoo and dead spirits. B...

One Second After

One Second After

N/A

Writer

Writing

Set in the hills of North Carolina, college professor and former military officer John Matherson as he fights to preserve the lives of his family and ...