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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Watchmen: Chapter II
2024
Adaptation, Writer
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
2024
Adaptation, Writer
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
2023
Writer, Executive Producer
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
2022
Thanks
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
2021
Thanks
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
2014
as Himself
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
2013
Screenstory
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
2012
Screenplay
Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Va...

Thor
2011
as Townie
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
2011
Story
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
2009
Writer
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
2008
Writer
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
2007
Director, Creator, Series Writer
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
2004
as Self
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
2002
Writer, Creator, Executive Producer
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
2000
Writer, Producer
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
1999
Screenplay, Executive Producer
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
1998
Screenplay, Executive Producer
A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.

Babylon 5: Thirdspace
1998
Screenplay, Executive Producer
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
1998
Screenplay, Executive Producer
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
1993
Screenplay, Executive Producer
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
1989
Teleplay
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
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
N/A
Writer
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 ...