Roberto Gaston Orci (born July 20, 1973) is a Mexican-American film
and television screenwriter and producer. He began his longtime
collaboration with Alex Kurtzman while at school in California.
Together they have been employed on television series such as
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. In 2008,
together with J. J. Abrams, they created Fringe. In 2013, they created
Sleepy Hollow alongside Phillip Iscove. Orci and Kurtzman's first film
project was Michael Bay's The Island, and due to that partnership they
went on to write the scripts for the first two films of the
Transformers film series. Orci first became a film producer with
2008's Eagle Eye and again with 2009's The Proposal.He and Kurtzman
since returned to working with Abrams on Mission: Impossible III and
both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness. Between 2005 and 2011,
Kurtzman and Orci's film projects took revenues of more than $3
billion. In April 2014, Orci and Kurtzman announced that they would
only collaborate in television projects, and Orci worked on the third
Star Trek film, Star Trek Beyond, until being replaced the following
December. Orci created the television series Matador for the El Rey
Network, but after this was initially renewed, it was cancelled at the
end of the first season. Both Kurtzman and Orci continue to work as
producers on the television series Limitless and Scorpion. Orci was
awarded the Norman Lear Writer's Award and the Raul Julia Award for
Excellence, in addition to shared awards and nominations including The
George Pal Memorial Award.Orci was born in Mexico City on July 20,
1973, to a Mexican father and a Cuban mother. His mother immigrated to
the United States with her parents after Fidel Castro came to power.
Orci grew up in Mexico, and moved with his family to the United States
at the age of 10. He was raised in Texas, Los Angeles and Canada. He
is the older brother of screenwriter-producer J. R. Orci.
and television screenwriter and producer. He began his longtime
collaboration with Alex Kurtzman while at school in California.
Together they have been employed on television series such as
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. In 2008,
together with J. J. Abrams, they created Fringe. In 2013, they created
Sleepy Hollow alongside Phillip Iscove. Orci and Kurtzman's first film
project was Michael Bay's The Island, and due to that partnership they
went on to write the scripts for the first two films of the
Transformers film series. Orci first became a film producer with
2008's Eagle Eye and again with 2009's The Proposal.He and Kurtzman
since returned to working with Abrams on Mission: Impossible III and
both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness. Between 2005 and 2011,
Kurtzman and Orci's film projects took revenues of more than $3
billion. In April 2014, Orci and Kurtzman announced that they would
only collaborate in television projects, and Orci worked on the third
Star Trek film, Star Trek Beyond, until being replaced the following
December. Orci created the television series Matador for the El Rey
Network, but after this was initially renewed, it was cancelled at the
end of the first season. Both Kurtzman and Orci continue to work as
producers on the television series Limitless and Scorpion. Orci was
awarded the Norman Lear Writer's Award and the Raul Julia Award for
Excellence, in addition to shared awards and nominations including The
George Pal Memorial Award.Orci was born in Mexico City on July 20,
1973, to a Mexican father and a Cuban mother. His mother immigrated to
the United States with her parents after Fidel Castro came to power.
Orci grew up in Mexico, and moved with his family to the United States
at the age of 10. He was raised in Texas, Los Angeles and Canada. He
is the older brother of screenwriter-producer J. R. Orci.
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