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Producer

Damon Lindelof

Bio

DAMON LINDELOF, despite being advised that his brain would rot, spent the majority of his childhood watching television. After a brief flirtation with movies by way of a film degree from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Lindelof hopped in his car and traveled west. Treating Los Angeles as a de facto grad school, Lindelof worked for a literary agency, Paramount Studios, and finally as a creative executive for producer Alan Ladd Jr. before reminding himself that his true passion was TV. Shedding his suit and tie for a tee shirt and Birkenstocks, he took a job as a writer’s assistant on Kevin Williamson’s ABC Drama “Wasteland.â€� Shortly thereafter, fortune smiled upon him and he was made a staff writer. Shortly thereafter, misfortune smiled upon him and the show was cancelled. Lindelof went on to write for the CBS staple “Nash Bridgesâ€� during its final season (coincidence?) and then moved on to NBC’s new drama “Crossing Jordan,â€� where he wrote and produced for three seasons. Then he got “Lost.â€� In twelve weeks of complete insanity, he and co-creator J.J. Abrams managed to produce a completely weird, ridiculously untenable and vastly expensive pilot for ABC that centered on the survivors of a plane crash in the South Pacific. Despite this, “Lostâ€� won a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for Best Television Series and Best Drama in its freshman season. He continues to write and produce “Lost,â€� which is currently in its fifth season. In his spare time, Lindelof also wrote this bio.

Producer- Job Description

The chief of a movie production in all matters save the creative efforts of the director. A producer is responsible for raising funding, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors.