André Nemec Explained

André Nemec
Education:B.A. University of Southern California
Birth Place:Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Occupation:Screenwriter, film producer, television writer, television producer, showrunner

André Nemec (born 1972) is an American writer, showrunner and producer.[1]

His screenplays include [1] and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is also the co-creator of CBS's summer hit series Zoo, as well as ABC dramas October Road,[1] Life on Mars,[1] and Happy Town.[1] Other past credits include Alias,[1] Fastlane, Going to California,[1] and Profiler.[1] He was also an executive producer of the 2021 American live-action series based on Cowboy Bebop.

Personal life

Nemec was born and raised in a Jewish family[2] in Yonkers, New York, where he attended Riverdale Country School with longtime writing and producing partner Josh Appelbaum.[3] He then went on to attend University of Southern California. After college, he reunited with Appelbaum and subsequently broke into the entertainment industry as a television writer.

Career

Nemec's list of early credits include Early Edition[1] for CBS, Going to California for Showtime and Fastlane for FOX. Recognized for his writing talent by J. J. Abrams, Nemec spent three years working on ABC's Alias, where he rose to the level of co-executive producer. He then went on to co-create and executive produce ABC's October Road, Life on Mars, and Happy Town.

Nemec was then re-approached by friend and colleague J. J. Abrams to write , the fourth installment in the multibillion-dollar film franchise starring Tom Cruise. This was Nemec's first produced feature film. Building on the successful experience Nemec had with Paramount Pictures on Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Nemec and Appelbaum were tapped to pen a reboot of the Beverly Hills Cop film franchise, starring Eddie Murphy. Other film writing projects include the 2014 installment of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, as well as its sequel, and unaccredited writing work on Now You See Me and .

Nemec and Appelbaum also remain active in television where they are writing and developing (with longtime collaborators and friends Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner) under their banner MIDNIGHT-RADIO. As well, the aforementioned foursome, are writing and developing a Sci-Fi cable project for Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studio. He frequently collaborates with a tightly knit group of film professionals which include J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, Adam Horowitz, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Edward Kitsis, Jeff Pinkner, and Bryan Burk.

Filmography

Films

Year TitleWriterProducer
2011
2014Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2015Project Almanac
2016
2019Wonder Park
2021Without Remorse

Television

Year Titlewidth=65WriterProducerCreatorNotes
1998Martial Law1 Episode
1999Profiler1 Episode
1999-2000Early Edition2 Episodes
2000In a Heartbeat1 Episode
2001Los Luchadores2 Episodes
2001-2002Going to California
2002The Chronicle1 Episode
She Spies
2002-2003Fastlane
2003-2006Alias
2007-2008October Road
2008Samurai Girl
2008-2009Life on Mars
2010Happy Town
2014Star-Crossed
2015-2017Zoo
2016TransylvaniaTV movie
2017SalamanderTV movie
2017-2019Knightfall
2018Everything Sucks!
Origin
2019Limetown
2020High Fidelity
2021Cowboy Bebop
2022-PresentFrom
2023Citadel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: André Nemec. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307012310/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/1048239/Andr-Nemec/filmography. dead. 2016-03-07. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2016.
  2. https://variety.com/2009/film/features/abrams-keeps-it-all-in-the-fan-family-1118010053/ Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family - J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton
  3. https://variety.com/2011/film/news/appelbaum-nemec-friendship-leads-to-big-budget-mission-1118046656/ Variety Magazine: "Appelbaum & Nemec : Friendship leads to big-budget ‘Mission' - 10 Screenwriters to Watch 2011: Josh Appelbaum & Andre Nemec" By Todd Longwell