J.H. Wyman Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1999, he was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction for "Pale Saints․"
• In 2012, he was nominated for an SFX Award for his work on "Fringe․"
• Trained in acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Art in Los Angeles
• Started out as an actor, first appearing in the TV series "Street Legal" in 1991 and later playing Lt․ Lyle Springer in "Sirens" in the mid-1990s
• Quote: "[In dystopian shows], the tendency is it rains all the time and the atmosphere is messed up․ In the future, you're telling me that no one has a 7-year-old daughter that they have a birthday party for․․․? Nobody's happy? I don't believe that․"
• Quote: "(On "Fringe"): "A lot of people have questions about existence and about what we can depend on․ There have been some significant deficits in trust, in politics and religion․․․You make the show and allow the viewers to fill in the blanks․""
• Quote: "(On creating stories) "How I work is that I have something that really bugs me about being on the planet that I feel is really important to say, and then I make a metaphor of it․""
• Best known as the creator and executive producer of "Almost Human" and the writer and executive producer of "Fringe" and "The Mexican․"
• Frequently works on television projects that involve science fiction stories
• Often collaborates with director J․ J․ Abrams on various projects
• Born in the U․S․, he was primarily raised in Montreal, Quebec