Roberto Orci Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a George Pal Memorial Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 2010
• Was nominated for three Writers Guild of America Awards, two for "Fringe" in 2009 and one for "Star Trek" in 2010
• Attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied radio, television and film for three years in the mid-1990s
• Attended Spring Woods High School with Professor and Economist Glen Whitman in Houston, Texas
• Older brother of television writer and producer J․R․ Orci
• Was born to a Cuban mother and Mexican father in Mexico City, Mexico, but his family moved to Texas when he was 10 years old, and then later settled in Los Angeles
• First production and writing credits came in the late 1990s with the series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys․"
• When they were both 17 years old, he met longtime friend and collaborator Alex Kurtzman at a private school named Crossroads in Santa Monica, Calif
• Best known as the creator of "Fringe" and "Sleepy Hollow" and writer of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," "Transformers" and "Star Trek․"
• The Hollywood Reporter named him No․ 35 on their 2007 "Latino Power 50" list