Roberto Orci

Birth Name:

Roberto Gaston Orci

Birth Place:

Mexico City, Mexico

Profession

Producer, Writer, Script department, Actor

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

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