Josh Appelbaum

Josh Appelbaum was born and raised in New York where he attended Riverdale Country School. After college, he and André Nemec broke into the entertainment industry together as television writers and have remained longtime writing and producing partners.

Appelbaum & Nemec's early credits include Early Edition for CBS, Going to California for Showtime, and Fastlane for Fox. The pair then spent three years writing for Alias where they rose to the level of co-executive producer. They then went on to co-create and executive produce ABC's October Road, Life on Mars, and Happy Town.

In 2010 J.J. Abrams approached Appelbaum & Nemec to write Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol, the fourth installment in the multi-billion dollar franchise starring Tom Cruise. This was the pair's first produced feature film.

Building on the success of Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol, the pair was then tapped to write the latest installment of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Beverly Hills Cop franchises. In addition, Appelbaum & Nemec were executive producers on the forthcoming Project Almanac.

Appelbaum & Nemec remain active in television where they write and produce under their Midnight Radio banner. Their projects include an adaptation of James Patterson's novel Zoo for CBS, a drama pilot with writer Michael Tolkin for AMC, and a series collaboration with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment.

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