James Wong - Overview

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The prolific and productive writing-producing team of Glen Morgan and James Wong played a major part in helping Fox-TV's "The X-Files" attain first cult status and eventual mass acceptance and acclaim. As staff writers and co-executive producers, they were responsible for crafting some of the series' most memorable stories and characters. Dour FBI man Assistant Director Skinner, creepy-crawly mutant Eugene Tooms and a delightfully paranoid trio of conspiracy theorists called The Lone Gunmen all sprung from their keyboard. Furthermore Morgan and Wong scripted a number of key episodes that provided crucial background and motivation for the show's two protagonists.

Friends since high school, the pair studied film together at Loyola Marymount University before landing jobs as production assistants for producer Sandy Howard. They began writing screenplays together and had one produced--"The Boys Next Door" (1985), a chilling account of suburban anomie turned deadly, starring Charlie Sheen and Maxwell Caulfield directed by Penelope Spheeris--before hitting a prol... Read More

Filmography (21)

Dragonball (2009)

Black Christmas (2006)

Final Destination 3 (2006)

Willard (2003)

The X-Files (2002)

The One (2001)

Milestones (37)

2009
Helmed the live-action adaptation of the popular media franchise, "Dragonball Evolution"; also wrote and produced

2006
Directed and co-wrote (with Morgan) the thriller, "Final Destination 3"

2006
Wrote, produced and directed the thriller, "Final Destination 3"

2003
Produced and co-wrote (with Morgan) the horror film, "Willard"; directed by Morgan

2001
Co-scripted (with Morgan) and directed the Jet Li film, "The One"

2001
Co-scripted the Jet Li vehicle "The One"; also directed

2000
Feature film directorial debut, "Final Destination"; also scripted with Morgan

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