How much is J.J. Abram worth ?

J.J. Abrams Net Worth is around

$125 Million

J.J. Abrams Estimated 2009 Earnings.

J.J. Abrams came in #9 on the top earners list of 2009 making

$36 Million

$31 Million: Star Trek  (back end for producing and directing, based on worldwide gross of $385 Million, and share of DVD)

$5 Million: Morning Glory (fee for producing upcoming comedy starring Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton)

Date of Birth

27 June 1966, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams

Height

5′ 7″ (1.70 m)

Spouse

Trade Mark

High-tech, action-packed entertainment.

Often includes a subplot about a box with mysterious contents.

[Cold opening] A suspenseful sequence prior to the opening credits used to pull the audience directly into the story (_Mission: Impossible 3 (2006)_, Star Trek (2009)).

Often uses music by Michael Giacchino.

Often makes references to elements of the original “Star Trek” (1966) series.

Usually includes a party scene early in the show/movie with young adults mixing and mingling.

Frequently casts Greg Grunberg and Amanda Foreman

Trivia

Son of Gerald W. Abrams.

Graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1988.

Gave “Alias” (2001) star Jennifer Garner a pink bicycle for her birthday. She would often greet the production crew by ringing the bells on the bike’s handlebars.

He says he got the job directing Mission: Impossible III (2006) after Tom Cruise watched early episodes of “Alias” (2001) on DVD and loved them. The two started hanging out together and Cruise offered him the job.

While he was writing scripts in college, he used the Alvin Sargent screenplay to Ordinary People (1980) as a guide.

Named one of Fade In Magazine’s “100 People in Hollywood You Need to Know” in 2005

Has three children with wife Katie: Henry (b. 1998), Gracie (b. 1999) and August (b. 11 January, 2006).

His debut film Mission: Impossible III (2006) is the most expensive film ever made by a first-time director.

He has discussed wanting to be more involved in the 3rd season of “Lost” (2004) (interminently with his film schedule) because he hasn’t been directly involved in the show since the 6th episode of the first season.

Sold his script for Forever Young (1992) for 2 million dollars.

He once worked as a home inspector in the San Fernando Valley with Jay Fesler and Dan Johnson.

One of 115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.

2007 – Ranked #29 on EW’s The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $17 million.

J.J. Abrams has been involved with several projects that avail themselves of the social theory called the “Milgram Small World Phenomenon,” after the social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who conducted acquaintance path experiments. John Guare’s play Six Degrees of Separation (1993) (and its subsequent film adaptation) is heavily responsible for introducing to the pop culture at large the notion that everyone in the world is separated by only six other people; Abrams had a small acting role in the film version. Abrams went on to produce “Six Degrees” (2006), a TV show with a premise predicated on this theory, and “Lost” (2004), a TV show in which seemingly unconnected and disparate characters often end up having hidden or unknown links to each other.

Is a fan of Howard Stern, who is also a fan of of his work (particularly “Lost” (2004) and Star Trek (2009)) and personally called Artie Lange through his agent to congratulate him on his being hired to replace ‘Jackie Martling’ (“The Joke Man”) as a sidekick in 2002. Also gave Stern’s daughters a tour of the “Felicity” (1998) set.

Best friend is Greg Grunberg. They’ve known each other since they were children and he frequently casts Grunberg in his films and TV shows.