Jaime Paglia

Jaime Paglia is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for creating and producing Eureka (2006–12).

Jaime Paglia
Paglia at LAX, August 2014
Born
Jaime Robert Paglia
NationalityAmerican
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • director
  • producer
Years active2006–present
Home townWarrenton, Oregon, U.S.

Life and career

He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz majoring in economics for three weeks, before finding his passion with the theatre arts/film program. He minored in English literature.[1]

His first show business endeavour was as an assistant in feature film publicity at MGM Studios, which led to him meeting many executives. For his first script, he partnered with college friend, Andrew Cosby, and sold a spec to New Line Cinema.[1]

Eureka

In 2003, Paglia and Cosby sold their dramedy Eureka to Syfy as a pitch. In July 2006, the series premiered to critical and viewer success. Over the course of the show's six-year run and 77 episodes, Paglia contributed to 20. He made his directing debut with the fifth-season episode, "Jack of All Trades".[1][2]

The Flash

In summer 2014, Paglia was hired as a writer on the DC Comics produced CW superhero series The Flash. He co-wrote the series' 6th episode, "The Flash Is Born", which introduced the supervillain Girder.[3]

Scream TV Series

In 2015, Paglia, a former co-executive producer and executive producer of the MTV slasher series Scream, was credited as the writer for two episodes.

Filmography

Television

The numbers in credits refer to the number of episodes.

Title Year Credited as Network Notes
Creator Director Writer Executive
producer
Eureka 2006–12 Yes Yes (1) Yes (21) Yes Sci Fi
The Flash 2014 No No Yes (1) co-executive (6) The CW
Scream 2015 No No Yes (2) co-executive (10) MTV
The Teenage Psychic 2019 No No No No PTS consulting producer; season 2

References
  1. "FEATURED ENTERTAINER: JAIME PAGLIA". The Science & Entertainment Exchange. January 30, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  2. "Jaime Paglia". TV.com. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  3. Paglia, Jaime (August 27, 2014). "First day shooting #TheFlash ep. six starts in an hour. Co-written w/ @chris_rafferty, directed by Millicent Shelton". Twitter. Retrieved October 13, 2014.

Jaime Paglia on IMDb

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