---
name: "Jack Paglen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-paglen"
fi1m_id: "jack-paglen"
imdb_id: "nm1438698"
tmdb_id: 1155661
wikidata_id: "Q29051962"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 51
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-02T22:33:20.835455+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jack Paglen

## Identity

Jack Paglen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jack-paglen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jack-paglen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1438698
- **TMDB ID:** 1155661
- **Wikidata ID:** Q29051962
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29051962, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1438698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1155661

Writer. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 2014–2017
- **Average Fi1m score:** 51, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29051962, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1438698/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1155661

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Transcendence*](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md) (45)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jack Paglen is an American screenwriter. He began his career as an actor in short films in the early 2000s before turning to screenwriting.

His first produced screenplay was for the science-fiction film *Transcendence* (2014), directed by Wally Pfister. He received a story credit, shared with Michael Green, on *Alien: Covenant* (2017), directed by Ridley Scott. He has also worked as a creator and producer on television projects including the pilot *Roadside Picnic* (2016).

*Sources: imdb.com, avp.fandom.com, motionpictures.org, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), Fi1m 57, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)
- *Transcendence* (2014), Fi1m 45, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alien: Covenant* (2017), Story — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-covenant.md)
- *Transcendence* (2014), Writer — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)
- *Roadside Picnic*, series, Screenplay, Creator
- *Untitled Maze Runner Reboot*, Screenplay

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jack-paglen