---
name: "Javier Grillo-Marxuach"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/javier-grillo-marxuach"
fi1m_id: "javier-grillo-marxuach"
imdb_id: "nm0342057"
tmdb_id: 1212204
wikidata_id: "Q3302999"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "28 October 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-30T20:46:09.561924+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."
---

# Javier Grillo-Marxuach

## Identity

Javier Grillo-Marxuach

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/javier-grillo-marxuach
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** javier-grillo-marxuach
- **IMDb ID:** nm0342057
- **TMDB ID:** 1212204
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3302999
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Grillo-Marxuach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3302999, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212204

Writer and producer. Born 28 October 1969 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 28 October 1969, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Alik Sakharov](https://film.one/person/alik-sakharov.md), [David Grossman](https://film.one/person/david-grossman.md), [Jack Bender](https://film.one/person/jack-bender.md), [Janet Tamaro](https://film.one/person/janet-tamaro.md), [Jeff Pinkner](https://film.one/person/jeff-pinkner.md), [Marita Grabiak](https://film.one/person/marita-grabiak.md), [Matt Earl Beesley](https://film.one/person/matt-earl-beesley.md), [Michael Zinberg](https://film.one/person/michael-zinberg.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 68 (2), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 65 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action & Adventure 3, Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Mystery 2, Family 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Grillo-Marxuach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3302999, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212204

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance*](https://film.one/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance.md) (76), [*The Witcher*](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md) (61)
- **Disney+:** [*Lost*](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) (81)
- **Apple TV:** [*FROM*](https://film.one/tv/from.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Javier Grillo-Marxuach is a television screenwriter and producer. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1991 with a BA in creative writing and literary and cultural studies, and later earned an MFA in screenwriting from the University of Southern California.

He worked as a supervising producer and writer on the first two seasons of *Lost* (2004), contributing to several episodes. His other credits include writing for *Charmed* (1998), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), *Medium* (2005), *The 100* (2014), *The Witcher* (2019) and *FROM* (2022). He created the comic book series *The Middleman* and its short-lived ABC Family television adaptation (2008). The *Lost* writing staff received a Writers Guild of America Award for Dramatic Series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, lostpedia.fandom.com, cmu.edu, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *FROM* (2022), Fi1m 65, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/from.md)
- *The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance* (2019), Fi1m 76, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance.md)
- *The Witcher* (2019), Fi1m 61, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)
- *Lost* (2004), Fi1m 81, Supervising Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *FROM* (2022), series, Writer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/from.md)
- *Cowboy Bebop* (2021), series, Writer
- *The Witcher* (2019), series, Writer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)
- *The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance* (2019), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance.md)
- *Blood & Treasure* (2019), series, Writer
- *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016), series, Writer
- *The 100* (2014), series, Writer
- *Helix* (2014), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Charlie's Angels* (2011), series, Writer
- *The Middleman* (2008), series, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Medium* (2005), series, Writer, Producer, Teleplay
- *Lost* (2004), series, Writer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *Jake 2.0* (2003), series, Writer
- *Boomtown* (2002), series, Writer, Producer
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, Story
- *The Chronicle* (2001), series, Writer
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, Story, Teleplay
- *Charmed* (1998), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor, Co-Producer, Story, Teleplay
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, Writer
- *seaQuest DSV* (1993), series, Writer
- *Day One*, series, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Javier Grillo-Marxuach at the 2008 Comic-Con International.](https://film.one/media/person/100833/gallery-5a6cba9a85e6.jpg) Javier Grillo-Marxuach at the 2008 Comic-Con International. — jfer21 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/jfer21/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/JavierGrillo-MarxuachCCJuly08.jpg/1280px-JavierGrillo-MarxuachCCJuly08.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Director Javier Grillo-Marxuach, writer Sarah Watson, actors Brendan Hines & Jake Smollett at Comic-Con panel for The Middleman TV show (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/100833/gallery-42760e8432ee.jpg) Director Javier Grillo-Marxuach, writer Sarah Watson, actors Brendan Hines & Jake Smollett at Comic-Con panel for The Middleman TV show (2009) — vagueonthehow, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Javier_Grillo-Marxuach%2C_Sarah_Watson%2C_Brendan_Hines_%26_Jake_Smollett_at_Comic-Con.jpg/1280px-Javier_Grillo-Marxuach%2C_Sarah_Watson%2C_Brendan_Hines_%26_Jake_Smollett_at_Comic-Con.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Javier Grillo-Marxuach speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhe](https://film.one/media/person/100833/gallery-7e7b289334fc.jpg) Javier Grillo-Marxuach speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhe — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Javier_Grillo-Marxuach_%2833003694144%29.jpg/1280px-Javier_Grillo-Marxuach_%2833003694144%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Javier Grillo-Marxuach speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhe](https://film.one/media/person/100833/gallery-56062223fff3.jpg) Javier Grillo-Marxuach speaking at the 2017 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhe — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Javier_Grillo-Marxuach_%2833717887061%29.jpg/1280px-Javier_Grillo-Marxuach_%2833717887061%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Javier Grillo-Marxuach](https://film.one/media/person/100833/gallery-cee3e0ca21a8.jpg) Javier Grillo-Marxuach — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Javier_Grillo-Marxuach_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Javier_Grillo-Marxuach_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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