---
name: "John Orloff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-orloff"
fi1m_id: "john-orloff"
imdb_id: "nm0650089"
tmdb_id: 20457
wikidata_id: "Q3809522"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 February 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T11:26:16.198717+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."
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# John Orloff

## Identity

John Orloff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-orloff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-orloff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0650089
- **TMDB ID:** 20457
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3809522
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Orloff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0650089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20457

Writer. Born 14 February 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 February 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** James McGee
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 89 (1), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Orloff, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809522, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0650089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20457

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Band of Brothers*](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md) (89)
- **Apple TV:** [*Masters of the Air*](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md) (66)

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

## Biography

John Orloff is an American screenwriter, television creator and producer. Born on 14 February 1966 in Los Angeles, California, he studied at the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his career working in television commercials before writing a spec screenplay that led to his involvement with the HBO miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001).

Orloff wrote two episodes of *Band of Brothers*, "Day of Days" and "Why We Fight", for which he received an Emmy nomination and a Christopher Award. He later created, wrote and co-executive produced the Apple TV+ series *Masters of the Air* (2024). His feature screenplays include *A Mighty Heart* (2007), *Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole* (2010), *Anonymous* (2011) and *The Last Vermeer* (2019), the last credited under the name James McGee.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Masters of the Air* (2024), Fi1m 66, Teleplay, Story, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), Fi1m 89, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Creator — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *The Last Vermeer* (2019), Screenplay
- *Anonymous* (2011), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole* (2010), Screenplay
- *A Mighty Heart* (2007), Screenplay
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, Writer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)

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