---
name: "Jose Molina"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jose-molina"
fi1m_id: "jose-molina"
imdb_id: "nm0596711"
tmdb_id: 187863
wikidata_id: "Q569204"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-26T15:00:45.445879+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."
---

# Jose Molina

## Identity

Jose Molina

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jose-molina
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jose-molina
- **IMDb ID:** nm0596711
- **TMDB ID:** 187863
- **Wikidata ID:** Q569204
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Molina_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q569204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/187863

Writer. Born 1 January 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1971, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:**  José Molina
- **Frequently works with:** [Allan Kroeker](https://film.one/person/allan-kroeker.md), [Darnell Martin](https://film.one/person/darnell-martin.md), [Félix Enríquez Alcalá](https://film.one/person/felix-alcala.md), [Holly Dale](https://film.one/person/holly-dale.md), [John Behring](https://film.one/person/john-behring.md), [Aaron Lipstadt](https://film.one/person/aaron-lipstadt.md), [Barbie Kligman](https://film.one/person/barbie-kligman.md), [Batan Silva](https://film.one/person/batan-silva.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 76 (3), 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 73 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5, Action & Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Molina_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q569204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596711/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/187863

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Firefly*](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md) (83), [*Castle*](https://film.one/tv/castle.md) (73)
- **Paramount+:** [*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md) (85)
- **Netflix:** [*The Boroughs*](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md) (73)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)
- **Peacock:** [*Grimm*](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Jose Molina is a television writer and producer born in 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He attended Yale University and began his career writing for series including *Firefly* (2002) and *Dark Angel* (2000–2002).

Molina has written episodes for *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), for which he received an ALMA Award in 2006, *Castle* (2009), *Grimm* (2011), *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), *La Brea* (2021) and *Legacies* (2018). He has also served as co-executive producer on several of these shows. In 2026 he wrote an episode of and acted as co-executive producer on the series *The Boroughs*.

Molina is a podcaster on the show *Children of Tendu*.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Boroughs* (2026), Fi1m 73, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md)
- *Grimm* (2011), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Castle* (2009), Fi1m 73, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Firefly* (2002), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *The Boroughs* (2026), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md)
- *La Brea* (2021), series, Writer
- *Blood & Treasure* (2019), series, Writer
- *Weird City* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Legacies* (2018), series, Writer
- *Lore* (2017), series, Writer
- *The Tick* (2016), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Sleepy Hollow* (2013), series, Teleplay, Co-Executive Producer
- *Grimm* (2011), series, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Terra Nova* (2011), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *Haven* (2010), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Castle* (2009), series, Writer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008), series, Writer
- *Firefly* (2002), series, Writer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md)
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, Writer
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

## Gallery

- ![Jose Molina](https://film.one/media/person/22521/gallery-a7a922e5c611.jpg) Jose Molina — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Jose_Molina_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1280px-Jose_Molina_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![New York Yankees Chien-Ming Wang talks with catcher Jose Molino and the pitching coach after giving up a run against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday July 29, 2007](https://film.one/media/person/22521/gallery-37e8966767d6.jpg) New York Yankees Chien-Ming Wang talks with catcher Jose Molino and the pitching coach after giving up a run against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday July 29, 2007 — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Chien-Ming_Wang_%282310061245%29.jpg/1280px-Chien-Ming_Wang_%282310061245%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![New York Yankees Chien-Ming Wang talks with catcher Jose Molino after giving up a run against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday July 29, 2007 at Camden Yards in Bal](https://film.one/media/person/22521/gallery-19732c490a17.jpg) New York Yankees Chien-Ming Wang talks with catcher Jose Molino after giving up a run against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday July 29, 2007 at Camden Yards in Bal — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Chien-Ming_Wang_%282310866178%29.jpg/1280px-Chien-Ming_Wang_%282310866178%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Firefly cast, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau, Adam Baldwin, Sean Maher, Jose Molina and Tim Minear, speaking at the 2012 San Diego Com](https://film.one/media/person/22521/gallery-9095c26d438f.jpg) The Firefly cast, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau, Adam Baldwin, Sean Maher, Jose Molina and Tim Minear, speaking at the 2012 San Diego Com — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Firefly_cast_%287594491366%29.jpg/1280px-Firefly_cast_%287594491366%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Firefly cast, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau, Adam Baldwin, Sean Maher, Jose Molina and Tim Minear, speaking at the 2012 San Diego Com](https://film.one/media/person/22521/gallery-dfca408def2d.jpg) The Firefly cast, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau, Adam Baldwin, Sean Maher, Jose Molina and Tim Minear, speaking at the 2012 San Diego Com — 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/d6/Firefly_cast_%287594521370%29.jpg/1280px-Firefly_cast_%287594521370%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Firefly cast from the 20th anniversary panel at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con](https://film.one/media/person/22521/gallery-8040363370f4.jpg) Firefly cast from the 20th anniversary panel at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con — Keith McDuffee from Northborough, MA, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Firefly_cast_at_SDCC_2012.jpg/1280px-Firefly_cast_at_SDCC_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

---
© 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/jose-molina