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name: "Josh Appelbaum"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-appelbaum"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 August 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:56:03.835873+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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# Josh Appelbaum

Writer. Born 24 August 1983 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 August 1983, USA

## Biography

Josh Appelbaum is an American screenwriter, television writer, producer and showrunner. He attended Riverdale Country School in New York with his longtime collaborator André Nemec, and later studied at the University of Southern California.

He wrote seven episodes of the series *Alias* (2001) and rose to co-executive producer on the show. His other television credits include creating *October Road* (2007) and work on *Life on Mars* (2008) and *Happy Town* (2010). Film writing includes *Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol* (2011), *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2014) and its sequel *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows* (2016). He has also contributed to series such as *Citadel* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)

## Also known for

- *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* (2011), Writer
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2014), Writer
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows* (2016), Writer
- *Heads of State* (2025), Screenplay
- *Wonder Park* (2019), Screenplay, Story
- *Zoo* (2015), Teleplay
- *Citadel* (2023), Teleplay, Story, Writer
- *Citadel: Diana* (2024), Original Series Creator

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