Roberto Orci

About

Roberto Gaston Orcí (July 20, 1973 – February 25, 2025) was a Mexican-American film and television screenwriter and producer. He began his longtime collaboration with Alex Kurtzman while at school in California. Together they have been employed on television series such as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. In 2008, together with J. J. Abrams, they created Fringe. In 2013, they created Sleepy Hollow alongside Phillip Iscove. Orci and Kurtzman's first film project was Michael Bay's The Island, and due to that partnership they went on to write the scripts for the first two films of the Transformers film series. Orci first became a film producer with 2008's Eagle Eye and again with 2009's The Proposal. He and Kurtzman since returned to working with Abrams on Mission: Impossible III and both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness. Between 2005 and 2011, Kurtzman...

Known for

Hawaii Five-0Series • 2010FringeSeries • 2008ScorpionSeries • 2014Xena: Warrior PrincessSeries • 1995Sleepy HollowSeries • 2013Transformers: PrimeSeries • 2010Now You See Me: Now You Don'tMovie • 2025Hercules: The Legendary JourneysSeries • 1995The Amazing Spider-Man 2Movie • 2014Now You See MeMovie • 2013The IslandMovie • 2005The Legend of ZorroMovie • 2005Now You See Me 2Movie • 2016Mission: Impossible IIIMovie • 2006The ProposalMovie • 2009LimitlessSeries • 2015Star Trek Into DarknessMovie • 2013Star TrekMovie • 2009Star Trek BeyondMovie • 2016AliasSeries • 2001The MummyMovie • 2017Ender's GameMovie • 2013Cowboys & AliensMovie • 2011Eagle EyeMovie • 2008