John Shiban
| John Shiban | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Television writer, producer and director |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable work(s) | The X-Files Breaking Bad Torchwood: Miracle Day |
John Shiban is an Emmy Award nominated American television writer and producer. He worked in both capacities on The X-Files[1] and its spin-off The Lone Gunmen, Star Trek: Enterprise, Smallville, Supernatural, Legend of the Seeker, Breaking Bad and The Vampire Diaries. In 1997, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his work on The X-Files episode "Memento Mori".[2] He shared the nomination with co-writers Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz and Vince Gilligan. In 1998, Shiban shared a nomination for the Emmy Award for best drama series with The X-files production team.[3]
In 2009 Shiban reunited with Gilligan to work as a writer/producer on the second season of Gilligan's series Breaking Bad. Shiban was nominated for a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for episodic drama for the episode "Phoenix" in 2010.[4] Shiban and the writing staff also shared a nomination for the WGA award for best drama series for their work on the second season.[4] Shiban returned as a consulting producer for the third season of Breaking Bad.[5] He left the crew at the end of the third season.
In August 2010, Shiban was confirmed as a writer for Torchwood's fourth series Torchwood: Miracle Day.[6]
In 2011, Shiban joined the series Hell On Wheels as executive producer and writer.
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[edit] Credits
[edit] The X-Files
| Story Editor/Co-Producer/Producer/Supervising Producer/Co-Executive Producer/Executive Producer | ||
|---|---|---|
| Season | Title | Notes |
| 3 | "The Walk" | Writer |
| 3 | "Teso Dos Bichos" | Writer |
| 4 | "El Mundo Gira" | Writer |
| 4 | "Leonard Betts" | Written by Shiban & Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz |
| 4 | "Memento Mori" | Mythology; Written by Shiban & Chris Carter & Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz; Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series |
| 4 | "Elegy" | Writer |
| 5 | "Christmas Carol" | Written by Shiban & Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz |
| 5 | "Emily" | Follows on from "Christmas Carol"; Written by Shiban & Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz |
| 5 | "Travelers" | Written by Shiban & Frank Spotnitz |
| 5 | "All Souls" | Written by Shiban & Frank Spotnitz |
| 5 | "The Pine Bluff Variant" | Writer |
| 6 | "Dreamland" | Written by Shiban & Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz |
| 6 | "Dreamland II" | Follows on from "Dreamland"; Written by Shiban & Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz |
| 6 | "S.R. 819" | Mythology; Writer |
| 6 | "Monday" | Written by Shiban & Frank Spotnitz |
| 6 | "Milagro" | Story by Shiban & Frank Spotnitz (Teleplay by Chris Carter) |
| 6 | "Three of a Kind" | Written by Shiban & Vince Gilligan |
| 6 | "Field Trip" | Teleplay by Shiban & Vince Gilligan (Story by Frank Spotnitz) |
| 7 | "The Amazing Maleeni" | Written by Shiban & Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz |
| 7 | "Theef" | Written by Shiban & Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz |
| 8 | "Badlaa" | Writer |
| 9 | "Underneath" | Writer & Director |
| 9 | "Jump the Shark" | Written by Shiban & Vince Gilligan & Frank Spotnitz |
| 9 | "Release" | Story by Shiban & David Amann (Telepaly by Amann) |
Torchwood Miracle Day episode 4 "Escape to LA" (with Jim Gray) and episode 6 "The Middle Men"
[edit] References
- ^ "Warner Home Video Signs Agreement with Filmmakers Tony Krantz, John Shiban and Daniel Myrick for Three Films to Be Produced for DVD Under the New ``Raw Feed Brand". Business Wire. 30 March 2006. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_March_30/ai_n26812851/.
- ^ "The 1997 Primetime Emmy Awards". http://www.amug.org/~scrnsrc/emmys_97.html.
- ^ "Year 1998, 50th Emmy Awards". http://3rd.en.vicdir.com/award-1-1998.htm.
- ^ a b Gregg Mitchell & Sherry Goldman (2009). "2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1516. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
- ^ "Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season". 16 March 2010. http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/breaking-bad-the-complete-second-season/1687.
- ^ 'Torchwood' attracts 'Buffy,' 'Breaking Bad,' 'House' writers
[edit] External links
- John Shiban at the Internet Movie Database
- John Shiban at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
