James Wong (producer)

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Wong (foreground) on the set of Final Destination 3

James Wong (黄毅瑜) is an American television producer, writer, and film director notable for his work on The X-Files, Space: Above and Beyond, Millennium , and The One (film). He often works with writing partner Glen Morgan.

[edit] Biography

Wong, born in Hong Kong, China, moved to the United States with his family at age 10 to San Diego, California. During his youth, he met his future writing partner Glen Morgan at El Cajon Valley High School.

Later on, he went to Loyola Marymount University, joining a comedy improv group. Originally seeking a major in engineering, he later switched to a film major after seeing Apocalypse Now in Cinerama Dome.

After graduating, Wong landed a job as an assistant to Sandy Howard. During this time, Wong and Morgan wrote screenplays, eventually having one produced.

With Morgan, he co-wrote The Boys Next Door, after this Wong became a story editor on the short-lived ABC crime drama Knightwatch. Later, with Morgan, Wong would work on many Stephen J. Cannell productions, including Wiseguy (as supervising producer), The Commish (as supervising producer), and as a staff writer and story editor for 21 Jump Street and its spinoff, Booker. Upon landing the The X-Files, Morgan and Wong were responsible for the creation of The Lone Gunmen, Agent Walter Skinner and the mutant Eugene Tooms.

In 1996, due to their success with The X-Files, Wong and Morgan were offered an $8 million, four-year contract deal with 20th Century Fox Television to write and produce television series, which lead into production duties on both The X-Files and Millennium. As part of this deal, Morgan and Wong went on to create the short-lived series Space: Above and Beyond. Later, the duo would go on to create and executive produce the short-lived NBC paranormal series, The Others.

In 2000, Wong directed Final Destination, a film Wong co-wrote with Morgan. Wong followed the directorial debut with The One, and with the second sequel to Final Destination.

James Wong is married to Tina Wong, with whom he has three children.