Josh Schwartz Filmography

Occupation:
Executive Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:
Famous as reportedly the youngest person, as of the mid-2000s, to ever create, produce, and author episodes of a prime-time network series (he was 26 at the time), and as one of the individuals who helped resuscitate intra-program brand integration for scripted series dramas, Josh Schwartz bears...Read More

  • X-Men: First Class

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: The young ranks of the X-Men mutant super group are mined in this youth-minded installment, scripted by Gossip Girl's Josh Schwartz. Taking its title from the 2006 comic, the feature will focus on some of the students of the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Read More

    1/1/11

  • Chuck [TV Series]

    Crew: Executive Producer

    Synopsis: Zachary Levi starred as computer geek and social misfit Chuck Bartowski in this heady NBC combination of comedy, fantasy, espionage, teen angst and wish fulfillment. While working a technical-support firm called the Nerd Herd, Chuck accidentally downloaded millions of megabytes of government Read More

    2007

  • Gossip Girl [TV Series]

    Crew: Executive Producer

    Synopsis: Based on Alloy Entertainment's book series by Cecily Von Ziegesar, CW's Gossip Girl gave New York's fashionable Upper East Side basically the same slick and sexy treatment as Fox's The O.C. had given California's Orange County. The series focused on a group of terribly wealthy, dazzlingly Read More

    2007

  • The O.C.: The Goodbye Girl

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: As Anna (Samaire Armstrong) prepares to return to Pittsburgh, Seth (Adam Brody) is tortured with guilt, thinking that he, and he alone, is responsible for her abrupt departure. In other developments, Sandy (Peter Gallagher) tries to untangle the legal problems facing his wife, Kirsten (Kelly Read More

    2004

  • The O.C.: The Heartbreak

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: As Valentine's Day approaches, the O.C.ers prepare for a big "Singles" benefit bash. And speaking of singles: Luke (Chris Carmack) may have a new love in his life (or so he thinks); Seth (Adam Brody) acts upon some interesting romantic advice in his dealings with Summer (Rachel Bilson); and newly Read More

    2004

  • The O.C.: The Rivals

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Is Jimmy (Tate Donovan) ready and able to reopen the Lighthouse restaurant with Sandy (Peter Gallagher) as his partner -- or is there a hidden problem that may end this business enterprise before it begins? Meanwhile, Summer's (Rachel Bilson) new relationship with another "funny" guy, Danny (Bret Harrison Read More

    2004

  • The O.C.: The L.A.

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Paris Hilton guest stars in this episode, in which Grady Bridges (Colin Hanks), handsome leading man of the popular TV soap opera "The Valley," invites his gushing fans Marissa (Mischa Barton) and Summer (Rachel Bilson) to a party in L.A. Coming along for the ride are Ryan (Ben McKenzie), who Read More

    2004

  • The O.C.: The Ties That Bind

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: When this final episode of The O.C.'s first season originally aired in May of 2004, producer Josh Schwartz refused to reveal any plot details, though he made a tantalizing promise: "I think people will be upset, but they won't be disappointed." As expected, most of the episode is taken up with the Read More

    2004

  • The O.C.: The Proposal

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: The Lighthouse's reopening is threatened when its liquor license is turned down due to improprieties on the part of co-owner Jimmy (Tate Donovan). Summer (Rachel Bilson) and Seth (Adam Brody) try to comfort Marissa (Mischa Barton) after she learns the truth about Julie (Melinda Clarke) and Luke (Chris Carmack Read More

    2004

  • The O.C. [TV Series]

    Crew: Executive Producer, Show Creator

    Synopsis: The first new FOX network series of the 2003-2004 season, The O.C. was co-produced and co-created by McG, director of the Charlie's Angels theatrical films, and Josh Schwartz, a 26-year-old University of Southern California graduate, upon whose academic research the series was based. The titular Read More

    2003

  • The O.C.: The Debut

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: As Sandy and Kirsten Cohen (Peter Gallagher and Kelly Rowan) agree to take full legal responsibility for the troubled Ryan (Ben McKenzie), Newport's most prominent (and most attractive) young ladies prepare for the annual cotillion. Marissa (Mischa Barton) stage-manages matters so that Ryan will Read More

    2003

  • The O.C.: The Girlfriend

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Alan Dale makes his first series appearance as Caleb Nichol, the wealthy, manipulative father of troubled Newport matron Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan). Caleb sets the Cohen household on its ear when he introduces his new and extremely young girlfriend, Gabrielle (Nichole Hiltz), who may well put Read More

    2003

  • The O.C.: Premiere

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: The initial seven-week "test run" of The O.C. starts with a bang in this debut episode. The main focus is on Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie), a tough, trouble-prone teen who has been arrested for stealing a car and thrown out of his Chino home, seemingly headed inexorably toward a life of crime. Read More

    2003

  • The O.C.: The Model Home

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Faced with the likelihood of being sent to a foster home, Ryan (Ben McKenzie) runs away from the Newport Beach home of the Cohens, planning to ultimately escape to Texas. Actually, he gets no farther than an uncompleted building project, a "model home" conceived by Seth's mother, Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan Read More

    2003

  • The O.C.: The Secret

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: Mom Kirsten (Kelly Rowan) and son Seth (Adam Brody) both have much to answer for after their outrageous behavior during Thanksgiving. While still wondering if she should become involved with Kirsten's father, Caleb (Alan Dale), Julie (Melinda Clarke) has trouble dealing with the fact that Read More

    2003

  • The O.C.: The Countdown

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: New Year's Eve promises to be a chaotic occasion for the O.C.ers. To start with, Kirsten's (Kelly Rowan) rebellious sister, Hailey (Amanda Righetti), has returned, hell-bent on throwing the wild party to end all wild parties. Meanwhile, Ryan (Ben McKenzie) and Marissa (Mischa Barton) find that Read More

    2003

  • The O.C.: The Escape

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: As several of the younger O.C.ers plan an end-of-summer trip to Tijuana, Sandy Cohen (Adam Brody) takes a new legal job that disturbs his social-climbing wife, Kirsten (Kelly Rowan) -- who in turn must now fend off her suddenly amorous neighbor Jimmy Cooper (Tate Donovan). The sojourn into Mexico Read More

    2003

  • The O.C.: The Homecoming

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Synopsis: During Thanksgiving week, Ryan (Ben McKenzie) is summoned back to Chino by his family. Accompanied by Marissa (Mischa Barton), Ryan ends up visiting his brother, Trey (Bradley Stryker), in prison. Meanwhile, back in the O.C., Marissa's mother, Julie (Melinda Clarke), expresses outrage that her Read More

    2003

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