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Damon Lindelof was one of the show's creators and executive producers, and was the head writer of the show. He co-hosted the Official Lost Podcast with Carlton Cuse.

Background

After creating the characters, the overall storyline, and the first two episodes of Lost along with J.J. Abrams, Lindelof has taken over as the head writer of the show, since Abrams has numerous other projects on his plate. Damon's previous experience includes being the writer of episodes of MTV's Undressed, Nash Bridges, Wasteland, Crossing Jordan, and Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk (2006), a comic book miniseries; his first television writing job was with Wasteland. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Lindelof is an avid Star Wars fan, as is Abrams.

HatchTable — Damon Lindleof planking his hatch coffee table.

Lindelof produced the 2009 Star Trek film which was directed by Abrams. In April 2009, it was announced that he would write the sequel to the film with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

Work on Lost

Damon Lindelof is credited as a writer on the following episodes of Lost:

Season 1	Season 2
"Pilot, Part 1" (with Jeffrey Lieber & J.J. Abrams) "Pilot, Part 2" (with Jeffrey Lieber & J.J. Abrams) "Tabula Rasa" "Confidence Man" "Whatever the Case May Be" (with Jennifer Johnson) "Homecoming" "Deus Ex Machina" (with Carlton Cuse) "Exodus, Part 1" (with Carlton Cuse) "Exodus, Part 2" (with Carlton Cuse)	"Man of Science, Man of Faith" "...And Found" (with Carlton Cuse) "The Other 48 Days" (with Carlton Cuse) "The 23rd Psalm" (with Carlton Cuse) "One of Them" (with Carlton Cuse) "Lockdown" (with Carlton Cuse) "?" (with Carlton Cuse) "Live Together, Die Alone" (with Carlton Cuse)

Season 3	Season 4
"A Tale of Two Cities" (with J.J. Abrams) "I Do" (with Carlton Cuse) "Flashes Before Your Eyes" (with Drew Goddard) "Enter 77" (with Carlton Cuse) "Left Behind" (with Elizabeth Sarnoff) "The Brig" (with Carlton Cuse) "Through the Looking Glass" (with Carlton Cuse)	"The Beginning of the End" (with Carlton Cuse) "The Constant" (with Carlton Cuse) "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1" (with Carlton Cuse) "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3" (with Carlton Cuse)

Season 5	Season 6
"Because You Left" (with Carlton Cuse) "316" (with Carlton Cuse) "The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" (with Carlton Cuse) "Whatever Happened, Happened" (with Carlton Cuse) "The Incident, Parts 1 & 2" (with Carlton Cuse)	"LA X, Parts 1 & 2" (with Carlton Cuse) "Lighthouse" (with Carlton Cuse) "Happily Ever After" (with Carlton Cuse) "Across the Sea" (with Carlton Cuse) "The End" (with Carlton Cuse)

He also wrote the mobisodes "Arzt & Crafts" and "Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack". Another mobisode, "The Envelope", was co-written with J.J. Abrams (and was actually a deleted scene from "A Tale of Two Cities").

He and Carlton Cuse have also provided narration for five clip shows: "Lost Survivor Guide", "Lost: The Answers", "Lost: Destiny Calls", "Lost: A Journey in Time" and "Lost: The Final Journey"

Awards

Emmy Awards:
- Won for "Outstanding Drama Series", for Lost (2005)
- Nominated for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series", with J.J. Abrams (teleplay by/story by) and Jeffrey Lieber (story by), for "Pilot, Part 1" and "Pilot, Part 2" (2005)
- Nominated for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series", with Carlton Cuse, for "The 23rd Psalm" (2006)
- Nominated for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series", with Carlton Cuse, for "Through the Looking Glass" (2007)
- Nominated for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series", with Carlton Cuse, for "The Incident, Parts 1 & 2" (2009)
'Jules Verne' award during the Festival Jules Verne in Paris (April 2009)

Trivia

Damon hand — Lindelof's hand as Locke in "?"

Lindelof had one moment on screen in Lost, in the episode "?". His hand played the role of Locke's hand when flicking a light switch. (Official Lost Podcast transcript/May 26, 2006)
In "Through the Looking Glass", Lindelof voices the captain on Jack's plane flight apologizing for the turbulence.
In 2007 it was reported that Lindelof, along with J.J. Abrams, was set to pen the script for the film or television adaptation of The Dark Tower by Stephen King, [1] [2] but Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment took over the project in 2010. [3]
Lindelof appeared on the May 6, 2005 20/20 "Lost Special" (S26 E1396).
At Comic-Con 2008, a fan asked Lindelof which episode was his favorite out of all episodes of Lost he has co-written. Lindelof's answer was the Season 1 finale episodes "Exodus, Part 1" and "Exodus, Part 2". His least favorite episode is "Homecoming".
Lindelof and fellow executive producer Carlton Cuse made Time magazine's 2010 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, listed at number eleven in the artists category. [4]
Damon Lindelof had a small cameo on House, as a character kicked in the groin by Olivia Wilde. [5]

Personal quotes

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"There are occasions where we basically say “What was Juliet's husband's first name?”, and if Gregg (Nations) is not sitting in his office we will log into Lostpedia to get that answer." - On Lostpedia

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"Sometimes we get frustrated ourselves and decide it's time to download a big chunk of mythology. And then the audience says, 'I find this confusing and alienating and too weird.' So then we pull back, and they say, 'You're not giving us enough'." - On trying to satisfy the audience of Lost

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"Here's what you won't see: Globetrotters, zombies, the guy Meredith Grey didn't choose, coconut radios, Laura Palmer, Jack laughing, Desmond running naked through the jungle, the Others' annual talent show, buttons, timers, electromagnetic anomalies, Cylons, cyclones, or clones, nanobots, Captain Jack Sparrow, and time travel." -- On the Season 3 premiere

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"And considering I have now read Bad Twin, Gary Troup got exactly what he deserved." -- On the Identity of Turbine man

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"I will probably be dragged through the streets and burned in effigy if fans have to wait another year for 'Lost' to come back. And who could blame them? Public sentiment may have swung toward the guild for now, but once the viewing audience has spent a month or so subsisting on 'America's Next Hottest Cop' and 'Celebrity Eating Contest,' I have little doubt that the tide will turn against us." -- On the effects of the WGA strike

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"The greatest piece of popular fiction ever produced." -- Featured on the back of recent reprints of the graphic novel 'Watchmen'

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Media appearances

Print

New York Times - September 12, 2008 - The beat goes on: A night out with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
Emmy Magazine - Issue 5, 2008 - "Vic, Vice and Virtue" - article authored by Damon Lindelof about The Shield

Miscellaneous

September 30, 2006 - Sunset on the Beach
January 13, 2007 - Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
2005-2009 - Comic Con
November 19, 2008 - Meltdown
October 17, 2009 - Hawaii International Film Festival
May 13, 2010 - Lost Live

Wikipedia has information related to:

Damon Lindelof

External links

ABC Medianet biography
"For the Nomad" - VIP area subforum for Lindelof at Thefuselage.com
Wizard Entertainment LOST AND FOUND - 5 Questions With... Damon Lindelof (1/11/06)
TV Guide Michael Ausiello interview with Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse (11/8/06)
Wizard Entertainment Q&A with Damon Lindelof (12/28/06)
Wizard Entertainment 'THE LOST BOY' - As ‘Lost’ returns to the screen, co-creator Damon Lindelof sounds off on what it takes to make the biggest cult show in TV history (2/6/07).
New York Times - "Mourning TV" - November 11, 2007 editorial by Lindelof regarding the WGA Strike
@DamonLindelof Damon Lindelof on Twitter
@TheRealDamon Damon Lindelof's original Twitter account

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+'''Damon Lindelof''' was one of the show's creators and executive producers, and was the head writer of the show.  He co-hosted the [[Official Lost Podcast|Official ''Lost'' Podcast]] with [[Carlton Cuse]].
 ==Background==
-After creating the characters, the overall storyline, and the first two episodes of ''Lost'' along with [[J.J. Abrams]], Lindelof has taken over as the head writer of the show, since Abrams has numerous other projects on his plate. Damon's previous experience includes being the writer of episodes of ''MTV's Undressed'', ''Nash Bridges'', ''Wasteland'' and ''Crossing Jordan'' and ''Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk'' (2006), a comic book miniseries; his first television writing job was with ''Wasteland''.  He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.  Lindelof is an avid {{it|Star Wars}} fan, as is Abrams.
+After creating the characters, the overall storyline, and the first two episodes of ''Lost'' along with [[J.J. Abrams]], Lindelof has taken over as the head writer of the show, since Abrams has numerous other projects on his plate. Damon's previous experience includes being the writer of episodes of ''MTV's Undressed'', ''Nash Bridges'', ''Wasteland'', ''Crossing Jordan'', and ''Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk'' (2006), a comic book miniseries; his first television writing job was with ''Wasteland''.  He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.  Lindelof is an avid {{it|Star Wars}} fan, as is Abrams.
+{{I|I=HatchTable.jpg|w=200|a=right|c=Damon Lindleof planking his hatch coffee table.}}
-Lindelof produced the 2009 Star Trek film which was directed by Abrams. In April 2009, it was announced that he will write the sequel to the film with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
+Lindelof produced the 2009 Star Trek film which was directed by Abrams. In April 2009, it was announced that he would write the sequel to the film with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
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+He also wrote the [[mobisodes]] {{ep|mx07}} and {{ep|mx10}}. Another mobisode, {{ep|mx12}}, was co-written with [[J.J. Abrams]] (and was actually a deleted scene from {{ep|3x01}}).
-He and Carlton Cuse have also provided narration for three [[clip shows]]: {{ep|3xrc2}}, {{ep|3xrc3}}, {{ep|5xrc1}}.
+He and Carlton Cuse have also provided narration for five [[clip shows]]: {{ep|3xrc2}}, {{ep|3xrc3}}, {{ep|5xrc1}}, {{ep|5xrc3}} and {{ep|6xrc2}}
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+** Nominated for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series", with Carlton Cuse, for {{ep|3x22-23}} (2007)
-** Nominated for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series", with Carlton Cuse, for {{ep|5x16}} (2009)
+** Nominated for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series", with Carlton Cuse, for {{ep|5x16-17}} (2009)
 *'Jules Verne' award during the ''Festival Jules Verne'' in Paris (April 2009)
 ==Trivia==
+{{I|I=Damon_hand.jpg|w=200|a=right|c=Lindelof's hand as Locke in {{ep|2x21}}}}
-* Damon had one moment on screen in one of the episodes {{crossref|2x21}}, where his hand played the role of [[Locke|Locke's]] hand, when flicking a light switch. {{crossref|Official Lost Podcast transcript/May 26, 2006}}
+* Lindelof had one moment on screen in ''Lost'', in the episode {{ep|2x21}}. His hand played the role of [[Locke]]'s hand when flicking a light switch. {{crossref|Official Lost Podcast transcript/May 26, 2006}}
-* Damon voices the captain on Jack's plane flight apologizing for the turbulence. {{crossref|3x23}}
+* In {{ep|3x22-23}}, Lindelof voices the captain on Jack's plane flight apologizing for the turbulence.
-* Damon, along with J.J. Abrams, is penning the script for the film adaptation of ''The Dark Tower'' by [[Stephen King]]. [[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/startreknews.php?id=42298 1]]
+* In 2007 it was reported that Lindelof, along with [[J.J. Abrams]], was set to pen the script for the film or television adaptation of ''The Dark Tower'' by [[Stephen King]], [http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=18923] [http://web.archive.org/web/20080706211835/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/startreknews.php?id=42298] but Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment took over the project in 2010. [http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/04/30/the-dark-tower-adaptation-ron-howard-j-j-abrams]
-* Appeared on the May 6, 2005 ''20/20'' "Lost Special" (S26 E1396)
+* Lindelof appeared on the May 6, 2005 ''20/20'' "Lost Special" (S26 E1396).
-* On Comic-Con 2008 a fan asked Lindelof which episode was his favorite out of all episodes of Lost he has co-written. Lindelof's answer was the First Season finale episodes [[Exodus, Part 1]] and [[Exodus, Part 2]]. His least favorite, meanwhile, is [[Homecoming]].
+* At [[Comic-Con]] 2008, a fan asked Lindelof which episode was his favorite out of all episodes of ''Lost'' he has co-written. Lindelof's answer was the Season 1 finale episodes {{ep|1x23}} and {{ep|1x24}}. His least favorite episode is {{ep|1x15}}.
-[[File:Damon_hand.jpg|thumb|Damon's hand as Locke in [[?]]]]
+* Lindelof and  fellow executive producer [[Carlton Cuse]] made ''Time'' magazine's 2010 list of the 100 most influential people in the world, listed at number eleven in the artists category. [http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1984685,00.html]
+* Damon Lindelof had a small cameo on ''House'', as a character kicked in the groin by Olivia Wilde. [http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/04/damen_lindelof_house.html]
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 *October 17, 2009 - [[Hawaii International Film Festival]]
+*May 13, 2010 - [[Lost Live]]
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 *[http://twitter.com/DamonLindelof @DamonLindelof] Damon Lindelof on Twitter
 *[http://twitter.com/TheRealDamon @TheRealDamon] Damon Lindelof's original Twitter account
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