WONG, James

(Bill Bludworth, a joint pseudonym)

PERSONAL

Married; wife's name, Tina; children: three, including twins. Education: Attended Loyola Marymount University.

Addresses: Agent— Philip Raskind, Endeavor, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager— Marty Adelstein, Original Film Management, 2045 South Barrington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Career: Writer, producer, and director. Hard Eight Pictures, partner with Glen Morgan. Sandy Howard Productions, worked as production assistant; Stephen J. Cannell Productions, story editor and writer, beginning 1989.

Awards, Honors: Apex Award nomination, outstanding screenplay in action, mystery, or thriller genre (with Glen Morgan), 1985, for The Boys Next Door; Universe Reader's Choice Award, best writing for a genre television series (with Morgan), Sci–Fi Universe, 1995, for "Die Hand, Die Verletzt," The X–Files; Digital Hollywood Award, best writing (with Morgan), 1995, for "One Breath," The X–Files; Digital Hollywood Award, best writing, and award nomination, best writing, New York Film Festival for Television Programming and Promotion, both (with Morgan) 1995, for "Beyond the Sea," The X–Files; Golden Globe awards, outstanding drama series, 1995 and 1996, Emmy Award nominations, outstanding drama series, 1995 and 1997, Saturn Award, outstanding television series, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1995, and Television Critics Association Award nomination, best drama series, 1995, all (with others) for The X–Files; Universe Reader's Choice Award, best writing for a genre television series (with Morgan), 1996, for "Who Monitors the Birds?," Space: Above and Beyond; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing for a drama series, 1997, for "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man," The X–Files; Saturn Award nomination, best genre network series (with others), 1997, for Millennium; Apex Award nomination, outstanding screenplay (with Morgan), fantasy, science fiction, or horror genre, 2000, and Saturn Award, best horror film (with Morgan), 2001, all for Final Destination.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Story editor, Knightwatch, ABC, 1988.

Story editor, Booker (also known as Booker, P.I. ), ABC, 1989.

Story editor, 21 Jump Street, ABC, 1989–1990.

Supervising producer (with Glen Morgan), Wiseguy, CBS, 1990–1991.

Creator (with Morgan) and co–executive producer, Disney Presents the 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (also known as Black Jack Savage ), NBC, 1991.

Supervising producer, The Commish, ABC, 1991–1993.

Co–executive producer, The X–Files, Fox, 1993–1994.

Creator and executive producer (with Morgan), Space: Above and Beyond, Fox, 1995–1996.

Consulting producer (with Morgan), The X–Files, Fox, 1996–1997.

Consulting producer (with Morgan), Millennium, Fox, 1996–1997.

Executive producer (with Morgan), Millennium, Fox, 1997–1998.

Executive producer (with Morgan), The Others, NBC, 2000.

Television Work; Episodic:

Director, "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man," The X–Files, Fox, 1996.

Television Work; Other:

Story editor, Child of Darkness, Child of Light (movie), USA Network, 1991.

Creator and executive producer (with Glen Morgan), The Wonder Cabinet (pilot), Fox, 1999.

Film Work:

Director, Final Destination, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Producer (with Glen Morgan) and director, The One, Columbia, 2001.

Producer, Willard, New Line Cinema, 2003.

RECORDINGS

Documentary Videos:

The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination, " New Line Home Video, 2000.

Jet Li Is "The One, " Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2002.

Multiverses Create "The One, " Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2002.

About Face, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2002.

The Year of the Rat, New Line Home Video, 2003.

WRITINGS

Television Series; with Glen Morgan:

21 Jump Street, Fox, multiple episodes, 1989–1990.

The X–Files, Fox, multiple episodes, 1993–1997.

Space: Above and Beyond, Fox, multiple episodes, 1995–1996.

Millennium, Fox, multiple episodes, 1996–1998.

The Others, NBC, multiple episodes, 2000–2001.

Also writer for the series The Commish, ABC.

Television Pilots; with Glen Morgan:

Space: Above and Beyond, Fox, 1995.

Television Episodes; with Glen Morgan:

"Cementhead," Booker (also known as Booker, P.I. ), Fox, 1989.

(As Bill Bludworth) Wiseguy, CBS, 1991.

Screenplays; with Glen Morgan:

The Boys Next Door (also known as Big Shots ), New World, 1986.

(Uncredited) Trick or Treat, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986.

Final Destination, New Line Cinema, 2000.

The One, Columbia, 2001.

(Uncredited) Willard, New Line Cinema, 2003.

ADAPTATIONS

The series The Lone Gunmen, broadcast by Fox in 2001, was based on characters from The X–Files created by Wong and Glen Morgan.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Cinefantastique, October, 1995, p. 62.

Starlog, January, 1995; November, 1995; April, 1998;.

Electronic:

11th Hour, http://www.the11thhour.com, June, 1999.

Morgan and Wong Online, http://www.morganandwongonline.com, January 26, 2004.