J. J. Abrams
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966)<ref name="britannica">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced films such as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), Cloverfield (2008), Star Trek (2009), and the Star Wars sequels The Force Awakens (2015) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Abrams' films have grossed over $4 billion worldwide, making him the tenth highest-grossing film director of all-time.
Abrams has created numerous television series, including Felicity (co-creator, 1998–2002), Alias (creator, 2001–2006), Lost (co-creator, 2004–2010), Fringe (co-creator, 2008–2013) and Duster (co-creator, 2025-). He won two Emmy Awards for Lost – Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series.
His directorial film work includes Mission: Impossible III (2006), Star Trek (2009), Super 8 (2011), and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He also directed, co-produced, and co-wrote The Force Awakens, the seventh episode of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy. The film is his highest grossing, the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation, as well as the most expensive film ever made. He returned to Star Wars by executive producing The Last Jedi (2017), and directing, co-producing, and co-writing The Rise of Skywalker (2019).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Abrams' frequent collaborators include producer Bryan Burk; producer/directors Damon Lindelof and Tommy Gormley; actors Greg Grunberg, Simon Pegg, Amanda Foreman, and Keri Russell; composer Michael Giacchino; writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, cinematographers Daniel Mindel and Larry Fong; and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey.Template:Not verified in body
Early lifeEdit
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born on June 27, 1966, in New York City, New York to veteran television producer Gerald W. Abrams (born 1939) of Polish-Jewish descent and Carol Ann Abrams (née Kelvin; 1942–2012), a Peabody Award winning television executive producer as well as author and law academic.<ref name="variety">Template:Cite news</ref> His sister is the screenwriter Tracy Rosen. His father worked at CBS in Midtown Manhattan the year prior to Abrams' birth. By 1971 the family had relocated to Los Angeles. His mother worked as a real estate agent while Abrams and his sister were at school.<ref name=variety/>
Abrams attended Palisades High School and after graduation planned on going to art school rather than a traditional college but eventually enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, in Bronxville, New York.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
Film careerEdit
Early careerEdit
Abrams' first job in the movie business was at age 16 when he wrote the music for Don Dohler's 1982 horror movie Nightbeast. During his senior year at college, he teamed with Jill Mazursky, the daughter of award-winning writer/director Paul Mazursky, to write a feature film treatment.<ref name="college">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Purchased by Touchstone Pictures, the treatment was the basis for Taking Care of Business, Abrams' first produced film, which starred Charles Grodin and James Belushi and was directed by Academy Award winner Arthur Hiller. He followed with Regarding Henry, starring Harrison Ford, and Forever Young, starring Mel Gibson. He also co-wrote with Mazursky the script for the comedy Gone Fishin' starring Joe Pesci and Danny Glover.
In 1994, he was part of the "Propellerheads" with Rob Letterman, Loren Soman, and Andy Waisler. The Propellerheads were a group of Sarah Lawrence alums experimenting with computer animation technology. They were contracted by Jeffrey Katzenberg to develop animation for the film Shrek.<ref>The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks pgs. 55–56</ref> Abrams worked on the screenplay for the 1998 film Armageddon with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay. That same year, he made his first foray into television with Felicity, which ran for four seasons on The WB Network, serving as the series' co-creator (with Matt Reeves) and executive producer. He also composed its opening theme music.
2000sEdit
Under his production company, Bad Robot, which he founded with Bryan Burk in 2001,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Abrams created and executive-produced ABC's Alias and is co-creator (along with Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Lieber) and was executive producer of Lost. As with Felicity, Abrams also composed the opening theme music for Alias and Lost. Abrams directed and wrote the two-part pilot for Lost and remained active producer for the first half of the season. Also in 2001, Abrams co-wrote and produced the horror-thriller Joy Ride.<ref name="Neil">Neil Daniels Template:Google books</ref> In 2006, he served as executive producer of What About Brian and Six Degrees, also on ABC. He also co-wrote the teleplay for LostTemplate:'s third-season premiere "A Tale of Two Cities" and the same year, he made his feature directorial debut with Mission: Impossible III, starring Tom Cruise. Abrams spoke at the TED conference in 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Importance inline
In 2008, Abrams produced the monster movie Cloverfield, which Matt Reeves directed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2009, he directed the science fiction film Star Trek,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which he produced with Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof. While it was speculated that they would be writing and producing an adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels, they publicly stated in November 2009 that they were no longer looking to take on that project.<ref name="cf2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2008, Abrams co-created, executive produced, and co-wrote (along with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman) the FOX science fiction series Fringe, for which he also composed the theme music. He was featured in the 2009 MTV Movie Awards 1980s-style digital short "Cool Guys Don't Look at Explosions", with Andy Samberg and Will Ferrell, in which he plays a keyboard solo. NBC picked up Abrams's Undercovers as its first new drama series for the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, it was subsequently cancelled by the network in November 2010.
2010sEdit
Abrams wrote and directed the Paramount science fiction thriller Super 8, starring Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning, while co-producing with Steven Spielberg and Bryan Burk; it was released on June 10, 2011.<ref name="super8confirmed">Template:Cite news</ref>
Abrams directed the sequel to Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, released in May 2013.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The film was interpreted as a loose remake of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Critics generally reacted positively to the film, while Nicholas Meyer, the director of The Wrath of Khan, called it a "gimmick".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Abrams was criticized for the film's treatment of classic villain Khan Noonien Singh (Benedict Cumberbatch). Many felt that much of the character, originally played by Mexican actor Ricardo Montalbán, had been lost, especially his ethnic identity.Template:Efn Two years after the film's release, Abrams said of the film, "there were certain things I was unsure of. ... Any movie ... has a fundamental conversation happening during it. And [for Into Darkness,] I didn't have it... [The weakness of the plot] was not anyone's fault but mine. ... [The script] was a little bit of a collection of scenes that were written by my friends ... And yet, I found myself frustrated by my choices, and unable to hang my hat on an undeniable thread of the main story. So then I found myself on that movie basically tap-dancing as well as I could to try and make the sequences as entertaining as possible. ... I would never say that I don't think that the movie ended up working. But I feel like it didn't work as well as it could have, had I made some better decisions before we started shooting."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On January 25, 2013, Disney and Lucasfilm introduced Abrams as director and producer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh entry in the Star Wars film saga,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> with Bryan Burk and Bad Robot producing the film.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following this news, speculation arose as to Abrams's future with Paramount Pictures, under which he had released all of his previous feature work as a director, and which had a first-look deal with his company, Bad Robot. Paramount vice-chairman Rob Moore stated that Abrams would continue to have a hand in the Star Trek and Mission: Impossible franchises going forward.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Abrams directed, produced, and co-wrote the screenplay for The Force Awakens,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which opened in theaters on December 18, 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Despite its strong box office performance and positive reviews, the film was considered by some, including Star Wars creator George Lucas, to be too similar to the original 1977 film.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2016, Abrams responded towards these complaints, stating: "What was important for me was introducing brand new characters using relationships that were embracing the history that we know to tell a story that is new — to go backwards to go forwards".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Efn
Abrams returned as producer for Star Trek Beyond, released in 2016. In 2016, he also produced The Cloverfield Paradox, a sequel to 10 Cloverfield Lane, which was released on Netflix in February 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="sb">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Also in 2018, Abrams produced Overlord, a horror film set behind German enemy lines in World War II and directed by Julius Avery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Abrams also produced the fourth, fifth, and sixth Mission: Impossible films.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In September 2017, Abrams returned to direct and co-write Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with Chris Terrio.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The film was released in December 2019 and received mixed reviews from critics and fans,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while audience reactions were also mixed.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2020sEdit
In September 2019, Abrams and his Bad Robot company signed a $250 million five-year deal with WarnerMedia, including HBO and Warner Bros. Pictures.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In April 2020, it was announced that Abrams would be developing three new shows for HBO Max: Duster, Overlook, and Justice League Dark.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since then, the latter two have been scrapped.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Abrams was one of the producers of an animated short film of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at Christmas 2022.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Abrams served as executive producer and co-creator of a new Batman animated series titled Batman: Caped Crusader alongside Matt Reeves and Bruce Timm.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The production team created eleven episodes which premiered August 1, 2024.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
On May 8, 2024, it was announced that Abrams would write and direct an untitled new film, with Glen Powell in early talks to star in the project with Bad Robot signing on as the production company.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The company's five-year deal with Warner Bros. was also extended in August 2024, although it was expected to be less expensive than the previous agreement with future projects having significant budget cuts.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Future projects include Flowervale Street, a Hot Wheels film adaptation, and an animated film based on Dr. Seuss' Oh, the Places You'll Go!.
Unrealized projectsEdit
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In 1989, Abrams met Steven Spielberg at a film festival, where Spielberg spoke about a possible Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel, with Abrams as a possible writer and with Robert Zemeckis as producer.<ref name="slashfilm.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Nothing came up from this project, although Abrams has some storyboards for a Roger Rabbit short.<ref name="slashfilm.com" />
In July 2002, Abrams wrote a script for a possible fifth Superman film entitled Superman: Flyby.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Brett Ratner and McG entered into talks to direct,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> although Abrams tried to get the chance to direct his own script.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the project was finally cancelled in 2004 and instead Superman Returns was released in 2006.
In November 2009, Abrams and Bad Robot Productions along with Cartoon Network Movies, Warner Bros., Frederator Films and Paramount Pictures, reportedly were producing a film adaptation of Samurai Jack.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the production of the film was scrapped after Abrams' departure from the project to direct Star Trek.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For this and other reasons, series creator Genndy Tartakovsky made a new season instead of a feature film. Also in 2009, Abrams and Bad Robot were reportedly set to produce a film based on the Micronauts toy line.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, the film has never gone into production.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In February 2018, HBO ordered Abrams' sci-fi drama Demimonde to series.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In June 2022, the project was cancelled.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Bad RobotEdit
In 2001, Abrams founded his own production company, Bad Robot, in association with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures. Initially a television production company under Touchstone Television, Bad Robot would branch out into film production, with the first movie to be produced under the Bad Robot name being Joy Ride (2001). Bad Robot is well known for Lost, the Star Trek Kelvin timeline films, the Mission: Impossible films excluding Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, the Cloverfield franchise, and the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Other workEdit
Video gameEdit
As of November 2015, a video game called Spyjinx was in development, with Abrams in a collaboration with Bad Robot and Chair Entertainment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Archived at GhostarchiveTemplate:Cbignore and the Wayback MachineTemplate:Cbignore: Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>Template:Clarify A beta test was launched on April 2, 2020, by Epic Games.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Books and comicsEdit
On October 29, 2013, S., a novel written by Doug Dorst based on a concept by Abrams, was released.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2019, Abrams made his debut as a writer for Marvel Comics, co-authoring the company's title Spider-Man from September of that year with his son Henry.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first issue of the comic includes the death of Mary Jane Watson, and a twelve-year time shift, with the series' protagonist being Ben Parker, son of Peter Parker and Mary Jane.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Personal lifeEdit
Abrams is married to public relations executive Katie McGrath and has three children.<ref name=college/><ref>"EW Gets the Stories Behind Those Goofy TV Production-Company Logos" Template:Webarchive, Entertainment Weekly, December 7, 2001: "The title came to creator J.J. Abrams during a writers' meeting, and he recorded his children, Henry and Gracie (ages 2 and 3), saying the words into his Powerbook's microphone. 'That day in the office while editing,' says Abrams, 'I put together sound effects on my computer, burned a QuickTime movie on a CD, gave it to postproduction, and three days later it was on national television.'"</ref> His daughter, Gracie Abrams, is a pop singer-songwriter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He resides in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Director J.J. Abrams and wife, actress Katie – Media (3 of 46) Movie Premieres: 'Star Trek,' 'Angels Template:Webarchive, "Director J.J. Abrams and wife, actress Katie McGrath, parade on the red carpet as they arrives at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood for the premiere of the movie 'Star Trek' in Los Angeles on April 30, 2009.</ref> He is Jewish and his wife is Catholic, and he sometimes takes his children to religious services on Jewish holidays.<ref>Jewishjournal.com: Now It's J.J. Abrams' Turn to 'Trek' Template:Webarchive, accessed December 16, 2015</ref>
Abrams serves on the Creative Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF) Board of Governors.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was also reported that he attended the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.<ref name=":0" />
In September 2024, Abrams signed a letter along with over 125 other Hollywood professionals urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign AI safety bill SB 1047.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
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Acting creditsEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Template:Tooltip |
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| 1991 | Regarding Henry | Delivery Boy | ||
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation | Doug | ||
| 1996 | Diabolique | Video Photographer #2 | ||
| 1999 | The Suburbans | Rock Journalist | ||
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Vocal cameo | ||
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Himself | ||
| 2019 | Love, Antosha | Himself | Documentary film | |
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| 2024 | Music by John Williams | Himself | Documentary film |
Other rolesEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Template:Tooltip |
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| 1982 | Nightbeast | Composer / Sound effects composer | |
| 1995 | Casper | Uncredited rewrites | <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Digital artist |
TelevisionEdit
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- What About Brian (2006–07)
- Six Degrees (2006–07)
- Believe (2014)
- 11.22.63 (2016) (Miniseries<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Roadies (2016)
- Westworld (2016–2022)
- Castle Rock (2018–19)
- Little Voice (2020)
- Lovecraft Country (2020)
- Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)
- Lisey's Story (2021) (Miniseries)
- UFO (2021)
- Presumed Innocent (2024)
- Batman: Caped Crusader (2024–present)
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012 | Family Guy | Himself | Voice, Episode: "Ratings Guy" |
| 2017 | Nightcap | Episode: "The Show Might Go on, Part 2" | |
| Tour de Pharmacy | Television film | ||
| 2021 | The Simpsons | Episode: "Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars" | |
| 2022 | Light & Magic | Documentary series |
TheatreEdit
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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| 2017 | The Play That Goes Wrong | Template:No | Template:No | Template:Yes | Broadway version |
BibliographyEdit
- S. (with Doug Dorst, 2013)
Awards and nominationsEdit
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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| 1999 | Razzie Award | Worst Screenplay | Armageddon | Template:Nom |
| 2002 | Emmy Award<ref name=Emmy/> | Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Alias | Template:Nom |
| 2004 | PGA Award | Best Drama | Template:Nom | |
| 2005 | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top TV Series | Lost | Template:Won |
| Directors Guild of America | Best Director | Template:Nom | ||
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Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series – Pilot | Template:Won | |
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| Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series – Pilot<ref name=Emmy/> | Template:Nom | |||
| 2006 | ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Top TV Series | Template:Won | |
| PGA Award | Best Drama | Template:Won | ||
| Writers Guild of America<ref name="WGA">Template:Cite news</ref> | Dramatic Series | Template:Won | ||
| 2007 | Saturn Award | Best Director | Mission: Impossible III | Template:Nom |
| BAFTA | Best International Programme | Lost | Template:Nom | |
| PGA Award | Best Drama | Template:Nom | ||
| Writers Guild of America | Dramatic Series | Template:Nom | ||
| 2008 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Drama Series | Template:Nom | |
| 2009 | Template:Nom | |||
| Writers Guild of America | Long Form | Fringe | Template:Nom | |
| New Series | Template:Nom | |||
| Scream Awards | Best Director | Star Trek | Template:Won | |
| 2010 | Saturn Award | Best Director | Template:Nom | |
| Empire Awards | Best Director | Template:Nom | ||
| PGA Award | Theatrical Motion Picture | Template:Nom | ||
| SFX Awards | Best Director | Template:Won | ||
| Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Template:Nom | ||
| Emmy Award<ref name=Emmy/> | Outstanding Drama Series | Lost | Template:Nom | |
| 2011 | Scream Award | Best Director | Super 8 | Template:Nom |
| Best Scream-Play | Template:Won | |||
| BAM Awards | Best Director | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Screenplay | Template:Won | |||
| 2012 | Saturn Award | Best Director | Template:Won | |
| Best Writing | Template:Nom | |||
| SFX Awards | Best Director | Template:Nom | ||
| 2013 | PGA Award | Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television | Template:Won | |
| 2014 | Saturn Award | Best Director | Star Trek Into Darkness | Template:Nom |
| 2016 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Template:Nom | ||
| Best Writing | Template:Won | |||
| Empire Awards | Best Director | Template:Won | ||
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film | Template:Won | |||
| Best Film | Template:Nom | |||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Picture | Template:Nom | ||
| Jupiter Awards | Best International Film | Template:Won | ||
| Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form | Template:Nom |
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Further readingEdit
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