Matthew Pitts

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Matthew Pitts
Other names	Matt Pitts
Occupation	Writer
Years active	2008-present

Matthew Pitts is an American television writer.

Career

Pitts began his career working as J. J. Abrams' assistant on the film Cloverfield and held the same position on Abrams' Star Trek, before transitioning into a writer.

Pitts has written a horror screenplay entitled Spring Break Zombie Cruise, about a government-created virus that infects a group of people on a Spring Break cruise. The script is currently being shopped to studios and will be shot in 3-D.

He served as a writer, executive story editor, and co-producer on the NBC adventure series Revolution.

Fringe

Pitts has worked on the FOX science-fiction/mystery series Fringe in some capacity since the first season, beginning with being co-creator Abrams' assistant. He has since been given the opportunity to write for the show's second, third, and fourth seasons. He currently serves as story editor. Installments he has contributed to include:

• "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver." (2.17)
• "Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?" (3.04) (co-written with co-executive producer David Wilcox)
• "Concentrate and Ask Again" (3.12) (co-written with executive story editor Graham Roland)
• "Wallflower" (4.07) (co-written by script coordinator Justin Doble)
• "Everything in Its Right Place" (04.17) (co-executive producer David Fury and consulting producer J.R. Orci co-wrote a teleplay based on a story by Pitts and Orci)
• "Worlds Apart" (4.20) (Pitts and DC Comics' Nicole Phillips co-wrote a teleplay based on a story by co-producer Roland)

External links

• Matthew Pitts at the Internet Movie Database