Roberto Gaston Orci (born July 20, 1973) is a Mexican-American film and television writer and producer.
Life and career
Orci was born in Mexico City, to a Mexican father and a Cuban mother. His mother Immigrated to the United States with her parents after Fidel Castro came to power. He is the older brother of screenwriter-producer J. R. Orci. He was raised in Canada, Texas, and Los Angeles. He met his longtime friend and collaborator Alex Kurtzman when both were 17-year-old students at Crossroads, a privately funded school in Santa Monica, California. Orci went on to attend The University of Texas at Austin.
Orci's producing credits include Star Trek, The Legend of Zorro, Mission: Impossible III, Transformers, and Cowboys & Aliens. He is the co-creator, along with Alex Kurtzman and J. J. Abrams, of the Fox science fiction series Fringe, on which he served as a producer.
The Hollywood Reporter listed Orci as one of the 50 most powerful Latinos in Hollywood of 2007. Both Orci and Kurtzman confirmed to Variety that they're no longer going to work together on other film projects but will still work together only on TV projects.
In May 2014, Skydance and Paramount Pictures announced that Orci was to direct the third installment of the Star Trek reboot franchise, but on December 5, 2014 it was announced he would not be directing the film. He remains as co-writer and producer.
Controversy
Orci has had several instances of run-ins with fans and critics alike. In response to a fan upset over Star Trek Into Darkness, Orci said: "Shitty Dodge. STID has infinetly more social commentary than Raiders in every Universe, and I say that with Harrison Ford being a friend. You lose credibility big time when you don’t honestly engage with the FUCKING WRITER OF THE MOVIE ASKING YOU AN HONEST QUESTION. You prove the cliche of shitty fans. And rude in the process. So, as Simon Pegg would say: FUCK OFF!" He later apologized.
Orci also spoke out on his Twitter account about 9/11 conspiracy theories, calling all those who didn't think the attacks were an inside job as "coincidence theorists". He has since deleted his account.
Filmography
Television credits
References
External links
- Roberto Orci at the Internet Movie Database
- Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci Discuss Trek and Transformers at AMCtv.com
- [1] The Real Orci
- Roberto Orci Deletes Twitter Account