Writing
Josh Friedman
Biography
Josh Friedman (born February 14, 1967) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on the science-fiction action genre, including on the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the film adaptation of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024). He also wrote the neo-noir murder mystery The Black Dahlia (2006). He co-wrote James Cameron's Avatar film sequels and the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Josh Friedman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
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Acting credits
0
Directing
19
Writing
6
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 7.7Foundation
2021 · tv · Executive Producer
- 2
★ 7.6Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · movie · Story
- 3
★ 7.6Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · movie · Story
- 4
★ 7.5Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008 · tv · Writer
- 5
★ 7.4Snowpiercer
2020 · tv · Story
- 6
★ 7.1The Finder
2012 · tv · Writer
- 7
★ 7.1Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 · movie · Writer
- 8
★ 7.0The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025 · movie · Screenplay
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 114,405 votes
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · movie
- 2
9,332 votesWar of the Worlds
2005 · movie
- 3
5,754 votesTerminator: Dark Fate
2019 · movie
- 44,349 votes
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 · movie
- 53,977 votes
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · movie
- 63,566 votes
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025 · movie
- 71,757 votes
Foundation
2021 · tv
- 81,446 votes
Snowpiercer
2020 · tv
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
