Jeffrey Bell is a writer/producer best known for his work on television. He began his career writing for The X-Files

The X-Files

The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...

, where he stayed for three seasons, then became a writer/director/producer on Angel, becoming its showrunner for the final two seasons.

He served as executive producer on the pilot episode for the V

V (2009 TV series)

V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes...

remake, his first project in a 2009-10 deal with Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television is the television production arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Time Warner. Alongside CBS Television Studios, it serves as a television production arm of The CW Television Network , though it also produces shows for other networks, such as Shameless on...

.

Personal life

Bell was born in Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

, studied design and photography at the University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....

, then moved to California, receiving MFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1990. His 20-minute MFA thesis film, Radio Inside was adapted into a feature film of the same name

Radio Inside

Radio Inside is a 1994 American drama film, written and directed by Jeffrey Jackson Bell.-Plot:Having graduated from college, Matthew Anderson travels to Florida to spend some time with his older brother while deciding what career to pursue...

 starring Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Judson Shue is an American actress and producer, most famous for her roles in the films The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail, Back to the Future Parts II and III and Leaving Las Vegas, for which she won five acting awards and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden...

 and William McNamara

William McNamara

William West McNamara is an American actor.-Early life:Born in Dallas, Texas, McNamara is the son of a professional race car driver for the Ford Motor Company and an interior designer. He attended Columbia University and studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute...

 and released in 1994.

Bell is a visiting assistant professor for the UCLA Producers Program.

The X-Files

• 6.07 "The Rain King" (writer)
• 6.16 "Alpha" (writer)
• 7.02 "The Goldberg Variation" (writer)
• 7.09 "Signs & Wonders" (writer)
• 8.10 "Salvage" (writer)

Angel

• 3.02 "That Vision Thing" (writer)
• 3.06 "Billy" (co-writer)
• 3.08 "Quickening" (writer)
• 3.14 "Couplet" (co-writer)
• 3.17 "Forgiving" (writer)
• 3.20 "A New World" (writer)
• 4.04 "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" (writer)
• 4.08 "Habeas Corpses" (writer)
• 4.12 "Calvary" (co-writer)
• 4.16 "Players" (co-writer)
• 4.19 "The Magic Bullet" (writer/director)
• 5.06 "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" (writer/director)
• 5.22 "Not Fade Away" (writer/director)

Alias

• 4.04 "Ice" (writer & director)
• 4.20 "The Descent" (writer & director)
• 5.06 "Solo" (writer & director)

Day Break

• 1.08 "What If He's Not Alone?" (writer)
• 1.12 "What If She's the Key?" (writer)

Harper's Island

• 1.02 "Crackle" (writer)
• 1.07 "Thrack, Splat, Sizzle" (writer)
• 1.12 "Sigh" (writer)

External links

(for Radio Inside)