James Wong

@Television Producer, Birthday and Childhood

Hong Kong-born James Wong is a popular American writer, film director, and television producer

Apr 20, 1959

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: April 20, 1959
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: Television Producer, Film & Theater Personalities, Directors, T V & Movie Producers, Playwrights
  • Spouses: Teena Wong
  • Known as: Jim Wong, James 'Chargers' Wong
  • Universities:
    • Loyola Marymount University
  • Birth Place: Hong Kong

James Wong born at

Hong Kong

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Birth Place

He is married to Teena Wong. The couple has three children, of which two are twins. Currently, the family lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Personal Life

James ‘Jim’ Wong was born on April 20, 1959, in Hong Kong.

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Childhood & Early Life

His family migrated to the United States and settled in San Diego, California, when he was 10 years old.

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Childhood & Early Life

He completed his schooling from El Cajon Valley High School, where he met and befriended Glen Morgan, who became his writing partner later on.

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He attended Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, and became a member of the comedy improvisational theatre group.

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Although he enrolled in an engineering program, he later changed his major to film, after being inspired by ‘Apocalypse Now’.

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Childhood & Early Life

After completing his graduation, he started working as an assistant to Sandy Howard, writing screenplays along with Morgan.

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Career

He began his writing career in 1985, when he produced the screenplay for ‘The Boys Next Door’, along with Morgan.

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In 1988, he tried his hand as a story editor, with Morgan, for the crime drama ‘Knightwatch’, which aired for about three months on ABC network.

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A year later in 1989, both Morgan and Wong took up various projects for Stephen J. Cannell Productions, beginning with ’21 Jump Street’ and ‘Booker’, where they served as story editors and staff writers.

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Eventually, he went on to work on the fourth season of ‘Wiseguy’ and first two seasons of ‘The Commish’ as a supervising producer in 1990 and 1991 respectively, along with Morgan.

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Along with partner Morgan, he is known for playing a major role in promoting and popularizing ‘The X-Files’ series, aired on Fox TV, which was viewed widely by the audience worldwide.

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Major Works