{{BLP sources|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Jaime Paglia | image = Jaime Paglia.png | caption = Jaime Paglia at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, August 2024 | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Screenwriter * Showrunner * Producer * Director }} | years_active = 1996–present | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Jaime Paglia''' is an American screenwriter, showrunner, producer and director. He is best known for co-creating and executive producing ''Eureka'' (2006–2012).
==Life and career== He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz majoring in economics for three weeks, before finding his passion with the theatre arts/film program. He minored in English literature.<ref name="Paglia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.scienceandentertainmentexchange.org/article/featured-entertainer-jaime-paglia|title=FEATURED ENTERTAINER: JAIME PAGLIA|work=The Science & Entertainment Exchange|date=January 30, 2012|accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
His first show business endeavour was as an assistant in feature film publicity at MGM Studios, which led to him meeting many executives. For his first spec script sale, he partnered with college friend, David Draffin, for the feature film action-comedy, "Bombshell," with executive producers Team Todd and New Line Cinema.
He went on to co-write the Christmas action-comedy, "Kringle," with Andrew Cosby, and executive producers Akiva Goldsman and Mark Canton. Later, Paglia and Cosby went on to co-create ''Eureka'' for the Syfy channel.
===''Eureka''=== In 2003, Paglia and Cosby sold their dramedy ''Eureka'' to Syfy as a pitch. In July 2006, the series premiered to critical and viewer success. Over the course of the show's seven-year run and 77 episodes, Paglia was the co-showrunner and wrote 20 episodes. He made his directing debut with the fifth-season episode, "Jack of All Trades."<ref name="Paglia1"/><ref name="TV1">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/jaime-paglia/|title=Jaime Paglia|work=TV.com|accessdate=October 13, 2014|archive-date=October 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018073005/http://www.tv.com/people/jaime-paglia/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===''The Flash''=== In summer 2014, Paglia was hired as co-executive producer to run the writers' room on the first season of the DC Comics produced CW superhero series ''The Flash''. He co-wrote the series' 6th episode, "The Flash Is Born," which introduced the supervillain Girder.<ref name="ep6">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jaimepaglia/status/504691264277979137|title=First day shooting #TheFlash ep. six starts in an hour. Co-written w/ @chris_rafferty, directed by Millicent Shelton.|first=Jaime|last=Paglia|work=Twitter|date=August 27, 2014|accessdate=October 13, 2014}}</ref>
===''Scream TV Series''=== In 2015, Paglia was hired as executive producer and co-showrunner for season one of the MTV slasher series ''Scream''. Paglia is credited for writing the 6th episode, "Betrayed," and the season one finale, "Revelations."
==Filmography== === Television === The numbers in credits refer to the number of episodes.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year ! colspan="4" scope="col"| Credited as ! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Network ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |- ! Creator ! Director ! Writer ! Executive<br>producer |- ! scope=row|''Eureka'' | 2006–12 | {{Yes}} | {{yes}} (1) | {{yes}} (21) | {{yes}} | Sci Fi | |- ! scope=row|''The Flash'' | 2014 | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (1) | {{yes|co-executive}} (6) | The CW | |- ! scope=row|''Scream'' | 2015 | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (2) | {{yes|co-executive}} (10) | MTV | |- ! scope=row|''The Teenage Psychic'' | 2019 | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | PTS | consulting producer; season 2 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{IMDb name|1958727}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paglia, Jaime}} Category:20th-century American writers Category:20th-century American male writers Category:American male screenwriters Category:American television directors Category:American television producers Category:Living people Category:American male television writers Category:American television writers Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:American showrunners Category:Year of birth missing (living people)