Roberto Orci is an American film and television producer and screenwriter. Together with his friend and writing partner Alex Kurtzman, he has written several high-profile motion pictures recently, including The Island (which was directed by Michael Bay), as well as J.J Abrams' Mission Impossible 3 and the critically-acclaimed 2009 Star Trek movie. His producing credits include Star Trek, The Legend of Zorro, Mission: Impossible III, Transformers, and Cowboys and Aliens. He is the creator alongside with J. J. Abrams and Alex Kurtzman of the FOX hit TV show Fringe.