Portrait of Josh Appelbaum

Writing

Josh Appelbaum

Career

Active from 2001 to 2025, busiest in 2002 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Josh Appelbaum Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.3, average 2.6
  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    3.3, average 4.9
  • Spiritual
    0.8, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Fast-Paced Action 2
  • Tense Atmosphere 2
  • Comic Book Adaptation 2
  • Urban Fantasy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

10
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Space Mountain
Space Mountain

Writer

Kill Them All
Kill Them All

Producer

Rainbow Six
Rainbow Six

Producer

2020s

2 titles · average score 55
Heads of State
Heads of State (2025)
GoodWatch score 62

Executive Producer, Screenplay

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
GoodWatch score 47

Producer

2010s

5 titles · average score 52
Wonder Park
Wonder Park (2019)
GoodWatch score 47

Producer, Story

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
GoodWatch score 46

Executive Producer, Writer

Project Almanac
Project Almanac (2015)
GoodWatch score 50

Executive Producer

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
GoodWatch score 39

Writer

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer, Co-Producer