Jeffrey Lieber is a screenwriter for both television and film. He was born in Evanston, Illinois, United States and attended Evanston Township High School. He is credited as a co-creator of the television series Lost.
Lieber is also credited on the films Tuck Everlasting and Tangled, as well as having been writer/executive producer for an unaired Fox Broadcasting Company 2004 TV pilot Hitched and is currently in production on a pilot for a series, tentatively titled "Family Practice", for Sony Television.
ABC hired Lieber, based on his pitch, to write a pilot for Lost. Lieber's initial pitch for the series, then titled Nowhere, was a realistic drama series heavily influenced by Lord of the Flies and Cast Away. As the project developed, ABC soured on the direction they'd given Lieber, and approached J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof to rewrite.
An industry-standard arbitration was trigged by the competing drafts and the WGA ultimately recognized Lieber as co-creator of the show.
Besides his initial pilot scripts, Lieber has had no further input into Lost.
