J.J. Abrams certainly has name recognition, but being ignorant of the whys and what fors, I just looked over his filmography ..... and as it turns out, I've seen virtually nothing with his name on it.
I still haven't seen the Star Wars movie, for instance, nor a single one of his umpteen TV series. I saw Armageddon once years ago, and that probably tells me something. The only absolute recognizable 'like' for me would be the Mission Impossible movie which certainly satisfies on enough levels.
But, caveats taken, now I want to see, and probably read, the 11.22.63 thing.