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'Richard Keith "Rick" Berman' (born December 25, 1945 in New York, New York, USA) is an American television producer. He is most famous for his work as the executive producer of the Star Trek series from '' onwards and essentially succeeded Gene Roddenberry as the chief overseer of the franchise, until the cancellation of '' in 2005.
Berman graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1967 with a B.A. in speech. From 1977 to 1982, he was the senior producer of ''The Big Blue Marble'' for PBS. His work won an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series. Between 1982 and 1984 he was an independent producer. He worked on various projects, including ''What on Earth'', an informational series for HBO, and ''The Primal Mind'', a one-hour award-winning special for PBS.
Berman joined Paramount in 1984 as director of current programming. He oversaw such popular shows as ''Cheers'' and ''MacGyver''.
In 1987, Berman was selected by Gene Roddenberry to help him create '' (TNG). As Roddenberry's health declined, Berman took over more and more of the daily production of the show.
Berman went on to executive produce and co-create '' (DS9) with Michael Piller, '' with Piller and Jeri Taylor, and '' with Brannon Braga. He is also responsible for the production and receives a story credit on the four TNG movies: (1994), (1996), (1998), and ''Nemesis'' (2002).
He was initially involved in developing a ''Star Trek XI'' movie based on a script written by Erik Jendresen, however when Gail Berman (no relation) took over as president of Paramount Pictures, Jendresen's script was shelved[1]. J. J. Abrams is now part of a team developing what is to be Star Trek XI. With J.J. Abrams now taking over Star Trek on the big screen and no TV series in production, Rick Berman has reportedly left Star Trek.
1. Star Trek XI Is Down, But It Is Not Out Michael Hinman
★ Rick Berman — profile at startrek.com
★ Rick Berman — profile at Global Episode Opinion Survey
★
★ Rick Berman at Memory Alpha
'Richard Keith "Rick" Berman' (born December 25, 1945 in New York, New York, USA) is an American television producer. He is most famous for his work as the executive producer of the Star Trek series from '' onwards and essentially succeeded Gene Roddenberry as the chief overseer of the franchise, until the cancellation of '' in 2005.
| Contents |
| Work in television |
| Work in Star Trek |
| References |
| External links |
Work in television
Berman graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1967 with a B.A. in speech. From 1977 to 1982, he was the senior producer of ''The Big Blue Marble'' for PBS. His work won an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Series. Between 1982 and 1984 he was an independent producer. He worked on various projects, including ''What on Earth'', an informational series for HBO, and ''The Primal Mind'', a one-hour award-winning special for PBS.
Berman joined Paramount in 1984 as director of current programming. He oversaw such popular shows as ''Cheers'' and ''MacGyver''.
Work in Star Trek
In 1987, Berman was selected by Gene Roddenberry to help him create '' (TNG). As Roddenberry's health declined, Berman took over more and more of the daily production of the show.
Berman went on to executive produce and co-create '' (DS9) with Michael Piller, '' with Piller and Jeri Taylor, and '' with Brannon Braga. He is also responsible for the production and receives a story credit on the four TNG movies: (1994), (1996), (1998), and ''Nemesis'' (2002).
He was initially involved in developing a ''Star Trek XI'' movie based on a script written by Erik Jendresen, however when Gail Berman (no relation) took over as president of Paramount Pictures, Jendresen's script was shelved[1]. J. J. Abrams is now part of a team developing what is to be Star Trek XI. With J.J. Abrams now taking over Star Trek on the big screen and no TV series in production, Rick Berman has reportedly left Star Trek.
References
1. Star Trek XI Is Down, But It Is Not Out Michael Hinman
External links
★ Rick Berman — profile at startrek.com
★ Rick Berman — profile at Global Episode Opinion Survey
★
★ Rick Berman at Memory Alpha
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