Rick Berman

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Biography

Berman has supervised the billion-dollar-plus "Star Trek" franchise for Paramount, serving as executive producer and creator of the spin-off TV series--"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager"--as well as producing the reinaugurated feature series beginning with "Star Trek: Generations" (1994).

Berman was overseeing the development of TV-movies, miniseries and specials as the vice president for longform and special projects for …

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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Writer, Below The Line

Born

December 25, 1945

Career Milestones

Co-executive produced "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

Debut as TV series creator, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (also executive produced)

Executive produced and created the TV series, "Star Trek: Voyager"

Served as director of dramatic development for Warner Bros. TV

Worked as an independent producer on various projects including "What on Earth", an informational series for HBO, and "The Primal Mind", an award-winning one-hour PBS special

1977

Served as senior producer on the Emmy-winning children's series, "The Big Blue Marble"

1984

Became director of current programming at Paramount Network Television

1985

Named executive director of dramatic programming (date approximate)

1986

Promoted to vice president, longform and special projects, for Paramount Network Television

1986

Selected by "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry to join him in producing the syndicated TV series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (date approximate)

1987

Advanced from producer to supervising producer to co-executive producer on the new series

1994

Feature producing and writing debut (received story credit), "Star Trek Generations"

1998

Provided story and produced the film "Star Trek: Insurrection"

Awards

1994

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in Star Trek: The Next Generation