Gene Roddenberry

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1921-08-19

Deathday 1991-10-24 (70 years old)

Place of Birth El Paso, Texas, USA

Gene Roddenberry

Biography

Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry, Sr (August 19, 1921- October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. He later followed in his father's footsteps, joining the Los Angeles Police Department to provide for his family, but began focusing on writing scripts for television. As a freelance writer, Roddenberry wrote scripts for Highway Patrol, Have Gun, Will Travel and other series, before creating and producing his own television program, The Lieutenant. In 1964, Roddenberry created Star Trek, and it premiered in 1966, running for three seasons before cancellation. Syndication of Star Trek led to increasing popularity, and Roddenberry continued to create, produce, and consult on Star Trek films and the television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation until his death. Roddenberry received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame. Years after his death, Roddenberry was one of the first humans to have his ashes "buried" in outer space. The fictional Star Trek universe Roddenberry created has spanned over four decades, producing six television series, 715 episodes and eleven films, with a twelfth film currently in development and scheduled for a 2012 release. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Roddenberry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

Untitled Star Trek Prequel

as Original Series Creator

Untitled Star Trek 4

as Original Series Creator

2025
Star Trek: Section 31

as Original Series Creator

2024
765874: Unification

as Original Series Creator

2023
765874: Regeneration

as Original Series Creator

2022
2022
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

as Original Series Creator

2021
Star Trek: Prodigy

as Original Series Creator

2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks

as Original Series Creator

2020
Star Trek: Picard

as Original Series Creator

2016
Star Trek Beyond

as Original Series Creator

2013
Star Trek Into Darkness

as Original Series Creator

2009
Star Trek

as Original Series Creator

2007
Starship Farragut

as Characters

2002
Star Trek: Nemesis

as Original Series Creator

2002
Starship Exeter

as Characters

1998
Star Trek: Insurrection

as Original Series Creator

1997
1996
Star Trek: First Contact

as Original Series Creator

1994
Star Trek: Generations

as Original Series Creator

1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

as Original Series Creator

1989
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

as Original Series Creator

1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

as Original Series Creator

1984
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

as Original Series Creator

1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

as Original Series Creator

1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture

as Original Series Creator

1977
Spectre

as Screenplay

1977
Spectre

as Story

1975
1974
The Questor Tapes

as Teleplay

1974
1974
Planet Earth

as Teleplay

1974
Planet Earth

as Story

1973
Genesis II

as Writer

1973
Star Trek

as Writer

1966
Star Trek

as Writer

1965
1963
The Lieutenant

as Writer

1962
A.P.O. 923

as Writer

1959
Woman on the Run

as Screenplay

1957
1955

Producer

1989
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

as Executive Producer

1977
Spectre

as Executive Producer

1974
Planet Earth

as Executive Producer

1973
Genesis II

as Producer

1973
Star Trek

as Producer

1966
Star Trek

as Executive Producer

1965

Creator

2004
2000
Andromeda

as Creator

1997
1995
1973
Star Trek

as Creator

1966
Star Trek

as Creator

1963
The Lieutenant

as Creator

1962
A.P.O. 923

as Creator