Gene Roddenberry

Eugene Wesley "Genes" Roddenberry, Sr (19 de Agosto de 1921 - October 24, 1991) por lo que en American television screenwriter, producer and futurista, best known for creating the American series de ciencia ficción Star Trek. Nacido en El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up en Los Ángeles, 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 piloto comercial, after the war. He later followed in his father's pasos, joining the Los Angeles Police Department to provide for his family, pero comenzó 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, el Teniente. En 1964, Roddenberry created Star Trek, and it premiered en 1966, running for three seasons antes de la cancelación. Sindicación de Star Trek led to increasing popularity, and Roddenberry continued to create, produce, and consult on Star Trek la película y la serie de televisión Star Trek: The Next Generation until his death. Roddenberry received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and he was sido investido 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 "enterrado" en outer space. The fictional Star Trek universe Roddenberry created has extendido entre los over four decades, producing six serie de televisión, 715 episodes and eleven la película, with a twelfth película actualmente en desarrollo y scheduled for a 2012 release.