Michael Taylor | |
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Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Writer, Producer, Director |
Notable work |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager |
Michael Taylor (born February 15, 1969) is a screenwriter who is best known for his work as a writer for both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.
Taylor is a native New Yorker. He attended The Bronx High School of Science and Yale University. Taylor had a varied career prior to writing for television, including working as a newspaper and magazine reporter, as well as a musician who performed on guitar and sang with a rock band. He began his television work as a freelance writer for the Deep Space Nine, where he wrote one of the franchise's classic episodes, " The Visitor," while living in New York and still pursuing his musical interests. His other DS9 credits include the episodes " Things Past", " Resurrection" and " In the Pale Moonlight".
Taylor moved to Los Angeles to join the staff of Star Trek: Voyager during its final three seasons, writing many other memorable episodes.
Taylor's Voyager credits include:
After Star Trek, he became a writer and producer on the USA Network series The Dead Zone, based on the science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King. [1] In 2002, Michael Taylor was nominated for a Nebula Award, which is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, for writing the Dead Zone episode entitled " Unreasonable Doubt". [2]
After five seasons on The Dead Zone, Taylor joined the Syfy channel's and Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica [3] as a co-executive producer and wrote the Battlestar TV movie Razor. When Battlestar ended its four-season run, he became a writer and co-executive producer on its spin-off, Caprica, as well as a writer and executive producer of the FOX pilot/TV movie Virtuality, co-created with Ron Moore. [4]
His Caprica credits include: " Ghost in the Machine", "End of Line" and "False Labor".
Taylor subsequently co-created the Syfy series Defiance, and wrote and produced the Battlestar prequel web series and TV movie Blood & Chrome, before "turning" to historical fiction as a writer and executive producer on the acclaimed AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies. [1] He returned to science fiction as a writer and executive producer on two more AMC series: the gonzo, post-apocalyptic martial arts show, Into the Badlands, and Pantheon, an animated sci-fi series expected to air in 2022. [5]
Taylor's work has been nominated several times for both Hugo and Nebula Awards. [6] [2] He won a Peabody Award as part of the writing staff of Battlestar Galactica, and a webisode series he wrote, Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks, garnered an Emmy® Award for Best Short Format Live-Action Entertainment Program.
In his spare time, Taylor continues to play music with Trainwreck, a cover band of fellow writers. [1]
Michael Taylor | |
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Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Writer, Producer, Director |
Notable work |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager |
Michael Taylor (born February 15, 1969) is a screenwriter who is best known for his work as a writer for both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.
Taylor is a native New Yorker. He attended The Bronx High School of Science and Yale University. Taylor had a varied career prior to writing for television, including working as a newspaper and magazine reporter, as well as a musician who performed on guitar and sang with a rock band. He began his television work as a freelance writer for the Deep Space Nine, where he wrote one of the franchise's classic episodes, " The Visitor," while living in New York and still pursuing his musical interests. His other DS9 credits include the episodes " Things Past", " Resurrection" and " In the Pale Moonlight".
Taylor moved to Los Angeles to join the staff of Star Trek: Voyager during its final three seasons, writing many other memorable episodes.
Taylor's Voyager credits include:
After Star Trek, he became a writer and producer on the USA Network series The Dead Zone, based on the science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King. [1] In 2002, Michael Taylor was nominated for a Nebula Award, which is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, for writing the Dead Zone episode entitled " Unreasonable Doubt". [2]
After five seasons on The Dead Zone, Taylor joined the Syfy channel's and Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica [3] as a co-executive producer and wrote the Battlestar TV movie Razor. When Battlestar ended its four-season run, he became a writer and co-executive producer on its spin-off, Caprica, as well as a writer and executive producer of the FOX pilot/TV movie Virtuality, co-created with Ron Moore. [4]
His Caprica credits include: " Ghost in the Machine", "End of Line" and "False Labor".
Taylor subsequently co-created the Syfy series Defiance, and wrote and produced the Battlestar prequel web series and TV movie Blood & Chrome, before "turning" to historical fiction as a writer and executive producer on the acclaimed AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies. [1] He returned to science fiction as a writer and executive producer on two more AMC series: the gonzo, post-apocalyptic martial arts show, Into the Badlands, and Pantheon, an animated sci-fi series expected to air in 2022. [5]
Taylor's work has been nominated several times for both Hugo and Nebula Awards. [6] [2] He won a Peabody Award as part of the writing staff of Battlestar Galactica, and a webisode series he wrote, Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks, garnered an Emmy® Award for Best Short Format Live-Action Entertainment Program.
In his spare time, Taylor continues to play music with Trainwreck, a cover band of fellow writers. [1]