Gene Roddenberry
1921–1991 · American television screenwriter and producer
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department and began to write for television.
Gene Roddenberry, in order
- 1963 The Lieutenant (TV series): created
- 1966–86 Star Trek: The Original Series (TV series): directed, wrote, created, produced, acted · critics 75%, audiences 88% · streaming on Paramount+, Pluto TV
- 1971 Pretty Maids All in a Row: wrote, produced · directed by Roger Vadim
- 1973 Genesis II (TV movie): wrote, created, produced · directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
- 1973 Star Trek: The Animated Series (TV series): created · directed by Hal Sutherland
- 1974 Planet Earth (TV movie): wrote · directed by Marc Daniels
- 1974 The Questor Tapes (TV movie): wrote, created · directed by Richard A. Colla
- 1977 Spectre (TV movie): produced · directed by Clive Donner
- 1979 Star Trek: Phase II (TV series): created
- 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture: wrote, produced · directed by Robert Wise · critics 51%, audiences 43% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: created · directed by Leonard Nimoy · critics 78%, audiences 71% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 1987–91 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series): directed, wrote, created, produced · critics 92%, audiences 90% · streaming on Paramount+, Pluto TV
- 1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: created · directed by William Shatner · critics 23%, audiences 25% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: wrote · directed by Nicholas Meyer · critics 83%, audiences 84% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1995 Star Trek: Voyager (TV series): created · critics 77%, audiences 81% · streaming on Paramount+, Pluto TV
- 1997 Earth: Final Conflict (TV series): created · directed by David Winning
- 1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series): created · critics 91%, audiences 89% · streaming on Paramount+, Pluto TV
- 2000 Andromeda (TV series): created
- 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series): created · critics 56%, audiences 80% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2011 Trek Nation (TV movie): acted
- 2016 For the Love of Spock: acted · directed by Adam Nimoy · critics 100%, audiences 83% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2018–24 Star Trek: Discovery (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Adam Kane and Akiva Goldsman · critics 84%, audiences 34% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2020–22 Star Trek: Lower Decks (TV series): wrote, created · critics 93%, audiences 71% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2021–22 Star Trek: Prodigy (TV series): wrote, created
- 2022–23 Star Trek: Picard (TV series): created · directed by Hanelle Culpepper and Jonathan Frakes · critics 89%, audiences 57% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2022–23 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV series): created · directed by Akiva Goldsman and Maja Vrvilo · critics 93%, audiences 61% · streaming on Paramount+
- Star Trek 4: created