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D. C. Fontana  Television Writer, Producer

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D. C. Fontana

MT&R Seminar: Writing the Fantastic for Television, 1996

D. C. Fontana recalls advice from her mentor, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who preached writing not sci-fi stories, but “human stories” that happened to be set in the sci-fi world.
 

SMI Interview, 2006

D. C. Fontana on her career
 

Career Includes

Writer, The Tall Man (1960), Ben Casey (1965), The High Chaparral (1967); Writer, Script Consultant, Story Editor, Star Trek (1966–1969); Writer, The Big Valley (1968–69), Then Came Bronson (1969), Bonanza (1969–70), Ghost Story (1972–73); Story Editor, The Sixth Sense (1972); Writer, Story Editor, Associate Producer, Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973); Writer, A Special Act of Love (1973), The Streets of San Francisco (1973–75), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), Land of the Lost (1974), Bert D’Angelo/Superstar (1976); Writer, Story Consultant, The Fantastic Journey (1977); Writer, Story Editor, Logan’s Run (1977–78); Writer, Dallas (1978–79), The Waltons (1978–79), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983); Writer, Associate Producer, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Writer, War of the Worlds (1989), Prince Valiant (1991), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1992), Babylon 5 (1994), Lonesome Dove: the Series (1995), Hypernauts (1995), Beast Wars: Transformers (1996), Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys (1996), ReBoot (1997), Earth: Final Conflict (1997), The Silver Surfer (1997), Santiago (1998), Make Way for Noddy (2001), Star Trek: New Voyages (2004)
 

Education

Fairleigh Dickinson University, AA, Executive Secretarial Major, 1959
 

Born

1939
Sussex, New Jersey

 

 

 

 

 


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