Ronald D. Moore
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Ronald D. Moore | |
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Born | Ronald Dowl Moore July 5, 1964 Chowchilla, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Screenwriter, television producer |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Genre | Drama, science fiction |
Notable works | Star Trek: TNG Star Trek: DS9 Battlestar Galactica Outlander For All Mankind |
Ronald Dowl Moore (born July 5, 1964) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on
Early life
Moore was raised in
Moore spent the next three years drifting between various odd jobs and temporary work. As Moore himself recounted in the book, Star Trek: The Next Generation 365, by the fall of 1986, he was "less than a year into my career as a college dropout... working as a medical records technician (otherwise known as a receptionist) at an animal hospital, all the while telling myself that I was actually a professional writer simply awaiting my inevitable discovery."[4]
Career
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988–94)
In 1988, he toured the Star Trek: The Next Generation sets during the filming of the episode "Time Squared."[5] While there, he passed a script he had written to one of Gene Roddenberry's assistants, who helped him get an agent who submitted the script through proper channels.[6] About seven months later, executive producer Michael Piller read the script and bought it; it became the third-season episode "The Bonding." Based on that script, he was offered the opportunity to write a second script titled "The Defector" and that led to a staff position as a script editor. Two years later, he was promoted to co-producer, then producer for the series' final year (1994).
Moore wrote a number of episodes that developed the Klingon race and culture, starting with "Sins of the Father" which introduced the Klingon home world, the Klingon High Council, and the Klingon Chancellor, continuing with "Reunion," "Redemption, Part 1 and 2," "Ethics," and "Rightful Heir." He is credited with writing or co-writing 27 Next Generation episodes.
He co-wrote several episodes with
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994–99)
Moore then joined the production staff of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for its third season as a supervising producer, being promoted to a co-executive producer position for the series' final two years. During this time he also worked again with Braga on the script for the second Next Generation motion picture, Star Trek: First Contact and on a draft of the Mission: Impossible 2 script that was re-written by Robert Towne for which they received a "story by" credit.
During his time on Deep Space Nine, he continued to write episodes that expanded on Klingon culture such as "
During his time on Deep Space Nine, he also made an effort to engage with fans; frequently posting on AOL forums where he would answer fan questions or address their concerns about the show,[7] a practice he continued with Battlestar Galactica through his weblog and in his podcasts.
Star Trek: Voyager (1999)
With the end of Deep Space Nine in 1999, Moore transferred over to the production staff of Star Trek: Voyager at the start of its sixth season, where his writing partner Braga was executive producer. However, Moore left Voyager only a matter of weeks later, with "Survival Instinct" and "Barge of the Dead" as his only credits. In a January 2000 interview for Cinescape magazine, Moore cited problems in his working relationship with Braga for his short stay:
I have very hurt feelings about Brannon. What happened between me and him is just between he and I. It was a breakdown of trust. I would have quit any show where I was not allowed to participate in the process like that. I wasn't allowed to participate in the process, and I wasn't part of the show. I felt like I was freelancing my own show. ... I was very disappointed that my long-time friend and writing partner acted in that manner, that crossed lines to the point where I felt like I had to walk away from Star Trek, which was something that meant a lot to me for a very long time, from my childhood right through my entire professional career.[8]
Moore and Braga can be heard talking together on the commentary tracks for the DVD release of Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact.
Post-Star Trek career (2000–03)
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After leaving Voyager, Moore briefly worked as a consulting producer on Good vs Evil before joining Roswell as a co-executive producer and staff writer at the start of its second season in 2000. Moore and series creator Jason Katims jointly ran Roswell until the show ended in 2002. Moore wrote some of the show's most popular episodes, including "Ask Not" and the series finale "Graduation," which he co-wrote with Katims. He also wrote the episode "Cry Your Name."
During this time, Moore also developed a pilot based on Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern for The WB, but production on the project was halted due to 'creative differences' between Moore and the network.[citation needed] The network tried changing the story (without Moore's approval) until it no longer resembled the original book series. Moore was an original fan of the books and refused to continue working on the pilot with the changes being made.
In 2002,
Battlestar Galactica (2004–09)
The weekly Galactica television series debuted in October 2004 in the United Kingdom and January 2005 in the United States and Canada. Moore wrote the first two episodes of the new series, with the first episode "
In April 2006, Battlestar Galactica was among the winners of the 65th Annual Peabody Awards;[11] Moore was among the writers and producers cited for "plotlines that are deeply personal and relatable, while never compromising their affinity and passion for science fiction."[12]
Moore was quite vocal about the
Moore's directorial debut was scheduled to be the first episode of Battlestar Galactica following the final season's mid-season cliffhanger, which he would also have written. Though the writers' strike did halt production on the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica, work did resume[13] and the show concluded on March 20, 2009. When the Writers Guild began their strike, Moore felt it was inappropriate to continue to communicate to fans using the "official" blog he maintained on the Scifi Channel website. As a result, he chose to start a personal website and blog, rondmoore.com, so that he could continue to freely comment on the situation without violating the terms of his membership in the Writers Guild.[citation needed] When the strike ended, Moore continued his commentary via his personal web site and blog.[citation needed]
Caprica (2010)
With the success of Battlestar Galactica, the Sci Fi Channel announced in April 2006 that Moore and Eick would be producing a spin-off called
The Caprica series premiere was released on DVD in 2009 and began airing in January 2010. Moore contributed to the pilot made-for-TV movie, then handed off control to new head writer Jane Espenson. Syfy abruptly canceled the show mid-run on October 27, 2010, before its first season had finished airing, citing low ratings. The remaining five episodes, of the twenty produced for season one, were burned off in a marathon on January 4, 2011.
Unproduced pitches and failed pilots (2009–2013)
In April 2009, Moore, along with several other Battlestar Galactica alumni, made a cameo appearance in the
Moore also developed a pilot for Fox called
Moore worked on the script for the companion/prequel film of the 1982
In March 2010, following the mixed reception of the first half of Caprica's first season, SyFy channel approached Moore to produce another Battlestar Galactica spin-off.
In May 2010, Moore signed a two-year deal with Sony Pictures TV to create and executive produce series projects for broadcast and cable through his production company, Tall Ship Productions.[23] By late 2010 this resulted in two of Moore's pitches being purchased by major TV networks for potential development into pilot episodes. The first was a remake of The Wild Wild West purchased by CBS. The second was purchased by NBC and called The McCulloch, an action-adventure series about the crew of a US Coast Guard vessel as they travel the world, to be co-produced by NBC-Universal and Sony. But neither of these projects made it to the screen.[24]
In 2011, Moore was commissioned by
Moore developed a series for NBC in 2011 which had been described as "Harry Potter for grown-ups," and it was confirmed on March 3, 2011 that the new show would be called 17th Precinct.[26] Tricia Helfer, Jamie Bamber,[27] and James Callis[26] had signed up for the new series[28][29] which would have centered around cops at the local 17th Precinct in the fictional city of Excelsior, with Moore writing the pilot.[30] On May 13, 2011 it was confirmed that NBC had decided not to pick up the series.
On August 30, 2011, it was announced that ABC bought Moore's pitch for Hangtown, a Western drama series. The series was co-created by Ron D. Moore and former Caprica writer Matt Roberts. Hangtown is described as "a Western with procedural elements" that takes place in a frontier town in the early 1900s grappling with the development of the railroad. The potential series would revolve around the town's old-fashioned veteran marshal who solves crimes by drawing on instinct and experience, who butt heads with the young new East Coast crime-solving doctor who relies on emerging forensics and rational inquiry. Added to the mix is a young female writer who has come to the west to write pulp stories about stereotyped "Wild West" crime, to send back to big city dime-novel publishers back East.[31] Tall Ship Productions announced on Twitter on October 18, 2011, that Justin Lin had signed on to direct a potential pilot episode of Hangtown, in the event that ABC officially orders it.[32] NBC chose not to pick up 17th Precinct for a full series.[31][33] In an interview with Wire.com on September 29, 2012, Moore confirmed that his The Wild Wild West reboot for CBS and Hangtown had been passed on.[34]
Moore had a cameo appearance in a Battlestar Galactica-themed sketch of the January 2012
On November 11, 2011, sci-fi news website
In 2012, it was reported that a TV series adaptation of A Knight's Tale was in development by American Broadcasting Company, written by Moore.[36]
Helix (2014–2015)
On January 16, 2013, Deadline announced that Moore would return to the SyFy Channel as executive producer
Outlander (2014–)
In June 2012, io9.com reported that Moore had started developing a
The second season, consisting of 13 episodes, premiered on April 9, 2016.[42] The 13-episode third season, based on Voyager, aired from September to December 2017. The 13-episode fourth season, based on Drums of Autumn, aired from November 2018 to January 2019. The fifth season of 12 episodes, based on The Fiery Cross, aired from February to May 2020. The sixth season was based on A Breath of Snow and Ashes. A seventh season aired in 2023, with an eighth and final season commissioned.
For All Mankind (2019-)
On December 15, 2017, it was announced that Apple had given a straight-to-series order for a space drama entitled For All Mankind created and written by Moore.[43] More recently, he signed a deal with Disney via 20th Television.[44]
Awards
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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1994 | Emmy Award
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Outstanding Drama Series | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Nominated |
1995 | Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation | Star Trek Generations | Nominated |
Star Trek: The Next Generation (episode: "All Good Things...") | Won | |||
1996 | Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations") | Nominated |
1997 | Hugo Award | Best Dramatic Presentation | Star Trek: First Contact | Nominated |
2005 | Hugo Award | Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
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Battlestar Galactica (episode: "33") | Won |
Peabody Awards
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Peabody Award | Battlestar Galactica | Won | |
2007 | Emmy Award
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Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series | Battlestar Galactica (episode: "Occupation/Precipice") | Nominated |
2008 | Emmy Award
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Outstanding Special Class – Short-format Live-action Entertainment Programs | Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks (featurette #4) | Won |
2009 | Streamy Awards | Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series | Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy | Won |
Filmography
TV series
Year(s) | Title | Credited as | Episode(s) |
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1989-1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Writer, script editor, and producer | 27 episodes |
1993-1999 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Writer and co-executive producer | 30 episodes |
1995-2001 | Star Trek: Voyager | Writer and co-executive producer | 2 episodes |
1999-2000 | Good vs Evil | Consulting producer | 2 episodes |
1999-2002 | Roswell | Writer | 10 episodes |
2003-2005 | Carnivàle | Writer and executive producer | 3 episodes |
2003 | Battlestar Galactica | Developer, writer, and executive producer | Miniseries |
2004-2009 | Battlestar Galactica | Developer, writer, and executive producer | 73 episodes |
2012 | Portlandia
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Actor | 1 episode |
2014–present | Outlander | Developer, writer, and executive producer | 40 episodes to date |
2014–2015 | Helix | Executive producer | 26 episodes |
2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
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Developer, writer, and executive producer | 1 episode |
2019–present | For All Mankind | Developer, writer, and executive producer | 30 episodes to date |
Films
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes |
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1994 | Star Trek Generations | Writer | |
1996 | Star Trek: First Contact | Writer | |
2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Writer | Story (with Brannon Braga) |
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A belated, brilliantly re-imagined revival of a so-so 1970s outer-space saga, the series about imperiled survivors of a besieged planet has revitalized sci-fi television with its parallax considerations of politics, religion, sex, even what it means to be "human."
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External links
- Ronald D. Moore at Memory Alpha
- Ronald D. Moore at IMDb
- Ronald D. Moore at www.startrek.com