Michael Piller

Michael Piller (* May 30, 1948 in Port Chester, New York, † November 1, 2005 in Los Angeles ) was an American screenwriter and television producer.

Life

Piller spent his childhood in New York, where he also received his education. After studying at the University of North Carolina, he attended courses in creative writing, which he did to television.

There Piller made ​​as a news producer a name and won two Emmys in no time. Through his work with the U.S. television channel CBS as a censor, he met important people know. After nearly four years left Piller CBS and took its first orders for screenplays to the series Simon & Simon, Miami Vice (including pilot episode) and Cagney & Lacey on.

Piller became known as the Managing Producer ( executive producer ) of the Star Trek series The Next Generation (1989 to 1994), Deep Space Nine (1992 to 1995) and Voyager ( 1994-1996 ), in whose development he was also involved. 1998 ended Michael Piller began working for the Star Trek series with a script for the ninth movie Uprising.

Then he conceived and produced for American television serial Legend, Dead Zone and Wildfire. The series Dead Zone and Wildfire developed Michael Piller and his son Shawn for their joint production company Piller ².

In 2002, Piller was elected by Emmy Magazine in the ranks of the 25 best Hollywood writers.

A great passion Piller was the sport of baseball, who came into the series Deep Space Nine in the form of the figure of Captain Sisko to bear. Its fondness for the popular American sport was an idea Piller.

Michael Piller died at the age of 57 years due to a cancerous disease and left behind his wife Sandra Robertson, his son Shawn and his daughter Brent.