Ira Steven Behr

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Ira Steven Behr (born October 23, 1953 in New York City , New York ) is an American screenwriter and television producer . He is best known for his work as a showrunner , executive producer and author of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , 4400 - The Returners and Alphas .

life and career

Behr grew up in the Bronx , where he attended DeWitt Clinton High School, and studied mass communication and theater at Lehman College in New York City . After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to work as a screenwriter for television and film. He wrote u. a. Episodes for the series Jessica Novak (1981), Bret Maverick (1982) and Frank Buck - Adventure in Malaysia , before he worked for the series Fame , for which he worked as a writer from the fourth season (1984), in the sixth season also acted as a producer for the first time.

In 1989, during the third season, he joined the staff of Raumschiff Enterprise - The Next Century , where he also worked as a producer and writer, but left the series again after just one year because he felt creatively restricted. In 1993, at the instigation of series creator Michael Piller , he returned to the Star Trek franchise for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and stayed for the entire duration of seven seasons. From supervising producer in the first season he rose to co-executive producer at the beginning of the second season and finally took over the role of show runner and executive producer in 1995, after Michael Piller's final departure at the end of the third season. In addition, he wrote more than 50 episodes, steered the series in a direction previously unusual for Star Trek with long, multi-season story arcs and war scenarios and shaped the development of various Star Trek peoples, such as B. the Ferengi .

After the ending of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999), he was showrunner of the short-lived comedy series Bob Patterson and the Twilight Zone remake from 2002 until he was executive producer and screenwriter at all for four years, from 2004 to 2007 four seasons of the science fiction series 4400 - The Returners participated. Other series for which he was responsible as showrunner and writer include LA Crash with Dennis Hopper and the first season of Alphas . For Outlander , he worked again for the first time since Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with Ronald D. Moore , the showrunner of the series. Behr was the (co-) executive producer of the first two seasons (2014-2016) and wrote several scripts.

For the 25th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Behr created and produced the crowdfunded documentary What We Left Behind , a documentary about the series with interviews with cast, crew, producers and authors, which had its world premiere in October 2018 . After Adam Nimoy left as a director, Behr also co-directed with co-producer David Zappone .

Private life

Behr is married and has two children.

Works

Filmography (selection)

(P: as producer, D: as screenwriter, R: as director)

Books

Behr wrote two Star Trek books, both of which appeared during his time as producer and writer on Deep Space Nine .

  • The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. By Quark as told to Ira Steven Behr , Pocket Books, 1995
    • Star Trek - Deep Space Nine: The Ferengi Acquisition Rules, passed on by Quark to Ira Steven Behr . Translation: Ralph Sander. Heyne, Munich 1997. ISBN 978-3-453-12120-1
  • (with Robert Hewitt Wolfe ) Legends of the Ferengi. By Quark as told to Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe , Pocket Books, 1997
    • Star Trek - Deep Space Nine: The Myths and Legends of the Ferengi, passed on by Quark to Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe . Translation: Ralph Sander. Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2000. ISBN 978-3-89365-879-4

Awards

Hugo Award

  • 1997: Nomination as one of the authors of the Deep Space Nine episode Always the Load with the Tribbles ( Trials and Tribble-ations ) (Best Dramatic Presentation)

Emmy Award

  • 2005: Nomination as one of the producers of 4400 - The Returners (Outstanding Miniseries)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Outlander. A Starz Original Series. (PDF; 239 kB) Production Biographies. Starz.com, p. 5 , accessed on February 25, 2019 .
  2. ^ DWC Hall of Notable Alumni. (No longer available online.) DeWitt Clinton Alumni Association, February 15, 2009, formerly original ; accessed on February 25, 2019 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.dewittclintonalumni.com  
  3. ↑ Behr, Ira Steven. In: StarTrek.com. CBS Entertainment, accessed February 25, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Ira Steven Behr Remembers DS9, Previews Alphas, Part 1. In: StarTrek.com. CBS Entertainment, July 5, 2011, accessed February 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Thomas Höhl, Mike Hillenbrand: Star Trek 40 Years . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2006, p. 221, 229 f .
  6. ↑ DST Celebrates DS9. In: StarTrek.com. CBS Entertainment, October 20, 2018, accessed February 25, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Julie Muncy: The Deep Space Nine Documentary is Delayed as Adam Nimoy Steps Down as Director. In: io9. November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Behr, Ira Steven 1953–. In: Encyclopedia.com. 2009, accessed February 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Behr, Ira Steven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film and television producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , United States