Michael Taylor (screenwriter)

Michael Taylor
Taylor speaking at the 2013 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California
Occupation	Writer, producer
Notable work	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager

Michael Taylor (born February 15, year unknown) is best known for his work as a writer for both Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. His DS9 credits include the episodes "The Visitor", "Things Past", "Resurrection" and "In the Pale Moonlight", which was controversial for challenging some of Star Trek's utopian ideas.

In the third season of Ronald D. Moore's re-working of Battlestar Galactica^[1] he joined the crew as a supervising producer and writer.

Taylor also worked as a producer and writer on the USA Network series The Dead Zone. In 2002, Michael Taylor was nominated for a Nebula Award, which is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, for writing a Dead Zone episode entitled "Unreasonable Doubt".^[2]

His Voyager credits include:

• "The Fight"
• "Dragon's Teeth"
• "Blink of an Eye"
• "Body and Soul"
• "Bride of Chaotica!"
• "The Disease"
• "Think Tank"
• "Someone to Watch Over Me"
• "Relativity"
• "Warhead"
• "Alice"
• "One Small Step"
• "Collective"
• "Fury"
• "Shattered"
• "Workforce, Part II"
• "Once Upon a Time"
• "Counterpoint"
• "Drive"
• "Friendship One"

His Caprica credits include: "Ghost in the Machine", "End of Line" and "False Labor"

References

1. http://www.greatlink.org/dcisV2.asp?url=http://www.greatlink.org/shownewsitem.asp?item=5333
2. Michael Taylor (XII)

External links

• Michael Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Taylor Discusses Virtuality at AMCtv.com