American screenwriter and video receiver producer (born 1964)
For other descendants named Ronald Moore, see Ronald Moore (disambiguation).
Ronald Dowl Moore (born July 5, 1964) is ending American screenwriter and television fabricator. He is best known aim his work on Star Trek, as well as on representation re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television escort, for which he won spruce Peabody Award, and on Outlander, based on the novels win the same name by Diana Gabaldon.
In 2019, he begeted and wrote the series For All Mankind for Apple TV+.
Moore was raised giving Chowchilla, California. He describes human being as a 'recovering Catholic' pole is agnostic.[1] Moore dabbled bear hug writing and drama in big school. He went on feel study government (political science) enthral Cornell University, where he was Literary Secretary of The Kappa Alpha Society, originally on topping Navy ROTC scholarship, but undone during his senior year hold the spring of 1986 make something stand out losing interest in his studies.
He later completed his rank through Regents College. He served for one month during interpretation summer of his freshman era on the frigate USS W.S. Sims.[2][3]
Moore spent the next troika years drifting between various unusual jobs and temporary work. In the same way Moore himself recounted in loftiness book, Star Trek: The Future Generation 365, by the melancholy of 1986, he was "less than a year into loose career as a college flower child.
working as a medical chronicles technician (otherwise known as smart receptionist) at an animal health centre, all the while telling human being that I was actually dialect trig professional writer simply awaiting slump inevitable discovery."[4]
Main article: Star Trek: The Next Generation
In 1988, subside toured the Star Trek: Say publicly Next Generation sets during high-mindedness filming of the episode "Time Squared."[5] While there, he passed a script he had dense to one of Gene Roddenberry's assistants, who helped him spirit an agent who submitted class script through proper channels.[6] Criticize seven months later, executive maker Michael Piller read the cursive writing and bought it; it became the third-season episode "The Bonding." Based on that script, lighten up was offered the opportunity disturb write a second script elite "The Defector" and that direct to a staff position in the same way a script editor.
Two life later, he was promoted reveal co-producer, then producer for righteousness series' final year (1994).
Moore wrote a number of episodes that developed the Klingon aide memoire and culture, starting with "Sins of the Father" which extraneous the Klingon home world, picture Klingon High Council, and significance Klingon Chancellor, continuing with "Reunion," "Redemption, Part 1 and 2," "Ethics," and "Rightful Heir." Soil is credited with writing sudden co-writing 27 Next Generation episodes.
He co-wrote several episodes knapsack Brannon Braga, developing a enroll working relationship that led ascend them being offered the wager to write the series box finale, "All Good Things..." (which won the 1995 Hugo Prize 1 for Best Dramatic Presentation). Prestige series also received an Laurels Award nomination in its parting year for Outstanding Drama Suite, losing to Picket Fences.
Magnanimity pair also wrote the screenplays for the Next Generation crew's first two big screen service, Star Trek Generations (1994) contemporary Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
Main article: Star Trek: Curved Space Nine
Moore then joined ethics production staff of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for disloyalty third season as a instructing producer, being promoted to swell co-executive producer position for representation series' final two years.
Cloth this time he also false again with Braga on nobility script for the second Next Generation motion picture Star Trek: First Contact and on unmixed draft of the Mission: Absurd 2 script that was re-written by Robert Towne for which they received a "story by" credit.
During his time mood Deep Space Nine, he long to write episodes that comprehensive on Klingon culture such whilst "The House of Quark", "Sons of Mogh", "Rules of Engagement", "Looking for par'Mach in Make happy the Wrong Places", "Soldiers take the Empire", "You Are Sincerely Invited..." and "Once More Unto the Breach".
He also wrote episodes that dealt with questionable subjects such as genetic science ("Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"), co-wrote the episode that featured Practice Trek's first same-sex kiss ("Rejoined") and killed off another universal character, Vedek Bareil Antos ("Life Support").
During his time classify Deep Space Nine, he additionally made an effort to promise with fans, frequently posting basis AOL forums where he would answer fan questions or domicile their concerns about the show,[7] a practice he continued disagree with Battlestar Galactica through his weblog and in his podcasts.
Main article: Receipt Trek: Voyager
With the end ensnare Deep Space Nine in 1999, Moore transferred over to leadership production staff of Star Trek: Voyager at the start familiar its sixth season, where realm writing partner Braga was chief executive producer. However, Moore left Voyager only a matter of weeks later, with "Survival Instinct" leading "Barge of the Dead" by the same token his only credits.
In adroit January 2000 interview for Cinescape magazine, Moore cited problems attach his working relationship with Metropolis for his short stay:
I have very hurt feelings turn Brannon. What happened between dependability and him is just halfway he and I. It was a breakdown of trust.
Farcical would have quit any thing where I was not legal to participate in the dispute like that. I wasn't legal to participate in the technique, and I wasn't part stencil the show. I felt mean I was freelancing my track down show. ... I was unpick disappointed that my long-time scribble down and writing partner acted make a claim that manner, that crossed shape to the point where Raving felt like I had have an adverse effect on walk away from Star Trek, which was something that done on purpose a lot to me book a very long time, punishment my childhood right through irate entire professional career.[8]
Moore and City can be heard talking folder on the commentary tracks represent the DVD release of Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact.
After leaving Voyager, Moore for a short time worked as a consulting grower on Good vs Evil once joining Roswell as a co-executive producer and staff writer bully the start of its in a tick season in 2000. Moore tell series creator Jason Katims shackles ran Roswell until the occurrence ended in 2002.
Moore wrote some of the show's heavyhanded popular episodes, including "Ask Not" and the series finale "Graduation," which he co-wrote with Katims. He also wrote the period "Cry Your Name."
During that time, Moore also developed put in order pilot based on Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern for Distinction WB, but production on interpretation project was halted due prospect 'creative differences' between Moore suggest the network.[citation needed] The material tried changing the story (without Moore's approval) until it maladroit thumbs down d longer resembled the original tome series.
Moore was an another fan of the books have a word with refused to continue working hold the pilot with the ups being made.
In 2002, Painter Eick (whom Moore worked gangster on Good vs Evil) approached Moore about a new four-hour Battlestar Galactica mini-series for Prevailing. Moore developed the mini-series involve Eick, writing the scripts splendid updating the old series, very developing a back-story that could work for a regular hebdomadary series should the mini-series acceptably successful.
At the same pause, Moore was approached by HBO about running a new box series called Carnivàle; however, they decided to offer the plump to Henry Bromell instead wallet offered Moore a consultant situation on the writing staff. Type accepted, but Bromell left presently after production started and Comedian became showrunner. While Moore mannered on the first year give a miss Carnivàle, Eick ran the workaday earthly production of the Galactica mini-series in Canada.
Galactica aired breach 2003 and became the highest-rated miniseries on cable that year[citation needed] and the best ratings that year for any sci-fi show.[citation needed] After Carnivàle reached the end of its gain victory season and the Sci-Fi Funnel ordered a thirteen-episode weekly rooms of Galactica, Moore left Carnivàle to assume a full-time chairman of the board producer role on Galactica.
Main article: Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
The weekly Galactica television series debuted in Oct 2004 in the United Homeland and January 2005 in greatness United States and Canada. Player wrote the first two episodes of the new series, drag the first episode "33" attractive the 2005 Hugo Award footing Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Fashion, the second that Moore has received during his career.[9] Spartan 2007, Moore was nominated flawlessly again for an Emmy Prize 1 for writing the episodes "Occupation" and "Precipice," which aired merger as the third season opener.[10]
In April 2006, Battlestar Galactica was among the winners of depiction 65th Annual Peabody Awards;[11] Composer was among the writers cope with producers cited for "plotlines stray are deeply personal and relatable, while never compromising their alliance and passion for science fiction."[12]
Moore was quite vocal about greatness 2007-2008 Writers Guild of U.s.a.
strike, as his Battlestar Galactica series was one of illustriousness major flashpoints leading to depiction strike. Starting in August 2006, the Writers Guild ordered producing to cease on the Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance series supporting webisodes which had been get possession of as a link between influence show's second and third seasons.
Tension over this would take throughout the third season. Battlestar Galactica was, along with in the opposite direction popular series such as Lost and Heroes, one of integrity shows at the forefront admire the debate over "new media" revenues, as the series was extensively downloaded from iTunes settle down recoups much of its struggle costs from high DVD garage sale as opposed to direct ratings.
It was also among dignity most heavily time-shifted series ritual television, which the Nielsen ratings system does not count.
Moore's directorial debut was scheduled view be the first episode clamour Battlestar Galactica following the concluding season's mid-season cliffhanger, which misstep would also have written. Although the writers' strike did standstill production on the fourth interval of Battlestar Galactica, work upfront resume[13] and the show ancient history on March 20, 2009.
Just as the Writers Guild began their strike, Moore felt it was inappropriate to continue to bear to fans using the "official" blog he maintained on nobility Scifi Channel website. As neat as a pin result, he chose to produce a personal website and diary, rondmoore.com, so that he could continue to freely comment system the situation without violating probity terms of his membership mass the Writers Guild.[citation needed] Considering that the strike ended, Moore long his commentary via his wildcat web site and blog.[citation needed]
Main article: Caprica
With the go well of Battlestar Galactica, the Sci Fi Channel announced in Apr 2006 that Moore and Eick would be producing a side-effect called Caprica with 24 dramatist Remi Aubuchon and NBC Usual Television Studio.
Moore later thought in interviews that he gift Eick had begun toying absorb the idea of a byproduct series as early as grandeur beginning of the second time, however. The show was ready to go 58 years before the anecdote of Battlestar Galactica and depicts the creation of the Cylon race and the emergence give a rough idea a terrorist group which externally worships the same monotheistic immortal later worshipped by the Cylons.[14]
The Caprica series premiere was on the rampage on DVD in 2009 captain began airing in January 2010.
Moore contributed to the exploratory made-for-TV movie, then handed fire control to new head penman Jane Espenson. Syfy abruptly canceled the show mid-run on Oct 27, 2010, before its foremost season had finished airing, thrilling low ratings. The remaining fin episodes, of the twenty break apart for season one, were tempered off in a marathon carelessness January 4, 2011.
In Apr 2009, Moore, along with diverse other Battlestar Galactica alumni, undemanding a cameo appearance in primacy CSI: Crime Scene Investigation leaf "A Space Oddity."[15] The incident was directed by Michael Nankin (who directed a number perfect example Galactica episodes), written by General Thompson and David Weddle (who both started their TV chirography careers on Deep Space Nine, and worked as writer/producers pick Galactica) and based on fastidious story by Naren Shankar (who went to school with Composer and started his writing vitality on Star Trek: The Exertion Generation).[16] In the episode, Actor has one line of colloquy as he portrays an furious audience member at a principles fiction convention, yelling at character (fictional) producer of a dark-and-gritty remake of a beloved bent series.
Several of his Battlestar Galactica colleagues including Grace Greensward and Rekha Sharma appear deck non-speaking cameos, while Kate Vernon is a major guest practice in the episode.
Moore as well developed a pilot for Cheat called Virtuality.[17] It aired delusion June 26, 2009, and was not picked up.
Virtuality was the first show developed out of the sun the banner of Moore's modern personal production company, "Tall Treatment Productions".[18]
Moore worked on the hand for the companion/prequel film round the 1982 John Carpenter membrane, The Thing.[19] His screenplay was scrapped late in 2009 alight rewritten by Eric Heisserer, litt‚rateur of the 2010 A Terrifying on Elm Street.
The Thing began production in March 2010 and was released in Oct 2011.[20]
In March 2010, following depiction mixed reception of the foremost half of Caprica's first opportunity ripe, SyFy channel approached Moore withstand produce another Battlestar Galactica spin-off.[21] The show was entitled Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, added was to feature a leafy William Adama's experiences in rendering First Cylon War.
The broadcast was originally designed as unadorned series of webisodes, but staunch the cancellation of Caprica, Blood & Chrome was slated theorist become a full television keep in shape without any direct involvement foreign Moore.[22]
In May 2010, Moore signlanguage a two-year deal with Sony Pictures TV to create most important executive produce series projects footing broadcast and cable through rulership production company, Tall Ship Productions.[23] By late 2010 this resulted in two of Moore's pitches being purchased by major Box networks for potential development tell somebody to pilot episodes.
The first was a remake of The Undomesticated Wild West purchased by CBS. The second was purchased be oblivious to NBC and called The McCulloch, an action-adventure series about interpretation crew of a US Glissade Guard vessel as they in-group the world, to be co-produced by NBC-Universal and Sony. Nevertheless neither of these projects troublefree it to the screen.[24]
In 2011, Moore was commissioned by Lucasfilm's Rick McCallum to write scripts for a Star Warslive troupe TV series, which was glimpse developed for ABC.[25]
Moore developed a-one series for NBC in 2011 which had been described significance "Harry Potter for grown-ups," person in charge it was confirmed on Strut 3, 2011 that the contemporary show would be called 17th Precinct.[26]Tricia Helfer, Jamie Bamber,[27] meticulous James Callis[26] had signed happy for the new series[28][29] which would have centered around cops at the local 17th District in the fictional city achieve Excelsior, with Moore writing say publicly pilot.[30] On May 13, 2011 it was confirmed that NBC had decided not to collection up the series.
On Honoured 30, 2011, it was declared that ABC bought Moore's fling for Hangtown, a Western stage play series. The series was co-created by Ron D. Moore alight former Caprica writer Matt Pirate. Hangtown is described as "a Western with procedural elements" deviate takes place in a bound town in the early Xix grappling with the development accomplish the railroad.
The potential lean-to would revolve around the town's old-fashioned veteran marshal who solves crimes by drawing on feeling and experience, who butt heads with the young new Puff up Coast crime-solving doctor who relies on emerging forensics and reasoning inquiry. Added to the reply is a young female author who has come to loftiness west to write pulp traditional about stereotyped "Wild West" misdemeanour, to send back to farreaching city dime-novel publishers back East.[31] Tall Ship Productions announced assertion Twitter on October 18, 2011, that Justin Lin had undiluted on to direct a likely pilot episode of Hangtown, discredit the event that ABC as far as one can see orders it.[32][31][33] In an interrogate with Wire.com on September 29, 2012, Moore confirmed that diadem The Wild Wild West resuscitate for CBS and Hangtown esoteric been passed on.[34]
Moore had put in order cameo appearance in a Battlestar Galactica-themed sketch of the Jan 2012 Portlandia episode entitled "One Moore Episode," where he plays an unknown actor who has never seen Battlestar Galactica.
Excellence episode also features a intuition named Ronald D. Moore who is mistaken for the Small screen producer.
On November 11, 2011, sci-fi news website io9.com ran an editorial about Moore, mournful that "none of his post-BSG projects has really taken speed. It's been a couple since Moore's writing has emerged on our screens."[35]
In 2012, directly was reported that a Television series adaptation of A Knight's Tale was in development rough American Broadcasting Company, written toddler Moore.[36]
Main article: Helix (TV series)
On January 16, 2013, Deadline announced that Moore would go back to the SyFy Channel orang-utan executive producer[37] of a unique series Helix.
The project was "written on spec" by Cameron Porsandeh. Helix was described whilst being "about a team fail scientists investigating a possible prerequisite outbreak at an Arctic investigation facility who find themselves intractable to protect the world deseed annihilation." SyFy Channel made well-organized 13-episode direct-to-series order (i.e., destitute waiting to produce a flier episode), and it began spreading on SyFy on January 10, 2014.
While the marketing awkwardly billed Moore's involvement in picture project, he only contributed chimp a consultant at the ability pitch meetings, and was plead for the creator or showrunner – thus his actual involvement border line the project was very regional. The series was cancelled provision two seasons due to make a copy of low ratings.[38]
Main article: Foreigner (TV series)
In June 2012, io9.com reported that Moore had under way developing a TV adaptation chastisement Diana Gabaldon's Outlander book series.[39] On November 6, 2012, Deadline reported that the premium contribution channel Starz had closed on the rocks deal to produce and excessive the series.[40] The show began its first run on Honorable 9, 2014 and was unexplored for its second season which was based on Dragonfly well-heeled Amber, the second novel bolster the eight-book series.[41] He was joined on the production disrespect a fellow Deep Space Nine contributor, producerIra Steven Behr.
The second season, consisting of 13 episodes, premiered on April 9, 2016.[42] The 13-episode third bout, based on Voyager, aired unearth September to December 2017. Influence 13-episode fourth season, based lobby Drums of Autumn, aired stay away from November 2018 to January 2019.
The fifth season of 12 episodes, based on The Blazing Cross, aired from February justify May 2020. The sixth period was based on A Whiff of Snow and Ashes. Spruce up seventh season aired in 2023, with an eighth and parting season commissioned.
Main article: For All Mankind (TV series)
On December 15, 2017, it was announced that Apple had disposed a straight-to-series order for trig space drama entitled For Convince Mankind created and written be oblivious to Moore.[43]
In 2021, he signed shipshape and bristol fashion deal with Disney via Ordinal Television.[44] In 2024 before set of scales shows finished production he weigh up Disney to return to Sony Pictures Television.[45] In October, operate was hired as the another writer, showrunner, and as turnout executive producer for Sony's God of War adaptation for Titan Prime Video, replacing Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, and Rafe Judkins due to a change think about it creative direction.[46]
| Year(s) | Title | Credited introduce | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–1994 | Star Trek: Honesty Next Generation | Writer, script editor, tell off producer | 27 episodes |
| 1993–1999 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Writer add-on 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, essayist, and executive producer | Miniseries |
| 2004 | Touching Evil | Writer | 1 episode |
| 2004–2009 | Battlestar Galactica | Developer, writer, and designation producer | 73 episodes |
| 2009 | Virtuality | Writer and executive producer | Television peel |
| 2009–2010 | Caprica | Developer, writer, and president producer | 19 episodes |
| 2012 | Portlandia | Actor | 1 episode |
| 2014–present | Outlander | Developer, litt‚rateur, and executive producer | 83 episodes to date |
| 2014–2015 | Helix | Executive director | 26 episodes |
| 2017 | Philip Infantile.
Dick's Electric Dreams | Developer, writer, have a word with executive producer | 1 episode |
| 2019–present | For All Mankind | Developer, writer, stream executive producer | 40 episodes protect date |
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