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| Birth name = Jeri Cecile Taylor
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|birth name = Jeri Cecile Taylor
 
|birthday = {{d|30|June|1938}}
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|birthplace = Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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|image2 = Jeri Taylor 1994.jpg
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'''Jeri Cecile Taylor''' {{born|30|June|1938}} is a television writer and producer best known for her contributions to the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise. [[Star Trek birthdays#June|Born]] in Bloomington, Indiana, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Indiana University in 1959 [http://advancing.indiana.edu/minds/stars.shtml], and her Master's degree in English from California State University at Northridge. She is the mother of recurring ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' actor [[Alexander Enberg]], born in {{y|1972}}.
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'''Jeri Cecile Taylor''' {{born|30|June|1938}} is a television writer and producer best known for her contributions to the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise. [[Star Trek birthdays#June|Born]] in Bloomington, Indiana, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Indiana University in 1959, {{el|advancing.indiana.edu/minds/stars.shtml}} and her master's degree in English from California State University at Northridge. She is the mother of two-time {{s|TNG}} guest star and recurring {{s|VOY}} actor [[Alexander Enberg]].
   
Prior to joining ''Star Trek'', Taylor was a producer, story editor, and occasional director on the hit medical series ''Quincy, M.E.'', on which ''Trek'' guest performers [[Robert Ito]] and [[Garry Walberg]] were regular cast members. She went on to serve as producer and writer for such series as ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''In the Heat of the Night'', and ''Jake and the Fat Man''. She also directed episodes of the latter series. In addition, she co-wrote the 1987 [[CBS Studios|CBS]] TV movie ''A Place to Call Home'', for which she also served as supervising producer. She was also a producer of the short-lived TV adaptation of the film ''Blue Thunder'', whose guest stars included [[Tracy Scoggins]], [[Sam Anderson]], [[Ray Wise]], [[John Hancock]], [[Robert DoQui]] and [[Kurtwood Smith]].
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Prior to joining ''Star Trek'', Taylor was a producer, story editor, and occasional director on the hit medical series ''Quincy, M.E.'', on which ''Trek'' guest performers [[Robert Ito]] and [[Garry Walberg]] were regular cast members. She went on to serve as producer and writer for such series as ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''In the Heat of the Night'', and ''Jake and the Fatman''. She also directed episodes of the latter series. In addition, she co-wrote the 1987 [[CBS Broadcasting|CBS]] TV movie ''A Place to Call Home'', for which she also served as supervising producer. She was also a producer of the short-lived TV adaptation of the film ''Blue Thunder'', whose guest stars included [[Tracy Scoggins]], [[Sam Anderson]], [[Ray Wise]], [[John Hancock]], [[Robert DoQui]], and [[Kurtwood Smith]].
   
She joined the staff of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' as supervising producer in {{y|1990}} and held that position through the show's [[TNG Season 5|fifth season]]. She then served as co-executive producer for the show's [[TNG Season 6|sixth season]], and was then promoted to executive producer for its [[TNG Season 7|final season]]. She also co-wrote three episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' during the latter period. Additionally, she assisted in the production of the [[Star Trek films|''Trek'' films]] {{film|7}} and {{film|8}}, receiving special thanks notices in each of the film's end credits for her contributions. Working in the business since 1976, Taylor was asked to join the staff after rewriting the episode {{e|Suddenly Human}}. ("''Chronicles from the Final Frontier''", [[TNG Season 4 DVD]] special feature)
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She joined the staff of ''The Next Generation'' as supervising producer in 1990 and held that position through the show's [[TNG Season 5|fifth season]]. She then served as co-executive producer for the show's [[TNG Season 6|sixth season]], and was then promoted to executive producer for its [[TNG Season 7|final season]], and served as showrunner for the final year, as [[Michael Piller]] was primarily occupied with {{s|DS9}} at the time. She also co-wrote three episodes of ''Deep Space Nine'' during the latter period. Additionally, she assisted in the production of the [[Star Trek films|''Trek'' films]] {{film|7}} and {{film|8}}, receiving special thanks notices in each of the films' end credits for her contributions. Working in the business since 1976, Taylor was asked to join the staff after rewriting the episode {{e|Suddenly Human}}. ("''Chronicles from the Final Frontier''", [[TNG Season 4 DVD]] special feature)
   
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[[File:Jeri Taylor on Voyager.jpg|thumb|Taylor on the set of ''Voyager'']]
After ''Next Generation'' came to an end in {{y|1994}}, Taylor co-created ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' with [[Rick Berman]] and [[Michael Piller]] and served as executive producer on that series for its first four seasons. She also worked on several episodes of the series as a writer. She retired from the series (and the franchise) in {{y|1998}}, handing over her position of Executive Producer to [[Brannon Braga]], but continued to serve as creative consultant for the show during its last three seasons.
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After ''Next Generation'' came to an end in 1994, Taylor co-created {{s|VOY}} with [[Rick Berman]] and [[Michael Piller]] and served as executive producer on that series for its first four seasons. She also worked on several episodes of the series as a writer. She retired from the series (and the franchise) in {{y|1998}}, handing over her position of Executive Producer and showrunner to [[Brannon Braga]], but continued to serve as creative consultant for the show during its last three seasons.
   
Between 1995 and 1998, Taylor gave the Indiana University Lilly Library a [http://www.iuinfo.indiana.edu/HomePages/103098/text/lilly.htm collection] consisting of outlines, final scripts for the entire ''Next Generation'' series and the first two ''Voyager'' seasons, technical notes, cast lists, and shooting schedules for the final season of ''The Next Generation'' (1993-1994), and draft scripts, casting call sheets, research notes, etc. for ''Voyager'' (1994-1996) . Some of the outlines, technical notes, and lists have Taylor's [http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/taylorj.html handwritten changes and comments].
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Between 1994 and 1998, Taylor gave the Indiana University Lilly Library a collection of papers from her career, which included outlines, final scripts for the entire ''Next Generation'' series and the first two ''Voyager'' seasons, technical notes, cast lists, and shooting schedules for the final season of ''The Next Generation'' (1993-1994), and draft scripts, casting call sheets, research notes, etc. for ''Voyager'' (1994-1996). Some of the outlines, technical notes, and lists contain Taylor's handwritten changes and comments. {{el|webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?docId{{=}}InU-Li-VAA4805.xml&doc.view{{=}}entire_text}}
   
== Writing credits ==
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==Writing credits==
 
[[File:Stewart, Spiner and Taylor.jpg|thumb|Taylor with [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[Brent Spiner]] on the set of "All Good Things..."]]
 
[[File:Stewart, Spiner and Taylor.jpg|thumb|Taylor with [[Patrick Stewart]] and [[Brent Spiner]] on the set of "All Good Things..."]]
 
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**{{e|The Wounded}} (teleplay)
 
**{{e|The Wounded}} (teleplay)
 
**{{e|Night Terrors}} (teleplay with [[Pamela Douglas]])
 
**{{e|Night Terrors}} (teleplay with [[Pamela Douglas]])
** {{e|Galaxy's Child}} (co-writer, uncredited)
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**{{e|Galaxy's Child}} (co-writer, uncredited)
 
**{{e|The Drumhead}}
 
**{{e|The Drumhead}}
 
**{{e|Silicon Avatar}} (teleplay) ([[TNG Season 5|Season 5]])
 
**{{e|Silicon Avatar}} (teleplay) ([[TNG Season 5|Season 5]])
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**{{e|Violations}} (teleplay with [[Pamela Gray]])
 
**{{e|Violations}} (teleplay with [[Pamela Gray]])
 
**{{e|The Outcast}}
 
**{{e|The Outcast}}
** {{e|I Borg}} (uncredited)
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**{{e|I Borg}} (uncredited)
 
**{{e|Time's Arrow, Part II}} (teleplay) ([[TNG Season 6|Season 6]])
 
**{{e|Time's Arrow, Part II}} (teleplay) ([[TNG Season 6|Season 6]])
**{{e|Chain of Command, Part II}} (uncredited)
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**{{e|Chain Of Command, Part II}} (uncredited)
 
**{{e|Aquiel}} (story)
 
**{{e|Aquiel}} (story)
 
**{{e|Descent}} (story)
 
**{{e|Descent}} (story)
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== Producing credits ==
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==Producing credits==
 
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* {{TNG}}
 
* {{TNG}}
** [[TNG Season 4|Season 4]] ({{e|Family}} - {{e|Brothers}}, {{e|Remember Me}} - {{e|Redemption}}) - Supervising Producer
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**[[TNG Season 4|Season 4]] ({{e|Brothers}} &ndash; {{e|Redemption}}) &ndash; Supervising Producer
** [[TNG Season 5|Season 5]] - Supervising Producer (26 episodes)
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**[[TNG Season 5|Season 5]] &ndash; Supervising Producer (26 episodes)
** [[TNG Season 6|Season 6]] - Co-Executive Producer (26 episodes)
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**[[TNG Season 6|Season 6]] &ndash; Co-Executive Producer (26 episodes)
** [[TNG Season 7|Season 7]] - Executive Producer (26 episodes)
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**[[TNG Season 7|Season 7]] &ndash; Executive Producer (26 episodes)
 
* {{VOY}}
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**[[VOY Season 1|Season 1]] &ndash; Executive Producer (16 episodes)
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**[[VOY Season 2|Season 2]] &ndash; Executive Producer (26 episodes)
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**[[VOY Season 3|Season 3]] &ndash; Executive Producer (26 episodes)
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**[[VOY Season 4|Season 4]] &ndash; Executive Producer (26 episodes)
 
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==Bibliography==
== ''Star Trek'' interviews ==
 
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* ''{{dis|Unification|novel}}'' (novelization)
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* ''[[Mosaic]]''
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* ''[[Pathways]]''
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==''Star Trek'' interviews==
 
* [[TNG Season 4 DVD]] special feature "Chronicles from the Final Frontier", interviewed on {{d|17|March|1994}}
 
* [[TNG Season 4 DVD]] special feature "Chronicles from the Final Frontier", interviewed on {{d|17|March|1994}}
 
* [[TNG Season 5 DVD]] special feature "Mission Overview Year Five" ("A Visit from [[Spock]]", {{e|I Borg}}), interviewed on 17 March 1994
 
* [[TNG Season 5 DVD]] special feature "Mission Overview Year Five" ("A Visit from [[Spock]]", {{e|I Borg}}), interviewed on 17 March 1994
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* TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Seven" ("Creating Stronger Women"), interviewed on 17 March 1994
 
* TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Seven" ("Creating Stronger Women"), interviewed on 17 March 1994
 
* TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "The Making of "All Good Things..." Year Seven", interviewed on 17 March 1994
 
* TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "The Making of "All Good Things..." Year Seven", interviewed on 17 March 1994
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* [[VOY Season 1 DVD]] special feature ''[[Braving the Unknown: Season One]]'', interviewed on 8 November 1994
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* ''[[E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager]]'' ({{y|1995}})
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* ''[[Launch of Star Trek: Voyager]]'' (1995)
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* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure]]'' (1995)
   
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 30 June 2023

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Jeri Cecile Taylor (born 30 June 1938; age 85) is a television writer and producer best known for her contributions to the Star Trek franchise. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Indiana University in 1959, [1] and her master's degree in English from California State University at Northridge. She is the mother of two-time Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star and recurring Star Trek: Voyager actor Alexander Enberg.

Prior to joining Star Trek, Taylor was a producer, story editor, and occasional director on the hit medical series Quincy, M.E., on which Trek guest performers Robert Ito and Garry Walberg were regular cast members. She went on to serve as producer and writer for such series as Magnum, P.I., In the Heat of the Night, and Jake and the Fatman. She also directed episodes of the latter series. In addition, she co-wrote the 1987 CBS TV movie A Place to Call Home, for which she also served as supervising producer. She was also a producer of the short-lived TV adaptation of the film Blue Thunder, whose guest stars included Tracy Scoggins, Sam Anderson, Ray Wise, John Hancock, Robert DoQui, and Kurtwood Smith.

She joined the staff of The Next Generation as supervising producer in 1990 and held that position through the show's fifth season. She then served as co-executive producer for the show's sixth season, and was then promoted to executive producer for its final season, and served as showrunner for the final year, as Michael Piller was primarily occupied with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine at the time. She also co-wrote three episodes of Deep Space Nine during the latter period. Additionally, she assisted in the production of the Trek films Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, receiving special thanks notices in each of the films' end credits for her contributions. Working in the business since 1976, Taylor was asked to join the staff after rewriting the episode "Suddenly Human". ("Chronicles from the Final Frontier", TNG Season 4 DVD special feature)

Jeri Taylor on Voyager

Taylor on the set of Voyager

After Next Generation came to an end in 1994, Taylor co-created Star Trek: Voyager with Rick Berman and Michael Piller and served as executive producer on that series for its first four seasons. She also worked on several episodes of the series as a writer. She retired from the series (and the franchise) in 1998, handing over her position of Executive Producer and showrunner to Brannon Braga, but continued to serve as creative consultant for the show during its last three seasons.

Between 1994 and 1998, Taylor gave the Indiana University Lilly Library a collection of papers from her career, which included outlines, final scripts for the entire Next Generation series and the first two Voyager seasons, technical notes, cast lists, and shooting schedules for the final season of The Next Generation (1993-1994), and draft scripts, casting call sheets, research notes, etc. for Voyager (1994-1996). Some of the outlines, technical notes, and lists contain Taylor's handwritten changes and comments. [2]

Writing credits

Stewart, Spiner and Taylor

Taylor with Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner on the set of "All Good Things..."

Producing credits

Bibliography

Star Trek interviews

External links