Kenneth Todd Biller (born December 23, 1964) is a

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producer,

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and

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. He has worked on a number of American television shows including ''

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'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. During his time on ''Voyager'', he rose from executive story editor during the first season up to executive producer in the final season, and was responsible for writing the episode which introduced the

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into the show.

Early life

Biller attended

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Career

Biller's television career began in 1992 when he joined the crew of ''

'' as an executive story editor. He also wrote for ''

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'' in 1993. In 1995, Biller joined the team at '' Star Trek: Voyager'' as an executive story editor. A year later, he became co-producer of the show and made producer a year after that. During the sixth season of the show he became co-executive producer, and was again promoted, this time to executive producer and showrunner for ''Voyagers seventh and final season. He received writing credits on several episodes of the show, and directed a number of episodes including " Revulsion" and "

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". Biller wrote the episode " Unity" which featured the first appearance of the alien species the

in ''Voyager'', who had previously appeared in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' Deep Space Nine'' and the movie '' Star Trek: First Contact''. In 2008, he was linked with a series based on the

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fantasy novel series '' Wizard's First Rule''. This became the series ''

'', which was created by

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for

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. Biller worked as one of several executive producers, including

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. Biller has recently been writing for the

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series ''

'', including co-writing the pilot episode alongside fellow former ''Voyager'' writer Mike Sussman. Biller and Sussman collaborated on the creation of the series.

Personal life

Biller is married, has a daughter and son, and lives in

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, California.

Filmography

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