Maurice Hurley (August 16, 1939 – February 24, 2015) was an American screenwriter and producer known best for his work on ''
Star Trek: The Next Generation''.
Career
In the 1980s, his work for television included writing scripts for ''
The Equalizer
''The Equalizer'' is an American spy thriller multimedia franchise initially co-created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, and originating with a CBS television series from 1985 to 1989, starring Edward Woodward. The concept was thereafte ...
'' and ''
Miami Vice''. He also produced some episodes of ''The Equalizer''.
He wrote the script for the film ''
Firebird 2015 AD'' in 1981, and in 2002 co-wrote the film ''
Groom Lake'' with
William Shatner.
Hurley co-created the show ''
Pointman'' with
Joel Surnow & Steve Hattman; Surnow would go on to create ''
24'' & ''
La Femme Nikita La Femme Nikita may refer to:
* ''La Femme Nikita'' (film), a 1990 French action film by Luc Besson, originally named "Nikita"
* ''La Femme Nikita'' (TV series), a 1997–2001 TV series based on the film, also called "Nikita"
* ''Nikita'' (TV se ...
'' and Hurley would work with him for a time there as a writer/producer.
Other TV efforts included writing and/or producing episodes of ''
Baywatch'', ''
Baywatch Nights'', ''
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'' and ''
Diagnosis: Murder''.
[
In ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Hurley was the series' initial head writer and show runner. His influence was substantial as he introduced creative elements on the series that are now part of the franchise, notably the Borg. Hurley was blamed for the firing of Gates McFadden, who played the role of Dr. Beverly Crusher, at the end of the show's first season.]Michael I. Wagner
Michael Bill Wagner (September 30, 1947 – April 23, 1992) was an American television writer and producer who worked on several television shows between 1975 and 1992, and won an Emmy Award in 1982 for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Serie ...
for four episodes and ultimately by Michael Piller.
In 1993, he would return to the franchise briefly, asked by Berman to write an initial draft for the first Next Generation feature film '' Star Trek Generations'' that would transition the film series from the original Enterprise crew to the current era crew. Hurley's story treatment involved a plot in which James T. Kirk is somehow propelled into the future, where he manifests on the holodeck and works with Jean-Luc Picard
Jean-Luc Picard is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, most often seen as the captain of the Federation starship . Played by Patrick Stewart, Picard has appeared in the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (''T ...
to help solve a dilemma involving an interdimensional species, but Berman ultimately chose a script treatment proposed by Ronald D. Moore
Ronald Dowl Moore (born July 5, 1964) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on ''Star Trek''; on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series, for which he won a Peabody Award and an Em ...
and Brannon Braga.[''Cinefantastique'', Vol 26 #2, p. 16 ]
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1939 births
2015 deaths
American male screenwriters
American television producers
Showrunners
Star Trek: The Next Generation
American male television writers
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