Michael Taylor (screenwriter)

Michael Taylor (born February 15, 1969) is a screenwriter who is best known for his work as a writer for both '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and '' Star Trek: Voyager.''

Taylor is a native New Yorker. He attended The Bronx High School of Science and Yale University. Taylor had a varied career prior to writing for television, including working as a newspaper and magazine reporter, as well as a musician who performed on guitar and sang with a rock band. He began his television work as a freelance writer for the Deep Space Nine, where he wrote one of the franchise's classic episodes, " The Visitor," while living in New York and still pursuing his musical interests.
His other DS9 credits include the episodes " Things Past", "Resurrection" and " In the Pale Moonlight".

Taylor moved to Los Angeles to join the staff of Star Trek: Voyager during its final three seasons, writing many other memorable episodes.

Taylor's 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"

After Star Trek, he became a writer and producer on the USA Network series ''The Dead Zone,'' based on the science fiction thriller novel by Stephen King.
In 2002, Michael Taylor was nominated for a Nebula Award, which is given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, for writing the Dead Zone episode entitled " Unreasonable Doubt".

After five seasons on The Dead Zone, Taylor joined the Syfy channel's and Ronald D. Moore's '' Battlestar Galactica'' as a co-executive producer and wrote the Battlestar TV movie Razor.
When Battlestar ended its four-season run, he became a writer and co-executive producer on its spin-off, Caprica, as well as a writer and executive producer of the FOX pilot/TV movie Virtuality, co-created with Ron Moore.

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

Taylor subsequently co-created the Syfy series Defiance, and wrote and produced the Battlestar prequel web series and TV movie Blood & Chrome, before "turning" to historical fiction as a writer and executive producer on the acclaimed AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies. He returned to science fiction as a writer and executive producer on two more AMC series: the gonzo, post-apocalyptic martial arts show, Into the Badlands, and Pantheon, an animated sci-fi series expected to air in 2022.

Taylor's work has been nominated several times for both Hugo and Nebula Awards. He won a Peabody Award as part of the writing staff of Battlestar Galactica, and a webisode series he wrote, Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks, garnered an Emmy® Award for Best Short Format Live-Action Entertainment Program.

In his spare time, Taylor continues to play music with Trainwreck, a cover band of fellow writers.

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Living people
American male screenwriters
1969 births