Andre Bormanis (born February 13, 1959) is an American television producer, screenwriter, and author of the book ''Star Trek: Science Logs''. Bormanis is most notable for his involvement in the long-running ''

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'' franchise, and was the science consultant on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'' and ''

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''. He also wrote a number of episodes of the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' series and became a writer and producer on the ''Enterprise'' series, as well as acting as a science/technical advisor on two of the ''Next Generation'' films. He was also a writer and producer of the

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science fiction drama ''

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''; the CBS drama series ''

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''; a writer for '' Tron: Uprising''; and the director of scientific research for '' Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey''. In 2017, Bormanis became a science consultant and a writer-producer on ''

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''.

Television and film career

''Star Trek''

Bormanis became the science consultant for '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and went on to work in that capacity for '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and '' Star Trek: Voyager''. In his role he acted as an advisor for the screenwriters, in order to ensure that the correct scientific principles are included in the episodes. Whilst working on ''Voyager'', he co-wrote the episode "

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". He has also been a writer of several episodes of ''

'', such as " Silent Enemy", "

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", and " The Communicator". He has since written the book '' Star Trek: Science Logs''.

Other work

Following his work on ''Enterprise'', he joined fellow ''Star Trek'' alumnus

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on his new series ''

'' on

. It was cancelled after thirteen episodes. He has set up a production company called Sky by Night Productions. His most recent work has been writing for the television series ''

''. He serves on the board of directors of the Griffith Observatory Foundation.

Personal life

Bormanis received a degree in physics from the

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in 1981. In 1994, following a

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Space Grant Fellowship from the District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium, he gained a master's degree in science, technology and public policy from

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. In addition to his television work, he has worked as a consultant to the San Juan Institute and the Planetary Society in

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References

External links

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Sky by Night Productions website
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