André Bormanis | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | February 13, 1959
Occupation | Television writer and producer |
Nationality | Latvian / German |
Citizenship | USA |
Education | Physics (B.S.) Science, Technology, and Public Policy (M.A.) |
Alma mater | University of Arizona George Washington University |
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 Star Trek franchise, and was the science consultant on Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise . 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 and technical advisor on two of the Next Generation films.
He was also a writer and producer of the CBS science fiction drama Threshold ; the CBS drama series Eleventh Hour ; 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 The Orville .
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 . [1] 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. [2] Whilst working on Voyager, he co-wrote the episode "Nightingale". He has also been a writer of several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise , such as "Silent Enemy", "Extinction", and "The Communicator". [3] He has since written the book Star Trek: Science Logs . [1]
Following his work on Enterprise, he joined fellow Star Trek alumnus Brannon Braga on his new series Threshold on CBS. It was cancelled after thirteen episodes. [4]
He has set up a production company called Sky by Night Productions. His most recent work has been writing for the television series The Orville . He serves on the board of directors of the Griffith Observatory Foundation.
Bormanis received a degree in physics from the University of Arizona in 1981. In 1994, following a NASA Space Grant Fellowship from the District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium, he gained a master's degree in science, technology and public policy from George Washington University. In addition to his television work, he has worked as a consultant to the San Juan Institute and the Planetary Society in Pasadena, California. [1]