David Kemper is an American television writer and producer who is best known for his work on the science fiction/fantasy show Farscape . He was raised in Oak Park, Michigan, where he attended Ferndale High School. At school he was a baseball player. He graduated from the University of Michigan before moving to California.
In addition to Farscape, Kemper wrote episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation , SeaQuest DSV , The Pretender , Swamp Thing , and Stargate SG-1 , and was also the executive producer for the SyFy channel film Aztec Rex .
In October 2006 made a deal with the Sci Fi Channel to supply five movies to their Saturday night movie franchise. [1]
The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | |
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Writer | Executive producer | ||||
Star Trek: The Next Generation | 1989 | Yes (2) | No | First-run syndication | |
Tour of Duty | 1989–90 | Yes (5) | No | CBS | Executive story editor (3 episodes) |
Booker | 1990 | Yes (1) | No | Fox | |
Street Justice | 1992–93 | Yes (2) | No | Syndication | |
Silk Stalkings | 1992–93 | Yes (3) | No | CBS | |
Swamp Thing | 1993 | Yes (1) | No | USA Network | |
SeaQuest DSV | 1993–94 | Yes (5) | No | NBC | Co-producer (season 1: 10 episodes) Producer (season 1: 13 episodes) |
Star Trek: Voyager | 1995 | Yes (1) | No | UPN | |
M.A.N.T.I.S. | 1995 | Yes (2) | No | Fox | |
The Outer Limits | 1995 | Yes (1) | No | Showtime | |
The Pretender | 1997 | Yes (1) | No | NBC | |
The Burning Zone | 1997 | Yes (1) | No | UPN | |
Pacific Blue | 1997–98 | Yes (8) | No | USA Network | |
Ghost Stories | 1997 | Yes (1) | No | The Family Channel | Anthology series |
Stargate SG-1 | 1998 | Yes (1) | No | Showtime | |
Farscape | 1999–2003 | Yes (16) | Yes | Nine Network Sci-Fi Channel | Co-executive producer (season 1: 6 episodes) Executive producer (69 episodes) |
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | 2004 | Yes | Yes | Sci-Fi Channel | Miniseries |
Aztec Rex | 2008 | No | Yes | Sci Fi | Television film |
Heatstroke | 2008 | Yes | Yes | ||
Cult | 2013 | Yes (1) | No | The CW | Consulting producer (12 episodes) |
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