David Kemper (writer)

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David Kemper is an American television writer and producer who is best known for his work on the science fiction 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.

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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]

Filmography

Television

The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

TitleYearCredited asNetworkNotes
WriterExecutive
producer
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1989Yes (2)No First-run syndication
Tour of Duty 1989–90Yes (5)No CBS Executive story editor (3 episodes)
Booker 1990Yes (1)No Fox
Street Justice 1992–93Yes (2)No Syndication
Silk Stalkings 1992–93Yes (3)NoCBS
Swamp Thing 1993Yes (1)No USA Network
SeaQuest DSV 1993–94Yes (5)No NBC Co-producer (season 1: 10 episodes)
Producer (season 1: 13 episodes)
Star Trek: Voyager 1995Yes (1)No UPN
M.A.N.T.I.S. 1995Yes (2)NoFox
The Outer Limits 1995Yes (1)No Showtime
The Pretender 1997Yes (1)NoNBC
The Burning Zone 1997Yes (1)NoUPN
Pacific Blue 1997–98Yes (8)NoUSA Network
Ghost Stories 1997Yes (1)No The Family Channel Anthology series
Stargate SG-1 1998Yes (1)NoShowtime
Farscape 1999–2003Yes (16)Yes Nine Network
Sci-Fi Channel
Co-executive producer (season 1: 6 episodes)
Executive producer (69 episodes)
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars 2004YesYesSci-Fi Channel Miniseries
Aztec Rex 2008NoYesSci Fi Television film
Heatstroke2008YesYes
Cult 2013Yes (1)No The CW Consulting producer (12 episodes)

References

  1. "FarScape's David Kemper Returns". B&C, Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved April 3, 2007.