René Echevarria
| René Echevarria | |
|---|---|
| Born | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Occupation | Screenwriter and producer |
| Years active | 1990 - present |
René Echevarria is an Cuban American screenwriter and producer. He has worked on a number of television series, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dark Angel and Castle. He created The 4400 for USA Network, and was show runner on Terra Nova.
Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, René Echevarria attended St. Petersburg Catholic High School as a child. Echevarria graduated in 1984 from Duke University with a major in history. He has a Cuban-American background. Before attending university, he was expecting to follow his father into medicine. However, he joined a production of Cats at Duke and decided to go into the theatrical arts. After graduation, he travelled to New York in order to start work in theatre. He started work at the Circle Repertory Company, and became assistant director on a production of a play entitled Darts. He also took to appearing in plays, and appeared at productions at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and the Chelsea Theater Center. He travelled to the UK with a production of a play called Prepared, which was performed both at the World's End Theatre and at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
Echevarria's first screenwriting credit came after he submitted an unsolicited script to the science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation. After re-writes by both Echevarria and the writing team on the show, this became the episode "The Offspring". He was hired to redraft "Transfigurations" and was subsequently hired as a writer on the series. During his time working on the series, he wrote over thirty episodes. Following this, he began writing for fellow Star Trek series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. One of the episodes he co-wrote with Ronald D. Moore, "Trials and Tribble-ations", was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Following Star Trek, he worked on a series of television shows including Now and Again, Castle, Dark Angel and Medium.
...
Wikipedia