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Tracy Tormé (born April 12, 1959) is an American screenwriter and television producer, known for his work on the science fiction series Sliders and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the film Fire in the Sky.

Tracy Tormé
Born
Tracy Tormé

(1959-04-12)April 12, 1959
Los Angeles, California
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • television producer
Years active1982–present
Parents

Early life


Tormé was born on April 12, 1959, in Los Angeles, California to Arlene Miles and singer Mel Tormé.[1]


Career


In the early 1980s, Tormé was a writer for Saturday Night Live.

In the late 1980s, he was a story editor and writer in the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but left early in the second season over creative differences.

In 1991 with Barry Oringer, Tormé wrote the screenplay for the miniseries Intruders which ran on CBS in May 1992.[2] Intruders was based on the book of the same name by Budd Hopkins.[3]

Tormé wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film Fire in the Sky based on Travis Walton's book The Walton Experience.[4]

With Robert K. Weiss he co-created the television series Sliders, which ran 1995–2000.

Other series he has written for include Odyssey 5 and Carnivàle.[citation needed]


Accolades


Tormé was nominated for the 1993 Saturn Award for Best Writing for his screenplay on the film Fire in the Sky.[5]


Personal life


Tormé has siblings Steve, Melissa, Daisy, and James Tormé, and step-siblings Carrie Tormé and Kurt Goldsmith.[6]


References


  1. "California Birth Index, 1905-1995". Ancestry.com. Lehi, Utah: Permira and CMGI. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
  2. Prouty (1994). Variety TV Reviews (17th ed.). Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. ISBN 978-0824037963.
  3. Hopkins, Budd (1997) [1987]. Intruders. New York City: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345419330.
  4. Walton, Travis (1997) [1978]. The Walton Experience (3rd ed.). Boston: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-1569247105.
  5. "Past Winners Database". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved March 4, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Holden, Stephen (June 5, 1999). "Mel Torme, Velvet Voice of Pop and Jazz, Dies at 73". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved September 18, 2018.

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