Rick Berman

Rick Berman

Birth : 1945-12-25, New York, New York, USA

History

Rick Berman is an American television producer. He is best known for his work as the executive producer of several of the Star Trek series.

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Rick Berman

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What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and a brainstorm with the original writers on what a theoretical eighth season of the show could look like.
Before Her Time: Decommissioning Enterprise
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Newly produced documentary featuring all-new interviews with the show's cast and crew as well as behind the scenes archival content. This retrospective documentary gives fans an inside look at the making of the show's final season including changes to the show's creative staff and details on the drastic change in course with story lines that helped lay the foundation for the United Federation of Planets. With Season 4 Enterprise finally delivered the stories fans had been waiting to see by embracing classic elements from TOS and revealing how they came to be. Fans will hear from Manny Coto, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and the other key creative leads who guided the NX-01 on it's final and most memorable voyage. Includes details on story lines in development for season 5 and beyond.
Star Trek: Enterprise - Uncharted Territory
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This 90 minute documentary features all-new interviews with the show's cast and crew as well as behind the scenes archival content providing fans an inside look at the challenges faced during the second season of ENTERPRISE as the writing staff and creators struggled to find the right tone and creative course for the series, ultimately developing the controversial XINDI story-arc which kicks off with the season finale: THE EXPANSE.
In Conversation: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga
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In Conversation: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga is a 70-minute behind-the-scenes documentary. As the title already suggests, it consists of an indepth discussion session between former Star Trek: Enterprise producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga about their involvement with the series, that has turned out so controversial among fans, and in which both men are discussing their side of the story. Conducted on 12 December 2012, the session was produced for inclusion as a special feature (or "VAM" – Value Added Material – as special feature producers Roger Lay, Jr. and Robert Meyer Burnett have dubbed these) on the 2013 ENT Season 1 Blu-ray set, where it can be found on disc 1.
Stardate Revisited - The Origin of Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Feature-length documentary offering the definitive look at the making of the iconic science fiction classic; STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION! Includes never-before-seen revealing behind-the-scenes footage, newly found screen tests, and fascinating all-new interviews with the key creative personnel from the show, as well as the entire regular cast.
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
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This History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most recognizable film and television memorabilia, and features interviews with cast, crew and fans.
Deep Space Nine: Ending an Era
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Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning
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Trials and Tribble-ations: An Historic Endeavor
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A featurette on the making of the iconic Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode.
Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends
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The making of the iconic Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode.
Star Trek: Nemesis
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En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.
Star Trek: Nemesis
Producer
En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.
Star Trek: Insurrection
Producer
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
Star Trek: First Contact
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The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
Star Trek: First Contact
Producer
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager
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E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager is a documentary produced by the E! Entertainment Television channel which is now owned by NBCUniversal. It was hosted by Robert Duncan McNeill and aired on 19 March 1995 on E!. This 45 minutes documentary gives a behind the scenes look at the production on the first season of Star Trek: Voyager and interviews from the special effects department, the makeup department, the props department, and the costume department. It also includes several clips from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a look at script pronounciation guides, Trekker trivia, and headlines in Klingonese.
Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure
Star Trek: Voyager – Inside the New Adventure was a special documentary, running for 50 minutes, produced by BECK-OLA Productions for broadcasting by UPN on 9 January 1995, the week prior to the premiere of Star Trek: Voyager. Hosted by Robert Picardo, the program went behind the scenes at the making of the pilot episode, "Caretaker", as well as the creation of the series itself. Segments included interviews with the cast and crew, as well as a "day-in-the-life" feature following Ethan Phillips during the filming of the Ocampa desert scenes.
Star Trek: Generations
Story
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
Star Trek: Generations
Producer
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
Star Trek: The Next Generation -  All Good Things...
Executive Producer
Picard finds himself traveling between the past, present, and future while attempting to prevent the destruction of humanity... by his own actions.
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Your destination: the 24th century. Your mission: to voyage where few have gone before--behind the scenes of Star Trek: The Next Generation! Join Jonathan Frakes, Next Generation's Commander William Riker, for this fascinating chronicle of Gene Roddenberry's beloved, Emmy Award-winning series. You'll explore the Enterprise, meet the show's stars (and some villainous guest stars), learn special-effects secrets and makeup magic, and finally get the answer to that nagging question, "Where is the bathroom on the Enterprise?" Other highlights include a visit to a Star Trek convention, and a stop at the scoring stage to watch Marina Sirtis (Lt. Commander Deanna Troi) lead the orchestra in a recording session. This program concludes with a special look at the series' thrilling final episode ("All Good Things . . .") and a sneak peak at the crew's movie debut, Star Trek: Generations. So set a course for an adventure like no other.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry Farrell that looked at the creation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, specifically its pilot episode "Emissary". Written by Stephen R. Wolcott and directed by Donald R. Beck, the documentary first aired on 4 January 1993 as a syndicated special of the by Paramount Television produced current media affairs show Entertainment Tonight, at the time the franchise's primary publicity outlet for anything live-action Star Trek related. In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary".
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary
Writer
Three years after his wife died at the hands of the Borg and following the Cardassian withdrawal from the planet Bajor, Commander Benjamin Sisko and a new crew of Starfleet and Bajoran officers take command of an abandoned Cardassian space station and make an incredible discovery that will change the galaxy and Sisko's future.
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
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This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Trek. We also get to see bloopers from the original series and the current space program and how progression has been in reality, hosted by LeVar Burton.
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds
Executive Producer
The Enterprise has a deadly encounter with the Borg, resulting in Picard's kidnap, while Commander Riker encounters a beautiful rival with an eye on his job.
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
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This special is hosted by Patrick Stewart and traced the history of Star Trek from its inception with "The Cage" through to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It also showed brief previews of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and TNG's second season. Also it was principally a container for the premiere of a full color print of "The Cage" which had, according to the special, recently been recovered from Paramount's studio archives.