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Gene Roddenberry

  • screenwriter
  • television producer
  • film producer
  • aircraft pilot
  • science fiction writer
  • novelist
  • executive producer
  • television writer
  • film screenwriter
  • writer
  • musician
  • Born 1921-08-19
  • Died 1991-10-24 (aged 70)
  • Nationality United States
  • Years active 1954–1991

Biography

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Filmography

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Career timeline

Award won Role or nomination

  1. age 0

    • Born

  2. age 45

  3. age 50

  4. age 52

  5. age 53

  6. age 56

  7. age 58

  8. age 68

  9. age 70

  10. age 70

  11. age 70

Career in numbers

Credits per year
  • Acting
  • Directing
  • Writing
  • Producing
  • 1966
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1977
  • 1979
  • 1989
  • 1991
  • 2011
  • 2016
Credits per year
ActingDirectingWritingProducing
19660110
19710011
19730011
19740020
19770001
19790011
19890001
19910010
20111000
20161000

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Quotes

  • Star Trek speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow — it's not all going to be over with a big flash and a bomb; that the human race is improving; that we have things to be proud of as humans. No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids — <em>human beings</em> built them, because they're clever and they work hard. And Star Trek is about <em>those</em> things.

    Gene Roddenberry, CC BY-SA 4.0

  • The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity.

    Gene Roddenberry, CC BY-SA 4.0

  • The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.

    Gene Roddenberry, CC BY-SA 4.0

  • We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.

    Gene Roddenberry, CC BY-SA 4.0

  • I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people of their free will — and a hell of a lot of money in the bargain. Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all. For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain.

    Gene Roddenberry, CC BY-SA 4.0

  • I think God is as much a basic ingredient in the universe as neutrons and positrons . . . God is, for lack of a better term, clout. This is the prime force, when we look around the universe.

    Gene Roddenberry, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts

Personal details
Nationalities
United States
Cause of death
heart failure
Languages
English
Years active
1954–1991
Notable works
Star Trek, Жан-Люк Пикар, Dylan Hunt, USS Enterprise
Education
Columbia University, Franklin High School, Los Angeles City College, University of Miami, University of Southern California