André Bormanis Explained

Birth Date:13 February 1959
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Occupation:Television writer and producer
Nationality:Latvian / German
Citizenship:USA
Education:Physics (B.S.)
Science, Technology,
and Public Policy (M.A.)
Alma Mater:University of Arizona
George Washington University

Andre Bormanis (born February 13, 1959) is an American television producer, screenwriter, and author of the book Star Trek: Science Logs. Bormanis is most notable for his involvement in the long-running Star Trek franchise, and was the science consultant on , , and . He also wrote a number of episodes of the Star Trek: Voyager series and became a writer and producer on the Enterprise series, as well as acting as a science/technical advisor on two of the Next Generation films.

He was also a writer and producer of the CBS science fiction drama Threshold; the CBS drama series Eleventh Hour; a writer for ; and the director of scientific research for . In 2017, Bormanis became a science consultant and a writer-producer on The Orville.

Television and film career

Star Trek

Bormanis became the science consultant for and went on to work in that capacity for and . In his role he acted as an advisor for the screenwriters, in order to ensure that the correct scientific principles are included in the episodes.[1] Whilst working on Voyager, he co-wrote the episode "Nightingale". He has also been a writer of several episodes of , such as "Silent Enemy", "Extinction", and "The Communicator".[2] He has since written the book .

Other work

Following his work on Enterprise, he joined fellow Star Trek alumnus Brannon Braga on his new series Threshold on CBS. It was cancelled after thirteen episodes.[3]

He has set up a production company called Sky by Night Productions. His most recent work has been writing for the television series The Orville. He serves on the board of directors of the Griffith Observatory Foundation.

Personal life

Bormanis received a degree in physics from the University of Arizona in 1981. In 1994, following a NASA Space Grant Fellowship from the District of Columbia Space Grant Consortium, he gained a master's degree in science, technology and public policy from George Washington University. In addition to his television work, he has worked as a consultant to the San Juan Institute and the Planetary Society in Pasadena, California.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interviews Andre Bormanis What Do You Do, Then?. BBC Cult. December 1, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20021115185605/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/bormanis/page1.shtml. November 15, 2002.
  2. Web site: Nogueira. Salvador. André Bormanis. TrekNation. November 12, 2002. December 1, 2013.
  3. Web site: Star Trek Science Consultant / Producer Andre Bormanis Speaks to SebRT.com. Seb's Web Archive. May 1, 2007. December 1, 2013.
  4. Web site: Bormanis, Andre. Star Trek.com. December 1, 2013.