David Kemper is an American television writer and producer who is best known for his work on the science fiction/fantasy show Farscape. He was raised in Oak Park, Michigan, where he attended Ferndale High School. At school he was a baseball player. He graduated from the University of Michigan before moving to California.
In addition to Farscape, Kemper wrote episodes of , SeaQuest DSV, The Pretender, Swamp Thing, and Stargate SG-1, and was also the executive producer for the SyFy channel film Aztec Rex.
In October 2006 made a deal with the Sci Fi Channel to supply five movies to their Saturday night movie franchise.[1]
The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.
| Title | Year | Credited as | Network | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Executive producer | ||||||
| scope=row | 1989 | (2) | First-run syndication | ||||
| scope=row | Tour of Duty | 1989–90 | (5) | CBS | Executive story editor | ||
| scope=row | Booker | 1990 | (1) | Fox | |||
| scope=row | Street Justice | 1992–93 | (2) | Syndication | |||
| scope=row | Silk Stalkings | 1992–93 | (3) | CBS | |||
| scope=row | Swamp Thing | 1993 | (1) | USA Network | |||
| scope=row | SeaQuest DSV | 1993–94 | (5) | NBC | Co-producer Producer | ||
| scope=row | 1995 | (1) | UPN | ||||
| scope=row | M.A.N.T.I.S. | 1995 | (2) | Fox | |||
| scope=row | The Outer Limits | 1995 | (1) | Showtime | |||
| scope=row | The Pretender | 1997 | (1) | NBC | |||
| scope=row | The Burning Zone | 1997 | (1) | UPN | |||
| scope=row | Pacific Blue | 1997–98 | (8) | USA Network | |||
| scope=row | Ghost Stories | 1997 | (1) | The Family Channel | Anthology series | ||
| scope=row | Stargate SG-1 | 1998 | (1) | Showtime | |||
| scope=row | Farscape | 1999–2003 | (16) | Nine Network Sci-Fi Channel | Co-executive producer Executive producer | ||
| scope=row | 2004 | Sci-Fi Channel | Miniseries | ||||
| scope=row | Aztec Rex | 2008 | Sci Fi | Television film | |||
| scope=row | Heatstroke | 2008 | |||||
| scope=row | Cult | 2013 | (1) | The CW | Consulting producer | ||