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Ira Steven Behr (born October 23, 1953) is an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his work on Star Trek, especially Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, on which he served as showrunner and executive producer.
May 9, 2019 · Long time Star Trek: Deep Space Nine writer-producer Ira Steven Behr teamed with veteran Trek documentary producer David Zappone to co-direct What We Left Behind.
- Behr and Star Trek
- Career Outside Star Trek
- Producing Credits
- Star Trek Interviews
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Behr first joined the Star Trek franchise early in the production of Season 3 of Star Trek: The Next Generation after Michael Piller asked him to come on board and help supervise the writing staff, with his first job being to perform a major rewrite on "The Hunted". Behr recalled that the atmosphere in the writing room was frequently very tense, as the existing writers (including Hans Beimler, Richard Manning, and Melinda M. Snodgrass) were still mostly loyal to former showrunner Maurice Hurl...
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
A few years later, Behr was once again approached by Piller and Rick Berman to be a writer and producer on a new show, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Intrigued by the opportunity to work on a new type of Star Trek show with a fixed setting, Behr accepted the offer. He subsequently played an important part in developing the show's main recurring adversary, the Dominion, and with Piller moving over to another new show, Star Trek: Voyager, Behr was the obvious choice to succeed him. Behr therefore...
Other Star Trek involvement
In 1998, Behr was asked by Michael Piller for his opinion on an early draft of Star Trek: Insurrection. Piller agreed with many of the suggestions Behr made about the weaknesses in the draft. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, ? ed., p. ?) Around 2003, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga asked Behr for his opinion on Star Trek: Enterprise and to offer suggestions on how to improve that series. Behr commented, "Rick called me up, it was his initiative. He asked me had I seen Enterprise, I to...
Behr was born in New York City, and graduated from Lehman College there. Subsequently, he studied Mass Communications and Theater at Brandeis University where he was offered a playwriting scholarship. However he moved to Los Angeles instead to pursue a career in writing comedies for television and film. But instead of comedy, Behr became known for ...
Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The Vengeance Factor" – "The Best of Both Worlds") – ProducerStar Trek: Deep Space Nine ("A Man Alone" – "In the Hands of the Prophets") – Supervising ProducerStar Trek: Deep Space Nine ("The Homecoming" – "Through the Looking Glass") – Co-Executive ProducerStar Trek: Deep Space Nine ("The Die is Cast" – "What You Leave Behind") – Executive ProducerOnline chat with Star Trek: Continuum, 1997TNG Season 3 DVD special feature "Selected Crew Analysis Year Three" ("Crew Profile: Worf"), interviewed on 9 October 1996DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature "Crew Dossier: Kira Nerys", interviewed on 9 April 1999)Ira Steven Behr at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star TrekworksIra Steven Behr at WikipediaIra Steven Behr at the Internet Movie DatabaseIra Steven Behr at the ISBN DatabaseIra Steven Behr spent eight years in the Star Trek universe, working as a writer-producer for one season of The Next Generation and, later, all seven seasons of Deep Space Nine. To this day, he remains a lightning rod of praise and criticism for DS9.
Yesterday, in part one of our exclusive interview, Ira Steven Behr discussed his experiences working as a writer-producer on both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Jul 31, 2017 · DS9 showrunner and What We Left Behind producer Ira Steven Behr has actually been working on the doc for a few years and is set to give fans a glimpse at this week’s Star Trek Las Vegas...
Aug 27, 2017 · We discussed DS9’s similarities with Star Trek: Discovery, Ira joining DS9, the Ferengi, the legacy of the show, episodes he regretted making, and whether DS9 will be released in HD.
