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Sandy Fries. Writer: Star Trek: The Next Generation. Early on, Sandy Fries had an interest in words. Born in New York City, his talents landed him at Clark University where he received his B.A. in journalism and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Fries then went on to get his M.S. degree in journalism from Columbia University.
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Sandy Fries is an Emmy-Nominated writer. He wrote and edited numerous Star Trek projects for Paramount Studios: Star Trek: The Next Generation TV shows, Star Trek video games, and a Trek...
Sandy Fries. Writer: Star Trek: The Next Generation. Early on, Sandy Fries had an interest in words. Born in New York City, his talents landed him at Clark University where he received his B.A. in journalism and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Fries then went on to get his M.S. degree in journalism from Columbia University.
The Emmy-nominated TV writer and professor, Sandy Fries, joined me this week to talk about the lessons he learned over his storied, 20-year career in Hollywood, and how he wrote hundreds of popular TV episodes, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, NBC’s Quantum Leap, and Spider-Man: The Animate….
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Sandy Fries is a television writer who wrote the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Coming of Age". He also served as story editor on The Next Generation for episodes such as "Angel One" and "Too Short A Season", Star Trek: Voyager, and on the video games Star Trek: Borg, Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Two in-universe names referenced on Star Trek were in Fries' honor: Admiral Sandy Fries and Captain Sandy Fries.
Fries was born in New York City and earned a BA in journalism from Clark University in Worcester, MA. He also received a MS from Columbia University, where he was awarded with a NBC fellowship.
He moved to California and joined the writer's staff for The Next Generation, as well as several other television series such as Fame (1984), Quantum Leap (1990, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell), The Smurfs (1981), Thundercats (1985), Superboy (1988), and Spider-man (1996). He made deals with Warner Brothers and Dick Clark productions, served as a freelance writer for the Los Angeles Times and as a travel and food writer on My Table magazine.
•Sandy Fries at the Internet Movie Database
•Sandy Fries' book Secrets Your Textbook Will Not Tell You: About TV, Movies and Life
As a journalist, Fries has met three United States Presidents: Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton. He's also traveled the world as a travel writer. But now Fries is the professional writer inspiring a new generation of authors as a Mass Communications professor at College of DuPage.
Freelance writer for The Los Angeles Times. Undergraduate degree from Clark University, graduated Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. | Learn more about Sandy Fries's work experience, education ...
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