Manuel Hector "Manny" Coto (born June 10, 1961) is a Cuban-American
writer, director and producer of films and television programs.Coto
was the executive producer and showrunner of Star Trek: Enterprise in
its final season, and executive producer of four seasons of 24. He was
an executive producer and writer for the fifth season of the Showtime
TV series Dexter.Coto graduated from the American Film Institute and
has experience in the sci-fi and fantasy genres. In 1990, Brian
Helgeland and Coto sold a script, The Ticking Man, for $1 million, but
the film was never made. He wrote and directed an episode of Tales
from the Crypt and also wrote an episode for and produced The Outer
Limits when it was revived on Showtime in 1995. He was given the
chance to create and write a series for Showtime after The Outer
Limits was cancelled. The resulting series was Odyssey 5 and starred
Peter Weller (Coto would later cast Weller in roles on Enterprise, 24,
and Dexter).Coto joined the writing crew of Enterprise in 2003, when
the show was in its third season; his episodes include "Similitude",
"Chosen Realm" and "Azati Prime". He became a co-executive producer
later that season. In the fourth season he became executive producer
of the show, alongside series creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga.
According to his bio on StarTrek.com, he has been a fan of Star Trek
all his life and once wrote a Star Trek comic book.
writer, director and producer of films and television programs.Coto
was the executive producer and showrunner of Star Trek: Enterprise in
its final season, and executive producer of four seasons of 24. He was
an executive producer and writer for the fifth season of the Showtime
TV series Dexter.Coto graduated from the American Film Institute and
has experience in the sci-fi and fantasy genres. In 1990, Brian
Helgeland and Coto sold a script, The Ticking Man, for $1 million, but
the film was never made. He wrote and directed an episode of Tales
from the Crypt and also wrote an episode for and produced The Outer
Limits when it was revived on Showtime in 1995. He was given the
chance to create and write a series for Showtime after The Outer
Limits was cancelled. The resulting series was Odyssey 5 and starred
Peter Weller (Coto would later cast Weller in roles on Enterprise, 24,
and Dexter).Coto joined the writing crew of Enterprise in 2003, when
the show was in its third season; his episodes include "Similitude",
"Chosen Realm" and "Azati Prime". He became a co-executive producer
later that season. In the fourth season he became executive producer
of the show, alongside series creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga.
According to his bio on StarTrek.com, he has been a fan of Star Trek
all his life and once wrote a Star Trek comic book.
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