René Echevarria is a Cuban-American screenwriter and producer. He has
worked on a number of television series, including Star Trek: The Next
Generation, Dark Angel and Castle. He created The 4400 for USA
Network, Carnival Row for Amazon, and was show runner on Terra
Nova.Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, René Echevarria attended St.
Petersburg Catholic High School as a child. Echevarria graduated in
1984 from Duke University with a major in history. He has a
Cuban-American background. Before attending university, he was
expecting to follow his father into medicine. However, he joined a
production of Cats at Duke and decided to go into the theatrical arts.
After graduation, he travelled to New York in order to start work in
theatre. He started work at the Circle Repertory Company, and became
assistant director on a production of a play entitled Darts. He also
took to appearing in plays, and appeared at productions at the La MaMa
Experimental Theatre Club and the Chelsea Theater Center. He travelled
to the UK with a production of a play called Prepared, which was
performed both at the World's End Theatre and at the Edinburgh Film
Festival.Echevarria's first screenwriting credit came after he
submitted an unsolicited script to the science fiction series Star
Trek: The Next Generation. After re-writes by both Echevarria and the
writing team on the show, this became the episode "The Offspring". He
was hired to redraft "Transfigurations" and was subsequently hired as
a writer on the series. During his time working on the series, he
wrote over thirty episodes. Following this, he began writing for
fellow Star Trek series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. One of the
episodes he co-wrote with Ronald D. Moore, "Trials and
Tribble-ations", was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic
Presentation. Following Star Trek, he worked on a series of television
shows including Now and Again, Castle, Dark Angel and Medium.He
created The 4400 alongside Scott Peters for USA Network. He was
reunited with one of his colleagues from Deep Space Nine, as Ira
Steven Behr was one of the producers on the series. Echevarria was
also involved in the development of the Teen Wolf television series
for MTV, where he remained on the series as an executive producer.
worked on a number of television series, including Star Trek: The Next
Generation, Dark Angel and Castle. He created The 4400 for USA
Network, Carnival Row for Amazon, and was show runner on Terra
Nova.Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, René Echevarria attended St.
Petersburg Catholic High School as a child. Echevarria graduated in
1984 from Duke University with a major in history. He has a
Cuban-American background. Before attending university, he was
expecting to follow his father into medicine. However, he joined a
production of Cats at Duke and decided to go into the theatrical arts.
After graduation, he travelled to New York in order to start work in
theatre. He started work at the Circle Repertory Company, and became
assistant director on a production of a play entitled Darts. He also
took to appearing in plays, and appeared at productions at the La MaMa
Experimental Theatre Club and the Chelsea Theater Center. He travelled
to the UK with a production of a play called Prepared, which was
performed both at the World's End Theatre and at the Edinburgh Film
Festival.Echevarria's first screenwriting credit came after he
submitted an unsolicited script to the science fiction series Star
Trek: The Next Generation. After re-writes by both Echevarria and the
writing team on the show, this became the episode "The Offspring". He
was hired to redraft "Transfigurations" and was subsequently hired as
a writer on the series. During his time working on the series, he
wrote over thirty episodes. Following this, he began writing for
fellow Star Trek series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. One of the
episodes he co-wrote with Ronald D. Moore, "Trials and
Tribble-ations", was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic
Presentation. Following Star Trek, he worked on a series of television
shows including Now and Again, Castle, Dark Angel and Medium.He
created The 4400 alongside Scott Peters for USA Network. He was
reunited with one of his colleagues from Deep Space Nine, as Ira
Steven Behr was one of the producers on the series. Echevarria was
also involved in the development of the Teen Wolf television series
for MTV, where he remained on the series as an executive producer.
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