Michael Piller

Writing

Michael Piller

Born 1948-05-30 · Port Chester, New York, USA

Acting credits

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster
7.1

A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and a brainstorm with the original writers on what a theoretical eighth season of the show could look like.

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

2018

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes poster
4.0

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry Farrell that looked at the creation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, specifically its pilot episode "Emissary". Written by Stephen R. Wolcott and directed by Donald R. Beck, the documentary first aired on 4 January 1993 as a syndicated special of the by Paramount Television produced current media affairs show Entertainment Tonight, at the time the franchise's primary publicity outlet for anything live-action Star Trek related. In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary".

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

1993

Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown poster
5.5

This documentary is a history and review of science-fiction and fantasy programs on TV.

Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown

1994

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager poster
1.0

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager is a documentary produced by the E! Entertainment Television channel which is now owned by NBCUniversal. It was hosted by Robert Duncan McNeill and aired on 19 March 1995 on E!. This 45 minutes documentary gives a behind the scenes look at the production on the first season of Star Trek: Voyager and interviews from the special effects department, the makeup department, the props department, and the costume department. It also includes several clips from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a look at script pronounciation guides, Trekker trivia, and headlines in Klingonese.

E! Inside Star Trek: Voyager

1995

Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning

2003

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special poster
5.9

This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Star Trek. We also get to see bloopers from the original series and the current space program and how progression has been in reality, hosted by LeVar Burton.

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

1991

Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure poster
1.0

Star Trek: Voyager – Inside the New Adventure was a special documentary, running for 50 minutes, produced by BECK-OLA Productions for broadcasting by UPN on 9 January 1995, the week prior to the premiere of Star Trek: Voyager. Hosted by Robert Picardo, the program went behind the scenes at the making of the pilot episode, "Caretaker", as well as the creation of the series itself. Segments included interviews with the cast and crew, as well as a "day-in-the-life" feature following Ethan Phillips during the filming of the Ocampa desert scenes.

Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure

1995

Behind the camera

Star Trek: Insurrection poster
6.5

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998

Star Trek: Insurrection poster
6.5

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds poster
7.6

The Enterprise has a deadly encounter with the Borg, resulting in Picard's kidnap, while Commander Riker encounters a beautiful rival with an eye on his job.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds

2013

Star Trek: Voyager - Basics poster
NR

The Federation starship Voyager, alone in the Delta Quadrant, is lured into a trap which leads to the ship being commandeered by the hostile Kazon, who forcibly remove the ship's crew to an inhospitable planet. The Star Trek: Voyager – Movies were a short series of VHS releases from Paramount Home Entertainment, released in the UK in 2000 and 2001. Four volumes were produced, each one taking two two-part episodes, and making them feature-length. Basics appeared on Volume 1.

Star Trek: Voyager - Basics

1996

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification poster
NR

Captain Picard embarks on a secret mission to find Ambassador Spock, who is rumored to have defected to the Romulan Empire. Picard and Data, with the help of a cloaked Klingon ship, travel to Romulus to uncover Spock's actions. They discover that Spock is not a defector but is instead working with an underground movement to foster peace and unification between the Vulcan and Romulan peoples.

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification

2013

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary poster
NR

When the troubled Commander Sisko takes command of a surrendered space station, he learns that it borders a unique wormhole.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary

1993