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Ron Moore collection

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Identifier: 2297

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Scope and Content

This collection contains the production files, scripts and recordings associated with the career of science fiction television writer and producer Ronald D. Moore (b. 1964). The materials cover the television programs Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-1999), Roswell (1999-2002), Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009) and Caprica (2010), and the motion pictures Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Mission Impossible: II (2000).



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Dates

  • Creation: 1979 - 2010

Creator

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Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical Note

Ronald D. Moore was born on July 5, 1964, in California. He studied government at Cornell University, but never graduated. He began writing for the television program Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) on spec in 1988. In 1989, he was put on staff as a script editor, and by the end of the series he was the show's producer. While on staff with TNG, he frequently co-wrote with Brannon Braga (with whom he also wrote the screenplay for Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact). After TNG was cancelled in 1994, Moore joined the production staff of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9), then in its third season.



After DS9 was cancelled in 1999, Moore, who was by that time the show's executive producer, joined the production staff of Star Trek: Voyager, where Braga was executive producer. Moore left the show after working on only three episodes. After leaving the Star Trek franchise, Moore joined the television show Roswell as a co-executive producer (with Jason Katims) and staff writer for the show's second season. After Roswell was cancelled in 2002, Moore was offered the opportunity to develop a four-hour mini-series based on the old television show Battlestar Galactica. He worked with David Eick to develop the mini-series' story and script. At the same time, Moore was offered the position of executive producer for the show Carnivale (which aired on HBO). Moore worked on the first season of Carnivale while Eick ran the day-to-day production of the Battlestar Galactica (BSG) mini-series. After the Sci-Fi channel ordered the first series of BSG, Moore left Carnivale to work full time on Battlestar Galactica as the show's executive producer. BSG aired in four seasons between 2004 and 2009. He was nominated for an Emmy for writing the episodes "Occupation" and "Precipice," which aired together as the beginning of the show's third season.



After Battlestar Galactica ended in 2009, Eick and Moore collaborated again on the Galactica-prequel Caprica. Caprica, which aired on television first in January 2010, was cancelled after one season. He also developed a pilot for Fox called Virtuality. The pilot aired in June 2009, but was not picked up.

Extent

156.9 Linear Feet (148 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection contains the production files, scripts and recordings associated with the career of science fiction television writer and producer Ronald D. Moore (b. 1964).

Processing Information

Collection is fully processed.

Title
Finding Aid for the Ron Moore collection
Status
In Progress
Author
Rebecca Hirsch, Sarah Guidas and Philip Meyer
Date
2022 October
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.

Revision Statements

  • 2022 October: Finding Aid updated by Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository

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