Quotes
- "A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away." - Gene Roddenberry
- "I have felt many times trapped by "Star Trek." It cost me dearly. It won't anymore, because I've come to grips with what it is and where it fits in my life." - Gene Roddenberry
- "Normal TV limits what you can do. With science fiction, you can exercise your imagination more. I fell in love with it." - Gene Roddenberry
- "I wish I had more control, more like Edgar Rice Burroughs had, but I'm a realist, too. I work in television. I don't know that I would want to spend the rest of my life controlling my characters." - Gene Roddenberry
Gene Roddenberry Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
1921: Born
1951: Gruen Guild Playhouse
1954: Mister District Attorney
1956: I Led Three Lives, West Point
1957: Boots And Saddles
1957 - 1963: Have Gun - Will Travel
1958: Bat Masterson
1961: Dr. Kildare
1966 - 1969: Star Trek
1974: The Questor Tapes, Planet Earth
1977: Spectre
1987 - 1994: Star Trek: The Next Generation
1991: Died
Postumous credits include works created, approved, or licensed by Roddenberry or his estate, or works credited to him out of respect.
1993 - 1999: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1994: Star Trek: Generations
1995 - 2001: Star Trek: Voyager
1996: Star Trek: First Contact
1997 - 2002: Earth: Final Conflict
1998: Star Trek: Insurrection
2000: Star Trek: Hidden Frontier (Fan Film)
2000 - 2005: Andromeda
2001 - 2005: Enterprise
2002: Star Trek: Nemesis
2004 - 2006: Star Trek: New Voyages (Fan Series)
2008: Star Trek