American writer and producer who, with his writing partner Hans Beimler, worked on the first three seasons of The Next Generation and co-wrote Who Watches the Watchers.
Richard Manning is an American television writer and producer who worked for many years in partnership with Hans Beimler.
The pair joined The Next Generation in its first season and rose from story editors to co-producers by the third. Their shared credits include the teleplays of The Arsenal of Freedom, Symbiosis and The Emissary, which introduced K'Ehleyr, as well as Who Watches the Watchers and Allegiance. They were also among the credited writers of Yesterday's Enterprise and of the second-season clip show Shades of Gray.
Manning and Beimler left at the end of the third season in 1990. Manning later wrote and produced for other science fiction series, among them TekWar, Sliders and Farscape.