American screenwriter who began with an unsolicited Next Generation script, shaped Klingon storytelling, co-wrote two films and later created Battlestar Galactica.
Ronald D. Moore, an American screenwriter and producer born in 1964, broke into Star Trek in 1988 when he passed a script to Gene Roddenberry's assistant during a set visit for the episode Time Squared. The script led to his sale of The Bonding, and he soon joined the staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Moore became the series' chief architect of Klingon culture, writing or co-writing Sins of the Father, Redemption and other arcs centered on Worf, as well as character pieces such as Family and Tapestry. He co-wrote the finale All Good Things... with Brannon Braga, and the pair wrote the screenplays for Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact.
He continued on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a producer and writer. Moore later developed the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, which earned a Peabody Award, and created or developed Outlander and For All Mankind.