Tracy Tormé

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Tracy Tormé
Born(1959-04-12)April 12, 1959
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 4, 2024(2024-01-04) (aged 64)
Escondido, California
, U.S.
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • television producer
Parents

Tracy Tormé (April 12, 1959 – January 4, 2024) was an American screenwriter and television producer, known for his work on the science fiction series Sliders and Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the film Fire in the Sky.

Early life

Tracy Tormé was born on April 12, 1959, in Los Angeles, to Arlene Miles and singer Mel Tormé.[1] He was educated at the University of Southern California and Loyola Marymount University, where he studied film.[1]

Career

Tormé began his career in the 1970s, as a writer on SCTV.[1] From 1982 to 1983, he was a writer for Saturday Night Live.[1] Later in the decade, he was a story editor and writer on the first two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but left over creative differences.[1]

In 1991 with Barry Oringer, Tormé wrote the screenplay for the

miniseries Intruders which ran on CBS in May 1992.[2] Intruders was based on the book of the same name by Budd Hopkins.[3]

With Robert K. Weiss he co-created the television series Sliders, which ran 1995–2000.[1] Other series he wrote for included Odyssey 5 and Carnivàle.[1]

Tormé wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film Fire in the Sky based on

The Walton Experience.[4] He was credited as a co-producer on the 2007 film I Am Legend, and wrote an early treatment for the project.[1]

Accolades

Tormé was nominated for the 1993 Saturn Award for Best Writing for his screenplay on the film Fire in the Sky.[5]

Personal life and death

Tormé had siblings Steve, Melissa, Daisy, and James Tormé, and step-siblings Carrie Tormé and Kurt Goldsmith.[6] He was married twice.[1]

Tormé died of complications from diabetes in Escondido, California, on January 4, 2024, at the age of 64.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Barnes, Mike. "Tracy Tormé, 'Sliders' Co-Creator and 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Writer, Dies at 64". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  2. ISBN 978-0824037963
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  3. ISBN 978-0345419330
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  4. ISBN 978-1569247105
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  5. ^ "Past Winners Database". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved March 4, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Holden, Stephen (June 5, 1999). "Mel Torme, Velvet Voice of Pop and Jazz, Dies at 73". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved September 18, 2018.

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