Manny Coto is a writer, director and producer of films and television programs. He was the executive producer and showrunner of Star Trek: Enterprise in its final season. He is the co-executive producer on the fifth season of 24. The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A television director is usually responsible for directing the actors and other taped aspects of a television production. ... A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ... Film may refer to: photographic film a motion picture in academics, the study of motion pictures as an art form a thin skin or membrane, or any covering or coating, whether transparent or opaque a thin layer of liquid, either on a solid or liquid surface or free-standing Film... Executive producer is a role in the entertainment industry that is sometimes difficult to clearly define. ... A show runner is a person who has had proven success in the television industry, and typically has close ties to executives at various major television networks. ... The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... 24 (twenty four) is a current U.S. television action/drama series, produced by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. ...

Coto graduated from the American Film Institute and has had much experience in sci-fi and fantasy genre. He wrote and directed an episode of Tales from the Crypt and also wrote an episode for and produced The Outer Limits when it was revived on Showtime in 1995. He was given the chance to create and write a series for Showtime after The Outer Limits was cancelled. The resulting series was Odyssey 5 and starred Peter Weller, the original RoboCop (Coto would later cast Weller in roles on both Enterprise and 24). The American Film Institute (AFI) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act. ... Sci-fi is an abbreviation for science fiction. ... For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art, literature, film, television, and music that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of either plot, theme, setting, or all three. ... Tales from the Crypt was a horror anthology TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO. It was based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name. ... Opening titles — 1960s The Outer Limits is a television series from the United States. ... This article needs to be updated. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be updated. ... Odyssey 5 is a US science-fiction series that initially ran for 14 of the 20 episodes on the premium cable TV channel Showtime in 2002 (in 2004 Showtime finally ran the 6 missing episodes). ... Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States) is an American film actor. ... RoboCop is a satirical 1987 science fiction action movie, directed by Paul Verhoeven. ...

Coto joined the writing crew of Enterprise in 2003, when the show was in its third season, and became a co-executive producer later that season. In the fourth season he became an executive producer of the show, alongside creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. He wrote a number of episodes of the series, such as "Similitude", "Chosen Realm", and "Azati Prime". The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Keith Rick Berman (born December 25, 1945 in New York, New York, USA) is an American television producer. ... Brannon Braga (born August 14, 1965 in Bozeman, Montana) is an American television producer and screenwriter who is mostly known for his significant contributions to the Star Trek series since 1990. ...

According to his bio on StarTrek.com [1], he has been a fan of Star Trek all his life and once wrote a Star Trek comic book. Because of this, and his radical approach to tie in Enterprise with the original Star Trek and preserve continuity, has resulted in high support for his work from the fanbase and he was largely credited with improving the quality of the series in its last season. Star Trek collectively refers to a science-fiction franchise spanning six unique television series, 726 episodes and ten feature films in addition to hundreds of novels, computer and video games, fan stories and other works of fiction all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The starship Enterprise as it appeared on Star Trek Star Trek is a culturally significant science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s. ...

He has also directed a number of films including Dr. Giggles and Star Kid.

External links

• Manny Coto at the Internet Movie Database
• Manny Coto's Official Website