Nicholas Meyer at the Paramount Pictures lot in 2002.

Nicholas Meyer (born December 24, 1945 in New York City, USA) is a film writer, producer, director and novelist best known for his involvement in the Star Trek films. He is also well known as the director for the landmark 1983 TV-Movie The Day After, for which he was nominated for a Best Director Emmy Award. In 1977, Meyer was nominated for an Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for adapting his own novel, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, to the screen. Image File history File links Nicholas_Meyer. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... 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 film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Star Trek is an American science-fiction franchise spanning six television series, ten feature films, hundreds of novels, computer and video games, and other fan stories. ... A television movie (also known as a TV film, TV movie, TV-movie, feature-length drama, made-for-TV movie, movie of the week (MOTW or MOW), single drama, telemovie, telefilm, or two-hour-long drama) is a film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network. ... The Day After is an American TV-movie aired on November 20, 1983 on the ABC network. ... An Emmy Award. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche by Nicholas Meyer. ...

Star Trek Films

Meyer, along with writer/producer Harve Bennett, is one of two people credited with re-vitalizing and perhaps saving the Star Trek franchise after the problems of the first film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, almost caused Paramount Pictures to end the series. Paramount had been unhappy with the creative direction of the first film, as well as the cost overruns and production problems. Bennett, a reliable television producer was brought in to help get the films back on track, and this is where Meyer enters the picture. Harve Bennett (born August 17, 1930) is an American television and film producer and scriptwriter, perhaps best known for being the producer on the second through to fifth Star Trek films. ... Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Paramount Pictures, 1979; see also 1979 in film) is the first feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series and is released on Friday, December 7. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...

Introduced to Bennett by a friend at Paramount, Meyer was brought in as a potential director for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, but immediately also became involved in re-writing the draft scripts for the film, which no one had yet been happy with. He impressed Trek's actors and producers by delivering a much improved draft in only 12 days. In fact, the reason he is uncredited as a writer on the film is because the draft had to be completed so quickly, he agreed to forgo the negotiation of any sort of contract or credit in order to ensure he could complete the draft in the needed time frame. He went on to direct the film and his stylistic touches, particularly giving the film an extremely Naval feel, created a lasting impression on Star Trek, and those influences can be seen in every subsequent Star Trek production. Meyer and Bennett together created a film that was extremely engaging while also being cost-efficient and avoiding the production fiascos of the first film. The Wrath of Khan went on to be a monumental success at the box office, and is considered by many to be the best Star Trek film to date. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Paramount Pictures, 1982; see also 1982 in film) is the second feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) The British Grand Fleet, the supreme naval force of World War I A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ...

Meyer subsequently went on to co-write the screenplay for the fourth Star Trek film, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home along with Bennett. For that film, Bennett wrote the first and fourth acts which center on the action in the 23rd century and Meyer wrote the second and third acts which take place in 1986 San Francisco. Meyer has stated that one of the most enjoyable aspects of working on this film was getting the chance to re-use elements that he had been forced to discard from his earlier film, Time After Time. Star Trek IV proved to be a massive box office success, and stands to the present day as the most successful of the Star Trek films. It is also notable in that it managed to achieve mainstream crossover success, winning praise from general moviegoers as well as science fiction and Star Trek devotees. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Paramount Pictures, 1986; see also 1986 in film) is the fourth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... In theater, an act (noun) is a short performance that is part of a longer program. ... The 23rd century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2201-2300. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) Area    - City 600. ... Time After Time DVD Time After Time is a 1979 American film produced by Orion Pictures, starring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner, and Charles Cioffi. ...

In 1991, Meyer again returned to the Star Trek franchise for the sixth film in the series, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He developed the story with Leonard Nimoy and co-wrote the screenplay with longtime friend and assistant Denny Martin Flynn. He directed the picture, which was the final film to feature the entire classic Star Trek cast. This film was again a major success at the box office. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Paramount Pictures, 1991; see also 1991 in film) is the sixth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet and photographer best known for playing the character Spock in the Star Trek franchise, namely the original television series. ...

Meyer's Star Trek films (II, IV, and VI) were essential in establishing the famous Star Trek legend that the even-numbered films are uniformly better than the odd-numbered films, a theory which seemed to hold true until the tenth film, Star Trek: Nemesis was poorly received by critics and fans alike and turned in a dismal box office performance. Star Trek Nemesis (Paramount Pictures, 2002; see also 2002 in film) is the tenth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...

Non-Trek Work

In addition to his work on Star Trek, Meyer has written several novels, and has written and/or directed several other films.

Meyer wrote three Sherlock Holmes novels: The West End Horror, The Canary Trainer, and The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. The latter was Meyer's most famous Holmes novel and the project for which he was best known prior to his Star Trek involvement. It was also adapted into a 1976 film, directed by Herbert Ross, for which Meyer wrote the screenplay. Sherlock Holmes as imagined by the seminal Holmesian artist, Sidney Paget, in The Strand magazine. ... The West End Horror is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Nicholas Meyer, published in 1976. ... The Canary Trainer (1993) is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche by Nicholas Meyer. ... The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche by Nicholas Meyer. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Herbert David Ross (May 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York - October 9, 2001 in New York City), also known as Herb Ross, was a prolific film director, producer, choreographer and actor from the 1950s to the 1990s. ...

One of Meyer's best known non-theatrical film works was the 1983 made-for-TV movie The Day After, depicting a nuclear attack on America. Meyer had decided not to do any TV work, but changed his mind after reading the script. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television movie (also known as a TV film, TV movie, TV-movie, feature-length drama, made-for-TV movie, movie of the week (MOTW or MOW), single drama, telemovie, telefilm, or two-hour-long drama) is a film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network. ... The Day After is an American TV-movie aired on November 20, 1983 on the ABC network. ...

Meyer also penned a revisionist version of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine titled Time After Time, which Meyer published under a pseudonym and later adapted into a motion picture of the same name, which he directed. This film is perhaps Meyer's most famous non-Trek film effort. H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946) was an English writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same title. ... Time After Time is a 1979 science fiction novel by Nicholas Meyer, writing as Karl Alexander. Its plot speculates what might have happened if H. G. Wells had built a real time machine to travel to the 1970s in search of Jack the Ripper. ... Time After Time DVD Time After Time is a 1979 American film produced by Orion Pictures, starring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner, and Charles Cioffi. ...

21st Century Work

Meyer teamed up with film producer, Martin Scorsese in 2006 Meyer to write the screen play for Scosese's adaptation of the Edmund Morris biography of Theodore Roosevelt, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt which won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize. Leonardo DiCaprio who worked with Scorsese on both Gangs of New York and The Aviator, is currently slated to play Roosevelt in this movie. This movie which will trace the early life of Roosevelt, originally a weak and asthematic young boy, born to privilege, but dedicated to personal achievement, political reform and the heroic ideal. Martin Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an acclaimed American film director. ... Edmund Morris is a British biographer, winner of the 1980 Pulitzer Prize. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Theodore Roosevelt, which covers the time period from TRs birth through his ascendancy to the Presidency. ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor well known for roles in blockbuster movies like Titanic (1997) and The Aviator (2004), and was famed for his far reaching global celebrity influence dubbed as Leo-Mania in the late 1990s. ... Gangs of New York is a 2002 film set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. ... The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...

External links

• Nicholas Meyer at the Internet Movie Database