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name: "Douglas Netter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-netter"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "21 May 1921"
died: "8 May 2017"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:50:15.311688+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Douglas Netter

Producer. Born 21 May 1921 in Seattle. Died 8 May 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 21 May 1921, Seattle
- **Died:** 8 May 2017

## Biography

Douglas Netter was an American television producer and executive. Born in Seattle in 1921, he began his career in film and television production in the 1960s, with early credits including associate producer on *The Ambushers* (1967) and co-producer on *The Wild Geese* (1978). He served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at MGM Studios from 1970 to 1975, and later produced Western projects such as the miniseries *The Sacketts* (1979).

Netter's work in science fiction began with *Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future* (1987), where he first collaborated with J. Michael Straczynski. He went on to serve as executive producer on the series *Babylon 5* (1993–1998) and its spin-offs and telefilms, including *Crusade* (1999) and *Babylon 5: The Lost Tales* (2007). Between seasons of *Babylon 5*, he founded Netter Digital, a CGI effects company that handled visual effects for the show and related projects. Netter died in 2017.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Babylon 5* (1994), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)

## Also known for

- *Babylon 5: The Gathering* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Babylon 5: In the Beginning* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Babylon 5: Thirdspace* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Crusade* (1999), Producer
- *Babylon 5: A Call to Arms* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Babylon 5: The River of Souls* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight* (2002), Executive Producer

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