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name: "Evan Carlos Somers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/evan-somers"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 July 1958"
died: "11 October 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:25:23.784425+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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# Evan Carlos Somers

Writer. Born 2 July 1958 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Died 11 October 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 July 1958, Santa Monica, California, USA
- **Died:** 11 October 2010
- **Also known as:** Evan Somers

## Biography

Evan Carlos Somers (also credited as Evan Somers) was an American writer, director and producer. He contributed to three episodes of *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993–1994): the teleplay for 'Battle Lines', the story and teleplay for 'Melora', and the story for 'Meridian'. He also received story and teleplay credit on the *Star Trek: Voyager* episode 'Ex Post Facto' (1995).

Somers wrote episodes for other series including *Baywatch* (1996), *Space Cases* (1996) and *Beast Wars: Transformers* (1998). In 2005 he wrote, directed, executive produced and starred in the documentary *The Seeker*. He became a quadriplegic following a diving accident at the age of 16; his experiences informed the wheelchair design featured in the *Deep Space Nine* episode 'Melora'. Somers died in Los Angeles on 11 October 2010.

*Sources: memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Story, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), Teleplay
- *Beast Wars: Transformers* (1996), Writer

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