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name: "Jeri Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeri-taylor"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 June 1938"
died: "24 October 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T23:43:19.968686+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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# Jeri Taylor

Writer. Born 30 June 1938 in Bloomington. Died 24 October 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 June 1938, Bloomington
- **Died:** 24 October 2024
- **Active:** 1987–1993

## Biography

Jeri Taylor was an American television writer and producer. She graduated in English from Indiana University Bloomington and earned a master's degree from California State University, Northridge. She began writing for television in 1979 and worked on series including Little House on the Prairie, Quincy, M.E. (where she also produced and directed episodes), Magnum, P.I. and Jake and the Fatman.

Taylor joined the staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1990 as supervising producer during its fourth season. She later served as co-executive producer and as executive producer and showrunner for the seventh and final season. She received story credit on three episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and co-created Star Trek: Voyager, serving as executive producer and showrunner for its first four seasons until 1998. She received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series for her work on The Next Generation.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), Writer, Teleplay
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), Writer
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Writer
- *Blue Thunder* (1984), Writer
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), Writer, Director
- *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), Writer

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