---
name: "Merri D. Howard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/merri-d-howard"
fi1m_id: "merri-d-howard"
imdb_id: "nm0397500"
tmdb_id: 1215421
wikidata_id: "Q107625968"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 July 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T17:04:13.719029+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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# Merri D. Howard

## Identity

Merri D. Howard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/merri-d-howard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** merri-d-howard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0397500
- **TMDB ID:** 1215421
- **Wikidata ID:** Q107625968
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107625968, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215421

Producer. Born 20 July 1957.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 July 1957
- **Also known as:**  Merri Howard , Merri Howard-Gorman , Merri Howard-Gorrin
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107625968, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397500/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215421

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Star Trek: The Next Generation*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Merri D. Howard is a television producer and production manager. She began her career working as a second assistant director on *MacGyver* (1985) under the name Merri Howard-Gorrin, later serving as first assistant director on *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987). She advanced through production roles on the series, including unit production manager and line producer, before receiving producer credit from 1991 to 1994.

Howard continued as a producer on *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995) and supervising producer on *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), contributing to the franchise for 17 years. Subsequent credits include producer and co-executive producer roles on *Cold Case*, *Scandal*, *The Morning Show* (2019), *Little Fires Everywhere* (2020), *Your Place or Mine* (2023) and *The Last Thing He Told Me* (2023). She has received Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Drama Series (*Star Trek: The Next Generation*, 1994) and Outstanding Limited Series (*Little Fires Everywhere*, 2020).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Last Thing He Told Me* (2023), series, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer
- *Your Place or Mine* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Little Fires Everywhere* (2020), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things...* (2014), Line Producer
- *Just Legal* (2005), series, Producer
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, Producer
- *Star Trek: Voyager - Scorpion* (2000), Producer
- *Star Trek: Voyager - Future's End* (2000), Producer
- *Star Trek: Voyager - Basics* (1996), Producer
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, Producer
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation Viewer's Choice Marathon* (1994), Unit Production Manager
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, Second Assistant Director

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