Hans Beimler

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Hans Beimler
Birth name:	Hans Anthony Beimler
Date of birth:	10 July 1953
Place of birth:	Mexico City, Mexico
Awards for Trek:	Hugo Award nomination
Roles:	Writer, Story editor, Producer, Background actor
Character(s):	Vic's lounge patron

Hans Anthony Beimler (born 10 July 1953; age 71) is a writer, producer, and script editor of many Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes. He also appeared in Deep Space Nine's final episode, "What You Leave Behind", as a holographic guest at Vic's Las Vegas Lounge and featured in the documentary What We Left Behind.

Biography

Beimler was born in Mexico City in the 1950s, the son of a Spanish Civil War refugee and an American painter. He was named after his grandfather, German Communist and Hero of the Spanish Civil War Hans Beimler (1895-1936). His mother is a trained psychoanalyst. In the 1970s, he attended the University of Southern California, graduating with a degree in Film Production in 1977.

In the early to mid 1980s, Beimler worked as an assistant director on several films. These included Night Shift, Splash (1985), Mischief (1985) and The Golden Child (1986, starring Eddie Murphy).

Beimler wrote several episodes of She-Wolf of London and Space Precinct after leaving The Next Generation and before joining the staff of Deep Space Nine. He also produced, wrote and also directed several episodes of William Shatner's TekWar

Beimler wrote all of his Next Generation episodes with Richard Manning. Ira Steven Behr asked them to join the Deep Space Nine staff after they wrote the teleplay of the second season episode "Paradise". Although Beimler turned him down at the time, he would later join the team a year later, beginning with the fourth season.

Although he wrote many episodes on his own, he collaborated with Ira Steven Behr on many sixth and seventh season episodes, earning with him a Hugo Award nomination in 1997 for DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations".

After leaving Star Trek in 1999, Beimler wrote episodes of Profiler, The District, The Chronicle and The Twilight Zone. Beimler served as co-executive producer on The District and The Chronicle.

He also co-wrote the upcoming The Serpent and the Eagle, which is based on the life of Cortez. It is interesting to note that Beimler co-wrote three Deep Space Nine episodes (DS9: "Favor the Bold", "Sacrifice of Angels", "Far Beyond the Stars") that mentioned the USS Cortez.

In 2007, Beimler worked with his friend and fellow Deep Space Nine staff member Robert Hewitt Wolfe on The Dresden Files. David Carson directed the pilot episode.

Writing credits

• TNG:
  • "Coming of Age" – "The Neutral Zone" – Story Editor
  • "The Arsenal of Freedom" (teleplay with Richard Manning)
  • "Symbiosis" (teleplay with Robert Lewin and Richard Manning)
  • "Pen Pals" – "Shades of Gray" – Executive Script Consultant
  • "The Schizoid Man" (story with Richard Manning)
  • "The Emissary" (television story and teleplay with Richard Manning)
  • "Shades of Gray" (teleplay with Maurice Hurley and Richard Manning)
  • "Who Watches The Watchers" (with Richard Manning)
  • "Yesterday's Enterprise" (teleplay with Ira Steven Behr, Richard Manning and Ronald D. Moore)
  • "Allegiance" (with Richard Manning)
• DS9:
  • "Paradise" (teleplay with Jeff King and Richard Manning)
  • "The Sword of Kahless" (teleplay)
  • "Return to Grace" (teleplay)
  • "Shattered Mirror" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Body Parts" (teleplay)
  • "The Ship" (teleplay)
  • "Trials and Tribble-ations" (story with Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe)
  • "Rapture" (teleplay)
  • "Ferengi Love Songs" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Empok Nor" (teleplay)
  • "A Time to Stand" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Favor the Bold" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Sacrifice of Angels" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "The Magnificent Ferengi" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Far Beyond the Stars" (teleplay with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "His Way" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Profit and Lace" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Tears of the Prophets" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Image in the Sand" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Shadows and Symbols" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "The Siege of AR-558" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "The Emperor's New Cloak" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "The Changing Face of Evil" (with Ira Steven Behr)
  • "What You Leave Behind" (with Ira Steven Behr)

Producing credits

• TNG Season 3 – Co-Producer (26 episodes)

Hugo Award nomination

• 1997 Hugo Award nomination in the category Best Dramatic Presentation for DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations", shared with, Jonathan West, Director; Ronald D. Moore and René Echevarria, Writers; Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe, story by; Ira Steven Behr and Rick Berman, Executive Producers

Star Trek interviews

• "Hans Beimler; Star Trek:The Next Generation", Larry Nemecek, Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 1, May 2001, pp. 50-55
• "Hans Beimler", Larry Nemecek, Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 3, July 2002, pp. 42-47

External links

• Hans Beimler at the Internet Movie Database
• Hans Beimler at Wikipedia