
Rick Berman
Production · b. 1945 · New York City, New York, USA
Rick Berman is an American television producer. He is best known for his work as the executive producer of several of the Star Trek series.
Movies13
Movie7.1DocumentaryA documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and a brainstorm with the original writers on what a theoretical eighth season of the show could look like.
Movie6.9TV MovieDocumentaryCanadian acting legend William Shatner takes viewers inside the creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the bold attempt in 1986 to recreate the success of the original television series, in which Shatner played Captain James T. Kirk.
Chaos on the Bridge
2014 · 57 votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryThe documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024 · 1 votes
- MovieDocumentary
Newly produced documentary featuring all-new interviews with the show's cast and crew as well as behind the scenes archival content. This retrospective documentary gives fans an inside look at the making of the show's final season including changes to the show's creative staff and details on the drastic change in course with story lines that helped lay the foundation for the United Federation of Planets. With Season 4 Enterprise finally delivered the stories fans had been waiting to see by embracing classic elements from TOS and revealing how they came to be. Fans will hear from Manny Coto, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and the other key creative leads who guided the NX-01 on it's final and most memorable voyage. Includes details on story lines in development for season 5 and beyond.
Movie5.9TV MovieDocumentaryThis documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Star Trek. We also get to see bloopers from the original series and the current space program and how progression has been in reality, hosted by LeVar Burton.
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991 · 10 votes
Movie2.5DocumentaryThis special is hosted by Patrick Stewart and traced the history of Star Trek from its inception with "The Cage" through to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It also showed brief previews of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and TNG's second season. Also it was principally a container for the premiere of a full color print of "The Cage" which had, according to the special, recently been recovered from Paramount's studio archives.
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988 · 5 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryTV MovieYour destination: the 24th century. Your mission: to voyage where few have gone before--behind the scenes of Star Trek: The Next Generation! Join Jonathan Frakes, Next Generation's Commander William Riker, for this fascinating chronicle of Gene Roddenberry's beloved, Emmy Award-winning series. You'll explore the Enterprise, meet the show's stars (and some villainous guest stars), learn special-effects secrets and makeup magic, and finally get the answer to that nagging question, "Where is the bathroom on the Enterprise?" Other highlights include a visit to a Star Trek convention, and a stop at the scoring stage to watch Marina Sirtis (Lt. Commander Deanna Troi) lead the orchestra in a recording session. This program concludes with a special look at the series' thrilling final episode ("All Good Things . . .") and a sneak peak at the crew's movie debut, Star Trek: Generations. So set a course for an adventure like no other.
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994 · 10 votes
- Movie4.5Documentary
This 90 minute documentary features all-new interviews with the show's cast and crew as well as behind the scenes archival content providing fans an inside look at the challenges faced during the second season of ENTERPRISE as the writing staff and creators struggled to find the right tone and creative course for the series, ultimately developing the controversial XINDI story-arc which kicks off with the season finale: THE EXPANSE.
Star Trek: Enterprise - Uncharted Territory
2013 · 2 votes
Movie5.4DocumentaryThis History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most recognizable film and television memorabilia, and features interviews with cast, crew and fans.
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007 · 6 votes
Movie4.5DocumentaryStar Trek: Voyager – Inside the New Adventure was a special documentary, running for 50 minutes, produced by BECK-OLA Productions for broadcasting by UPN on 9 January 1995, the week prior to the premiere of Star Trek: Voyager. Hosted by Robert Picardo, the program went behind the scenes at the making of the pilot episode, "Caretaker", as well as the creation of the series itself. Segments included interviews with the cast and crew, as well as a "day-in-the-life" feature following Ethan Phillips during the filming of the Ocampa desert scenes.
Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure
1995 · 2 votes
- MovieDocumentary
In Conversation: Rick Berman & Brannon Braga is a 70-minute behind-the-scenes documentary. As the title already suggests, it consists of an indepth discussion session between former Star Trek: Enterprise producers Rick Berman and Brannon Braga about their involvement with the series, that has turned out so controversial among fans, and in which both men are discussing their side of the story. Conducted on 12 December 2012, the session was produced for inclusion as a special feature (or "VAM" – Value Added Material – as special feature producers Roger Lay, Jr. and Robert Meyer Burnett have dubbed these) on the 2013 ENT Season 1 Blu-ray set, where it can be found on disc 1.
Movie5.3DocumentaryStar Trek: Deep Space Nine – Behind the Scenes was a fifty minute documentary hosted by Terry Farrell that looked at the creation of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, specifically its pilot episode "Emissary". Written by Stephen R. Wolcott and directed by Donald R. Beck, the documentary first aired on 4 January 1993 as a syndicated special of the by Paramount Television produced current media affairs show Entertainment Tonight, at the time the franchise's primary publicity outlet for anything live-action Star Trek related. In the documentary, Farrell (Jadzia Dax) takes the viewer on a tour around the Deep Space 9 sets. The feature also has interviews with the cast, producers, writers and other production staff members and takes a look at the making of "Emissary".
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993 · 3 votes
- Movie5.5Documentary
Feature-length documentary offering the definitive look at the making of the iconic science fiction classic; STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION! Includes never-before-seen revealing behind-the-scenes footage, newly found screen tests, and fascinating all-new interviews with the key creative personnel from the show, as well as the entire regular cast.
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TV10.0Talk ShowActors Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, and Erica LaRose explore all things Star Trek, life on Earth, and more. Join Star Trek Enterprise's Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Trinneer) and Lieutenant Malcom Reed (Keating) as they sit down with remarkable guests and have in depth conversations about Life, Star Trek, experiences behind the scenes and more.
The Shuttlepod Show
2022 · 2 votes
TV6.6Sci-Fi & FantasyDocumentaryIn this documentary mini series, Shatner, in each of the five half an hour episodes, presents and interviews one of the people who played the five Star Trek captains before the 2009 reboot. Chris Pine interviews him.
The Captains Close Up
2013 · 10 votes
TV10.0DocumentaryThe Center Seat II: 60 Years of Star Trek chronicles Star Trek’s passing of the baton from Kirk and crew to the cast of The Next Generation as they make the leap from the small screen to the big screen. Then watch as JJ. Abrams’ three picture “Kelvin Timeline” sends a ripple through the Star Trek Universe - for better or worse. The inside scoop comes directly from the stars who were there, like Leonard Nimoy, Jonathan Frakes, F. Murray Abraham, Brent Spiner Walter Koenig, James Cromwell, Malcolm McDowell, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Alice Kriege, Deep Roy, and more with narration by Gates McFadden.
The Center Seat II: 60 Years of Star Trek
2026 · 1 votes