Naren Shankar is a writer, producer and director of several television series. As a writer Shankar has contributed with works for Farscape, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Night Visions, The Outer Limits, The Chronicle, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, seaQuest 2032, Grimm and Star Trek: Voyager.After receiving B. Sc., M.S. and Ph.D degrees in Engineering, Physics and Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, Naren joined the team behind Star Trek: The Next Generation. As a producer Shankar has worked with UC: Undercover and Farscape. He also contributed to Doom.He was the executive producer and writer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation for eight years, followed by short stint in a similar capacity on Grimm. Shankar briefly served as co-executive producer and showrunner for Almost Human alongside creator J. H. Wyman before leaving the series.
TV Series co-executive producer - 13 episodes, 1999 - 2000 executive producer - 7 episodes, 2000 - 2001
The Outer Limits
1999
TV Series supervising producer - 5 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Expanse
2015-2016
TV Series written for television by - 2 episodes
Almost Human
2014
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Grimm
TV Series written by - 2 episodes, 2011 teleplay - 1 episode, 2012
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV Series story by - 16 episodes, 2005 - 2010 written by - 13 episodes, 2003 - 2009 teleplay by - 12 episodes, 2003 - 2007 writer - 6 episodes, 2002 - 2003
Two and a Half Men
2008
TV Series story by - 1 episode
UC: Undercover
TV Series teleplay - 3 episodes, 2001 - 2002 story - 3 episodes, 2001 writer - 1 episode, 2002
The Outer Limits
TV Series teleplay - 6 episodes, 1997 - 1999 story - 5 episodes, 1997 - 1999 excerpts - 4 episodes, 1997 - 2002 written by - 4 episodes, 1998 - 1999 screen story - 1 episode, 1999
The Chronicle
2001
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Night Visions
2001
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Farscape
2000-2001
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Star Trek: Generations
1997
Video Game
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV Series written by - 1 episode, 1996 teleplay by - 1 episode, 1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity
1995
Video Game
SeaQuest 2032
1995
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV Series written by - 4 episodes, 1992 - 1993 story by - 3 episodes, 1993 - 1994 teleplay by - 3 episodes, 1993 - 1994 story - 1 episode, 1992
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Outer Limits
TV Series executive story consultant - 21 episodes, 1996 - 1998 advisor - 6 episodes, 1999
SeaQuest 2032
1995-1996
TV Series executive story editor - 7 episodes
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV Series story editor - 25 episodes, 1993 - 1994 science consultant - 25 episodes, 1992 - 1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
TV Series science consultant - 19 episodes
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2009
TV Series 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
50 Years of Star Trek
2016
TV Movie
Himself - Writer-Science Consultant Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Sky's the Limit - The Eclipse of Star Trek: The Next Generation
2014
Documentary
Himself
Beyond the Five Year Mission: The Evolution of Star Trek - The Next Generation
2014
Documentary
Himself
Requiem - A Remembrance of Star Trek: The Next Generation
2013
Video documentary
Himself
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Inside the Writer's Room
2013
Documentary
Himself
Of Dolls and Murder
2012
Documentary
Himself - Executive Producer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Watching the Dead
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Executive Producer, CSI
The Next Generation's Impact: 20 Years Later
2007
Video documentary short
Himself
Known for movies
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002-2010) as Producer
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992-1994) as Writer
$18 Million
