Nick Sagan (born September 16, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of the science fiction novels Idlewild, Edenborn, and Everfree, and his screen credits include episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. He is the son of astronomer Carl Sagan and artist and writer Linda Salzman.
Two older half-brothers - Dorion and Jeremy, a younger half-sister Sasha and a younger half-brother in Sam.
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Wrote his first (produced) teleplay at age 22.
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Dropped out of high school to study film at UCLA; he graduated Summa Cum Laude.
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In 1977, his voice was sent into space on the Voyager spacecraft along with other recorded messages, music, photographs and sounds of Earth. His greeting, "Hello from the children of planet Earth," was featured in the movie Starman (1984)
Attended The Mirman School, a K thru 8 private school for mentally gifted children in Bel-Air, California. A fellow alumnus of Mirman is Crispin Glover (though they are years apart).
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star Trek: Voyager
1998-1999
TV Series story editor - 25 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Star Trek: Voyager
TV Series teleplay by - 4 episodes, 1999 story by - 2 episodes, 1999 story editor - 1 episode, 1999 written by - 1 episode, 1998
Zork: Nemesis
1996
Video Game
Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys
1996
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Space Precinct
1995
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1993-1994
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Exosquad
1994
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Jack's Place
1993
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alien Encounters
2012
TV Mini-Series producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Kiss That Would Last a Billion Years
2003
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Starman
1984
Himself (uncredited)
Known for movies
Star Trek: Voyager (1998-1999) as Miscellaneous Crew
Zork: Nemesis (1996) as Writer
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993-1994) as Writer
$11 Million
