D.C. Fontana Death
Dorothy passed away on December 2, 2019 at the age of 80 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
When did D.C. Fontana die?
December 2, 2019How old was D.C. Fontana when died?
80Where did D.C. Fontana die? What was the location of death?
Los Angeles, California, USA
D.C. Fontana Birthday and Date of Death
D.C. Fontana was born on March 25, 1939 and died on December 2, 2019. Dorothy was 80 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: March 25, 1939
Date of Death: December 2, 2019
Age at Death: 80
D.C. Fontana - Biography
Dorothy Catherine "D. C." Fontana (born March 25, 1939 in Sussex, New Jersey) is an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek series.
She saw a position on a Marine Corps-based series called The Lieutenant and applied; Fontana began working as a secretary for producer Del Reisman. Around this time, she adopted the gender-blind name form D. C. Fontana for her written works, to prevent her pitches being prejudged on the basis of her gender, as she was one of the few female writers at NBC at the time. The Lieutenant was created by Gene Roddenberry, whom she ended up working directly for after his secretary fell ill. After finding out she wanted to become a writer, Roddenberry encouraged her. In 1964, she published her first novel, a Western called Brazos River, with Harry Sanford. The Lieutenant ran for one season.
During the early 1970s she acted as Roddenberry's assistant on The Questor Tapes but was not involved in the writing; she did however write the novelization. Fontana wrote a script for Roddenberry's Genesis II. She was hired as both story editor and associate producer on Star Trek: The Animated Series. Roddenberry was used as a consultant and not the showrunner. One of her tasks on the show was to receive pitches for episodes, which she would then relay to Roddenberry. The series won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series in 1975.
Fontana created the storyline for the Interplay Entertainment video game Star Trek: Secret of Vulcan Fury. The project was directed by John Meredyth Lucas, whom she had collaborated with on the original series episodes "The Enterprise Incident" and "The Ultimate Computer". Together with Derek Chester, she also wrote the scripts for Bethesda Softworks video games Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: Tactical Assault. Todd Vaughn, Bethesda Softworks' VP of Development, described her as "one of Star Trek's most prolific and distinguished writers".
