Tracy Tormé
American screenwriter (1959–2024)
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Tracy Tormé (April 12, 1959 – January 4, 2024)[1] was an American screenwriter and television producer, known for his work on the science fiction series Sliders and Star Trek: The Next Generation,[2] and the film Fire in the Sky.
- Screenwriter
- television producer
- Mel Tormé (father)
- Arlene Miles (mother)
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| Born | April 12, 1959 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 2024 (aged 64) Escondido, California, U.S. |
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Early life
Tracy Tormé was born on April 12, 1959, in Los Angeles, to Arlene Miles and singer Mel Tormé.[3] He was educated at the University of Southern California and Loyola Marymount University, where he studied film.[3]
Career
Tormé began his career in the 1970s, as a writer on SCTV.[3] From 1982 to 1983, he was a writer for Saturday Night Live.[3] Later in the decade, he was a story editor and writer on the first two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but left over creative differences.[3]
In 1991 with Barry Oringer, Tormé wrote the screenplay for the miniseries Intruders which ran on CBS in May 1992.[4] Intruders was based on the book of the same name by Budd Hopkins.[5]
With Robert K. Weiss he co-created the television series Sliders, which ran 1995–2000.[3] Other series he wrote for included Odyssey 5 and Carnivàle.[3]
Tormé wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film Fire in the Sky based on Travis Walton's book The Walton Experience.[6] He was credited as a co-producer on the 2007 film I Am Legend, and wrote an early treatment for the project.[3]
Accolades
Tormé was nominated for the 1993 Saturn Award for Best Writing for his screenplay on the film Fire in the Sky.[7]
Personal life and death
Tormé had siblings Steve, Melissa, Daisy, and James Tormé, and step-siblings Carrie Tormé and Kurt Goldsmith.[8] He was married twice.[3]
Tormé died of complications from diabetes in Escondido, California, on January 4, 2024, at the age of 64.[3]
