Tracy Tormé

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]

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]

Tormé was nominated for the 1993 Saturn Award for Best Writing for his screenplay on the film Fire in the Sky.^[7]

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]