David Kemper is an American television writer and producer who is best known for his work on the science fiction/fantasy show Farscape. He was raised in Oak Park, Michigan, where he attended Ferndale High School. At school he was a baseball player. He graduated from the University of Michigan before moving to California.

In addition to Farscape, Kemper wrote episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, SeaQuest DSV, The Pretender, Swamp Thing, and Stargate SG-1, and was also the executive producer for the SyFy channel film Aztec Rex.

In October 2006 made a deal with the Sci Fi Channel to supply five movies to their Saturday night movie franchise.[1]

Filmography

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Television

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The numbers in writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

Title Year Credited as Network Notes
Writer Executive
producer
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1989 Yes (2) No First-run syndication
Tour of Duty 1989–90 Yes (5) No CBS Executive story editor (3 episodes)
Booker 1990 Yes (1) No Fox
Street Justice 1992–93 Yes (2) No Syndication
Silk Stalkings 1992–93 Yes (3) No CBS
Swamp Thing 1993 Yes (1) No USA Network
SeaQuest DSV 1993–94 Yes (5) No NBC Co-producer (season 1: 10 episodes)
Producer (season 1: 13 episodes)
Star Trek: Voyager 1995 Yes (1) No UPN
M.A.N.T.I.S. 1995 Yes (2) No Fox
The Outer Limits 1995 Yes (1) No Showtime
The Pretender 1997 Yes (1) No NBC
The Burning Zone 1997 Yes (1) No UPN
Pacific Blue 1997–98 Yes (8) No USA Network
Ghost Stories 1997 Yes (1) No The Family Channel Anthology series
Stargate SG-1 1998 Yes (1) No Showtime
Farscape 1999–2003 Yes (16) Yes Nine Network
Sci-Fi Channel
Co-executive producer (season 1: 6 episodes)
Executive producer (69 episodes)
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars 2004 Yes Yes Sci-Fi Channel Miniseries
Aztec Rex 2008 No Yes Sci Fi Television film
Heatstroke 2008 Yes Yes
Cult 2013 Yes (1) No The CW Consulting producer (12 episodes)

References

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  1. ^ "FarScape's David Kemper Returns". B&C, Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved April 3, 2007.
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