D. C. Fontana
Year TV Program Notes
1960 The Tall Man Writer ; two episodes As Dorothy C. Fontana
1961 Frontier Circus Writer , one episode As Dorothy C. Fontana
1961 Shotgun Slade Writer , one episode As Dorothy C. Fontana
1965 Ben Casey Writer , one episode
1966-1968 Star Trek Writer , ten episodes Story editor ( season 1 and 2 )
1967 The Road West Writer , one episode
1968-1969 The Big Valley Writer , two episodes
1968-1969 Lancer Writer , two episodes
1968-1969 The High Chaparral Writer , two episodes
1969 Then Came Bronson Writer , one episode
1969-1970 Bonanza Writer , two episodes
1970 Here Come the Brides Writer , one episode
1972-1973 Ghost Story Writer , two episodes
1973 Star Trek : The Animated Series Writer , one episode Associate producer Story editor
1973-1975 The Streets of San Francisco Writer , four episodes As Dorothy C. Fontana
1974 The Six Million Dollar Man Writer , two episodes
1974 Land of the Lost Writer , one episode
1975 Kung Fu Writer , one episode
1976 Bert D'Angelo/Superstar Writer , one episode
1977 The Fantastic Journey Writer , one episode
Filmography
Dorothy Catherine Fontana (March 25, 1939 - December 2, 2019) was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek franchise and several Western television series. After a short period working for Samuel A. Peeples as a secretary, she moved to work for Del Reisman, a producer on The Lieutenant, whose creator was Gene Roddenberry. Though The Lieutenant was soon cancelled, Roddenberry began working on Star Trek, and Fontana was appointed as the series' story editor, but left after the second season to pursue freelance work. She later worked with Roddenberry again on Genesis II and then as story editor and associate producer on . During the 1970s and early 1980s, she worked on Logan's Run, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Roddenberry hired her to work on , but, while she was given an associate producer credit, the experience soured their relationship and resulted in a claim put to the Writers Guild of America. She later wrote an episode of and an episode of the Star Trek fan-made series . She was awarded the Morgan Cox Award in 2002 by the Writers Guild of America and twice named to the American Screenwriters Association's hall of fame.