Ira Steven Behr

Ira Steven Behr (born October 23, 1953) is an American television producer and screenwriter, most known for his work on Star Trek, especially Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, on which he served as showrunner and executive producer. He was the executive producer and showrunner on Crash, executive producer on Syfy's Alphas, and a writer and co-executive producer on Outlander. 2Biography Behr was born in New York City, New York, to a Jewish family. He studied at Lehman College in New York City. After graduating, Behr moved to Los Angeles to pursue a screenwriting career. 2Career 3Early work Behr's first writing job was on the dramatic series Bret Maverick. Behr continued to work on television dramas, throughout the 1980s, among them: Jessica Novak (1981, story editor) Fame (1982, writer and producer) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982, writer) Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982, writer) Once a Hero (1987, writer and producer) The Bronx Zoo (1987, writer) 3Star Trek After several years writing and producing television, and while still a staff writer at Beyond Reality, Behr was hired as a producer during Star Trek: The Next Generation's third season. Behr left The Next Generation after a year; but two years later, he rejoined Star Trek as a supervising producer on the new series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. At the start of the second season, Behr was promoted to co-executive producer. The following year, co-creator Michael Piller left to produce the next Star Trek series, Star Trek: Voyager and Behr replaced him as showrunner and executive produce