René Echevarria

René Echevarria is a Cuban American screenwriter and producer. He has worked on a number of television series, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dark Angel and Castle. He created The 4400 for USA Network, and was show runner on Terra Nova. 2Early life Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, René Echevarria attended St. Petersburg Catholic High School as a child. Echevarria graduated in 1984 from Duke University with a major in history. He has a Cuban-American background. Before attending university, he was expecting to follow his father into medicine. However, he joined a production of Cats at Duke and decided to go into the theatrical art