Marc Scott Zicree (born 1955) is an American science fiction author, television writer and screenwriter. Zicree has written for major studios and networks including Paramount, Universal, Disney, Sony/Columbia Tri-Star, MGM, New Line, CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, WB, UPN, Showtime, PBS, Turner, USA, Syfy, Discovery, Nickelodeon, the BBC, Marvel and NPR. His credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, The Twilight Zone, Babylon 5, Beauty and the Beast, Forever Knight, Sliders, Friday the 13th: The Series, Liberty's Kids, Super Friends, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Real Ghostbusters, The Smurfs and many others, as well as pilots for CBS, NBC, ABC and Showtime.
Career
He is the author of The Twilight Zone Companion, a detailed history of Rod Serling's TV series The Twilight Zone. Several of his interviews with The Twilight Zone actors, directors and producers are available as special features on the Twilight Zone: The Complete Definitive Collection DVD box set, and are accessible as alternative audio tracks for the associated episodes. He has also contributed to the Magic Time novel trilogy, a collaborative effort between Zicree and three other science fiction writers.
Space Command
With writer Michael Reaves and director Neil Johnson, and using crowd funding for financing, Zicree is working on a series of films under the umbrella title Space Command. A Kickstarter project page, launched by Zicree in May 2012, raised funds of $75,000 (its initial goal) in three days, and went on to raise over $220,000 during the Kickstarter campaign, making it one of the most successful crowd funding campaigns as of that date.
The Space Command series features Doug Jones, Robert Picardo, Bill Mumy, Mira Furlan, Bruce Boxleitner, Nichelle Nichols, Barbara Bain, Christina Moses, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Ethan McDowell, Bryan McClure, with Neil deGrasse Tyson appearing as himself.
The film Space Command Redemption was released in 2024 with Zicree appearing as the Grizzled Space Jockey.
Works
Non-fiction books
- The Twilight Zone Companion (1982)
- Greenlighting Yourself Living the Hollywood Dream (2022)
Novels
- Magic Time series
- Magic Time (with Barbara Hambly, 2002)
- Magic Time: Angelfire (written by Maya Bohnhoff, based on Zicree's concept, 2003)
- Magic Time: Ghostlands (with Robert Charles Wilson, 2005)
Television credits
References
External links
- Official website
- Marc Scott Zicree at IMDb
- Marc Scott Zicree at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Space Command Movie (website), Space Command – Official site of the Space Command film series.
- Video interview discussing Zicree's career in detail
