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'''Kenneth Todd Biller''' (born December 23, 1964) is a [[television]] [[television producer|producer]], [[television writer|writer]], [[television director|director]] and [[film editor|editor]]. He has worked on a number of American television shows including ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'' and ''[[Perception (U.S. TV series)|Perception]]''. During his time on ''Voyager'', he rose from executive story editor during the first season up to executive producer in the final seriesseason, and was responsible for writing the episode which introduced the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] into the show.

Biller attended [[Brown University]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref name=stbillerbio>{{cite web|title=Biller, Kenneth|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/biller|publisher=Star Trek.com|accessdateaccess-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref>

In 1995, Biller joined the team at ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' as an executive story editor. A year later, he became co-producer of the show and made producer a year after that. During the sixth season of the show he became co-executive producer, and was again promoted, this time to executive producer and showrunner for ''Voyager'''s seventh and final season.<ref name=stbillerbio/> He received writing credits on several episodes of the show, and directed a number of episodes including "[[Revulsion (Star Trek: Voyager)|Revulsion]]" and "[[One (Star Trek: Voyager)|One]]".<ref name=stbillerbio/> Biller wrote the episode "[[Unity (Star Trek: Voyager)|Unity]]" which featured the first appearance of the alien species the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] in ''Voyager'', who had previously appeared in ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' and the movie ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bianculli|first=David|title=Borg Again: Now, 'Voyager'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/borg-voyager-article-1.751836|accessdateaccess-date=February 17, 2013|newspaper=NY Daily News|date=February 11, 1997}}</ref>

In 2008, he was linked with a series based on the [[Terry Goodkind]] fantasy novel series ''[[Wizard's First Rule]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Breaking News|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2008/06/17/development-update-tuesday-june-17-27892/7677/|accessdateaccess-date=February 17, 2013|newspaper=The Futon Critic|date=June 17, 2008}}</ref> This became the series ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'', which was created by [[ABC Studios]] for [[broadcast syndication]]. Biller worked as one of several executive producers, including [[Sam Raimi]].<ref>{{citecitation news|title=Ted Raimi to Guest Star in Highly-Anticipated Action-Adventure Series|url=http://newsblaze.com/story/20080902192541tsop.nb/topstory.html|accessdate=February 17, 2013|newspaper=News Blazeneeded|date=SeptemberDecember 2, 20082021}}</ref> Biller has recently been writing for the [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] [[crime drama]] series ''[[Perception (U.S. TV series)|Perception]]'', including co-writing the pilot episode alongside fellow former ''Voyager'' writer [[Mike Sussman (TV series writer/producer)|Mike Sussman]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=It’sIt's Official: Eric McCormack To Star In TNT Pilot ‘Perception’'Perception'|url=https://www.deadline.com/2010/10/its-official-eric-mccormack-to-star-in-tnt-pilot-perception/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031005626/http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/its-official-eric-mccormack-to-star-in-tnt-pilot-perception/|accessdateurl-status=dead|archive-date=October 31, 2010|access-date=February 17, 2013|newspaper=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sussman, Mike|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/sussman|publisher=Star Trek.com|accessdateaccess-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> Biller and Sussman collaborated on the creation of the series.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nededog|first=Jethro|title=First Look: 'Will & Grace's' Eric McCormack Gets To Work on TNT's 'Perception'|url=httphttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/first-look-will-graces-eric-224414|accessdateaccess-date=February 17, 2013|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=August 17, 2011}}</ref>

Biller is married, withhas a daughter and a son, and lives in [[Los Angeles]], California.<ref name=stbillerbio/>

| ''[[Hawkeye (1994 TV series)|Hawkeye]]''

| ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]''

| ''[[North Shore (2004 TV series)|North Shore]]''

| ''[[Perception (U.S. TV series)|Perception]]''

| ''[[Genius (2017 TV series)|Genius]]''<ref name="NYT-20170417">{{cite news |last=Overbye |first=Dennis |authorlinkauthor-link=Dennis Overbye |title=‘Genius’'Genius' Unravels the Mysteries of Einstein’sEinstein's Universe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/science/albert-einstein-genius-national-geographic-channel.html |date=April 17, 2017 |work=[[New York Times]] |accessdateaccess-date=April 17, 2017 }}</ref>

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