Michael Cassutt Biography (1954-)

Full name, Michael Joseph Cassutt; born April 13, 1954, in Owatonna, MN; sonof Florian Francis (a baseball player, coach, and teacher) and Joyce (a teacher; maiden name, Williams) Cassutt; married Cynthia Lee Stratton (a magazineeditor), August 19, 1978; children: Ryan Spencer, Alexandra Lee. Addresses: Agent: The Firm, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 212, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, producer
Birth Details: April 13, 1954; Owatonna, Minnesota, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Work
Series
Producer, TV 101, CBS, 1988-1989
Producer, WIOU, CBS, 1990-1991
Producer, Eerie, Indiana, NBC, 1991-1992
Producer, Sirens, ABC, 1992-1993
Co-executive producer and script consultant, The Outer Limits, syndicated, 1995
Co-executive producer and executive producer, Strange Luck, Fox, 1995-1996
Consulting producer, Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1997-1998
Consulting producer, 7 Days, 1998
WRITINGS
Television Specials
"Grinny," CBS Storybreak, CBS, 1989
Television Episodes
(With Lew Levy) "Laurie's Commercial," Love, Sidney, NBC, 1982
Gloria, CBS, 1982
(With Levy)"Tommy Fouls Out," Alice, CBS, 1983
(With Katherine Lawrence) "The Winds of Darkness," Dungeons and Dragons, CBS, 1985
Rocky Road, syndicated, 1985
Misfits of Science, NBC, 1985
"Wishbank," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985
"Red Snow," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
Simon and Simon, CBS, 1986
"Incredible Shrinking Centurions," The Centurions, syndicated, 1986
"The Card," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1987
The Wizard, CBS, 1987

"Security Systems," Max Headroom (also known as Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future), ABC, 1987
(With Martin Pasko, Rebecca Parr, and Steve Roberts) "War," Max Headroom (also known as Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future), ABC,1987
"Deities," Max Headroom (also known as Max Headroom: 20 Minutesinto the Future), ABC, 1987
(With Arthur Sellers) "Neurostim," Max Headroom (also known as Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future), ABC, 1987
(With Mark Cassutt) "Fever," Beauty and the Beast, CBS, 1988
TV 101, CBS, 1988-1989
"The Inquisition," WIOU, CBS, 1990
"Mother Nature's Son," WIOU, CBS, 1990
Eerie, Indiana, NBC, 1992
Sirens, syndicated, 1993
Sea Quest DSV, NBC, 1993
Strange Luck, Fox, 1995-1996
"Little Miss Magic," Sinbad (also known as The Adventures of Sinbad), syndicated, 1996
"The Space Flight Episode," Mr. and Mrs. Smith, CBS, 1996
"The Way We Weren't," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1997
"Deadline," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1997
(With Laurie McCarthy) "Ready or Not," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox,1998
"Rebound," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1998
"The Nature of Nurture," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1998
(With Melissa Gould) "The Fundamental Things Apply," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1998
7 Days, 1998
"Out of Their Minds," Farscape (also known as Far Horizon),Sci-Fi Channel, 1999
"Tangent," Stargate SG-1, 2000
"And Your Heart Will Fly Away ... ," Andromeda, 2002
Also wrote "Need to Know," The Twilight Zone, CBS; the unaired episodes "Teacher Pets," It's Not Easy, "Walter and Me," WIOU, CBS, and "Forty-Eight Minutes," WIOU, CBS, 1990.
Fiction
The Star Country (science fiction), Doubleday, 1986
Dragon Season (fantasy), Tor Books, 1991
Missing Man (thriller), Forge Books, 1998
Red Moon, Forge, 2001
Contributor of short stories to periodicals, including Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine, Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, and Amazing Science Fiction; contributor of short stories to anthologies.
Nonfiction
Who's Who in Space: The First Twenty-five Years (reference), G. K.Hall, 1987, 2nd edition published as Who's Who in Space: The International Space Year, 1993, 3rd edition published as Who's Who in Space: The International Space Station Edition, 1998
Contributor of nonfiction articles to periodicals, including Science Fiction Review, McGill's Guide to Space Science, Spaceflight, Orbiter, Omni, L-5 News, Future Life, Starlog, and Space World.
Other Writings
(Author of introduction) Valentin Lebedev, Diary of a Cosmonaut: Two Hundred Eleven Days in Space, PhytoResource Research, 1988
(Editor with Andrew Greeley and Martin H. Greenberg) Sacred Visions (science fiction anthology), Tor Books, 1991
(With Donald K. "Deke" Slayton) Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercuryto the Shuttle, Forge, 1994

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