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