Television & Movie Writer-Producer
1982 Chowchilla Union High Graduate

"Chowchilla High School provided a sense of pride and an attitude and sense of personal possession and involvement.  I received quality education that enabled me to attend an Ivy League university, and a nurturing environment that promoted personal growth."

Ronald D. Moore graduated from Chowchilla High School in 1982.  He is the Executive Producer of "Battlestar Galactica" television series, and has writing credits on two "Star Trek" movies and "Mission Impossible II" starring Tom Cruise.

Ron was born on July 5, 1964 in Fresno, California.  His father was an officer in the Marine Corps, and Ron's early years were spent near Marine bases on the east coast and later at Camp Pendleton, California.  After beginning school in San Clemente, he attended elementary school in Chowchilla.  During his years at Chowchilla High School, he was a delegate to Boys' State, a member of the varsity championship football and track teams, played trumpet in the award-winning Redskin Band, was a life member of the California Scholarship Federation, and performed in several class plays.  During his junior year, he wrote a three-act play.  He accepted a scholarship to Cornell University and was a member of Kappa Alpha, a literary fraternity.  He has a B.A. in Government.

After college, Ron worked as a representative to foreign television markets for New World Productions. A fan of the original "Star Trek" television series, Ron submitted a script for the new series called "Star Trek: The Next Generation". The script was titled "The Bonding". Paramount bought the script and his second script, "The Defector". Two weeks later, he was hired full-time as a story editor. During the next four years, Ron progressed as exective story editor, associate producer, supervising producers, and co-executive producer. He had writing, story, teleplay credits on over 120 episodes. The last episode of the show, "All Good Things...", earned Ron an Emmy nomination. The next fall he received the Victor Hugo Internation award for best writing in science fiction.

He also received the California State University award for achievement in literature at the CSU 1999 Summer Arts Festival.

Ron became co-executive producer and lead writer of the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" series for five years.  He was co-executive producer of the WBN series, "Roswell".

In 2003, HBO signed Ron to a development contract as executive producer for the critically-acclaimed "Carnivale" series.  NBC and the Science Fiction Channel bought Ron's contract from HBO to develop a mini-series based on the old "Battlestar Galactica" series.  The mini-series was a rating success and Ron received the coveted Saturn Award for best writing for a mini-series and signed by Universal as executive producer for the new "Battlestar" series.  The series recently completed its first season to high reviews in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, and made the cover of TV Guide as one of the top five dramatic series of the season.

Ron and his lifelong friend, Chris Hobson, have been active in preparing a documentary television show about the Chowchilla Redskin Band.

Ron and his wife Terry live in Altadena with their two children, Robin and Roxy.  His parents, retired Chowchilla Union High School District Superintendent Dr. Ronald Moore, and his mother, Mrs. Shirley Moore continue to live in Chowchilla.