- A former television news producer, Michael Sussman began his TV drama career writing for Paramount's "Star Trek" franchise, serving as a Story Editor on "Star Trek: Voyager" before being promoted to Producer on the prequel series "Enterprise," starring Scott Bakula. Later, Sussman Co-Created and Executive Produced the one-hour drama "Perception," starring Emmy® Award-winner Eric McCormack as a crime-solving neurologist, that aired for three seasons on TNT. His other television credits include "The Last Ship" for TNT and Executive Producer Michael Bay ("Transformers"); "12 Monkeys" for SyFy and Universal Cable Productions; the CBS drama "Threshold" starring Carla Gugino and Peter Dinklage; and the syndicated "Legend of the Seeker" for Executive Producer Sam Raimi ("Spider-Man") and ABC Studios. Previously, he served as a writer and producer for KCAL-TV's Emmy® Award-winning "Prime Nine News," and shared the award for Best Newscast at the New York Festivals Television & Film Awards. He lives in Los Angeles.
- IMDb mini biography by: BioWriter
- In 2016, Star Trek fans at the 50th anniversary convention in Las Vegas chose Sussman's Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly" as one of the "10 Best Star Trek episodes" of all time - out of more than 700 live-action episodes spanning five decades.
- Wrote the "#1 Fan Favorite Episode" of Star Trek: Enterprise, "Twilight," chosen in a Viewer's Choice poll at UPN.com.
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