Herbert Wright (producer)

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Herbert J. Wright (November 9, 1946 – August 24, 2005) was a science fiction author and television director and producer. He was born in Keokuk, Iowa. His most notable works were Star Trek: The Next Generation and War of the Worlds. He directed a few episodes of the latter series and wrote and directed the season finale "The Angel of Death," which guest-starred his second wife Elaine Giftos. Among Star Trek fans he is known as the "Father of the Ferengi".^[1]

Wright graduated from Yale with honors in 1969. After which he moved to Hollywood and working in the filmmaking industry. He also studied in Japan as an AFS/American Field Service exchange student, during which he met with director Akira Kurosawa, and began his lifelong study of martial arts.^[2]