David A. Goodman

David A. Goodman was a writer for, who also served as consulting producer during the series' second season.

In the commentary for the episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" of the animated Futurama – the series Goodman worked on as writer/co-producer, directly before his tenure on Enterprise and which episode was written by him, parodies and featured its cast – Goodman noted that his work on that episode "got [him] a job on Star Trek". An avid fan of the Original Series, Goodman made sure that all references in that episode were the correct ones. As fan, Goodman was featured in the documentaries Trekkies 2 (2004) and Trek Nation (2010).

Goodman wrote the text for the reference book, Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years, detailing the history of the Federation's formation. He also wrote The Autobiography of James T. Kirk, released.

Career
After departing Enterprise, Goodman was hired as executive producer and showrunner on the animated series Family Guy from Seth MacFarlane, following its revival by Fox. His work on both Futurama and Family Guy, has earned Goodman, between 2003 and 2013, six Emmy Award nominations, complemented by BAFTA Award, Nebula Award (for "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"), and Writers Guild of America Award nominations, one each, though he did not win any of them.

Prior to his involvement to these productions, Goodman, a 1984 BA graduate of the University of Chicago, started working in the motion picture industry in 1989 on the sitcom Golden Girls and has subsequently worked in the roles of (co-)producer, writer, script editor, consultant and voice actor on television productions like Babes, Flesh 'n' Blood, Rhythm & Blues, Stark Raving Mad and various others. In 2011 he left Family Guy to work on Allen Gregory and Murder Police.

Goodman rejoined MacFarlane as executive co-producer on his 2017 comedy/drama series The Orville for Fox TV, a science fiction series heavily inspired by, and intended as a homage to,. He also wrote one episode for the first season.

Credits

 * (teleplay by and co-wrote with Taylor Elmore)
 * (co-wrote with Chris Black)
 * Reference books
 * Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years
 * The Autobiography of James T. Kirk
 * The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard
 * The Autobiography of Mr. Spock (solicited for August 2019)
 * The Autobiography of James T. Kirk
 * The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard
 * The Autobiography of Mr. Spock (solicited for August 2019)

Star Trek interviews

 * audio commentary (ENT Season 3 DVD and ENT Season 3 Blu-ray)