Gretchen J. Berg

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Gretchen J. Berg (born 8 February 1971; age 54) is a writer and producer who served as executive producer on the first and part of the second season of Star Trek: Discovery.

Together with her writing partner Aaron Harberts, she took over as Discovery's showrunner in October 2016, after Bryan Fuller stepped down from this function. [1] She had previously collaborated with Fuller on Pushing Daisies and Wonderfalls (featuring William Sadler).

While the first season of Discovery was being aired, she became a frequent guest on the companion series After Trek, explaining the thought processes behind the development of its episodes.

Berg and Harberts were removed from the position five episodes into the production of the show's second season due to their abusive and hostile behavior towards their colleagues. They were replaced by Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise. [2]

Career[]

Berg, who is from Pittsburgh, and Harberts have been writing partners since meeting at Northwestern University, where both were students. Berg started her line of work as a member of the production staff on Caroline in the City (starring Lea Thompson and Amy Pietz) in 1998. She then became a writer and story editor on shows including Beverly Hills, 90210, Roswell (featuring William Sadler), John Doe, Pepper Dennis (starring Rebecca Romijn), North Shore, Women's Murder Club, Mercy (with Kate Mulgrew), Off the Map, GCB, Revenge, and Reign. She also served as executive producer or supervising producer on many of those shows. She also worked on the TV movie The Deerings and Valentine (2001).