Robert Engels is an American

United States

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 born writer, producer, and director as well as being a professor of screenwriting at Cal State Fullerton.

Biography

He wrote several episodes of and produced Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...

and also co-wrote the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. He is also credited with writing and producing several other television series, such as seaQuest DSV

SeaQuest DSV

seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...

and Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry

Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer...

's Andromeda

Andromeda (TV series)

Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt...

. In 1993, he was nominated (with David Lynch

David Lynch

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) for a Saturn Award

Saturn Award

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 for best writing, for his work on Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. His only on screen appearances (so far) have been on seaQuest during its first season as Malcolm Lansdowne.

Filmography

Writer

• Andromeda
  Andromeda (TV series)
  Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt...
  
   (8 episodes) (2002-2005)
• Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher (2002) (creator)
• Murder in Small Town X
  Murder in Small Town X
  Murder in Small Town X is an American reality television series created by George Verschoor, Robert Fisher, Jr., and Gordon Cassidy and was hosted by Sgt...
  
   (unknown episodes) (2001)
• seaQuest DSV
  SeaQuest DSV
  seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...
  
   (2 episodes) (1994)
• Sirens
  Sirens (TV series)
  Sirens is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC in 1993, and then in syndication from 1994 to 1995.-Synopsis:Sirens focused on the work and lives of three rookie female Pittsburgh Police officers...
  
   (1 episode) (1993)
• On the Air (3 episodes) (1992)
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) (written by)
• Twin Peaks
  Twin Peaks
  Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
  
   (11 episodes) (1990-1991)
• Wiseguy
  Wiseguy
  Wiseguy is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987 to December 8, 1990 for a total of four seasons. Starring Ken Wahl, the series was produced by Stephen J...
  
   (unknown episodes) (1987)

Producer

• Andromeda
  Andromeda (TV series)
  Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt...
  
   (executive producer) (2002-2005)
• seaQuest DSV
  SeaQuest DSV
  seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...
  
   (co-executive producer) (Season 1) (1993-1994)
• On the Air (co-executive producer) (1992)
• Twin Peaks
  Twin Peaks
  Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
  
   (co-producer) (1990)

Actor

• seaQuest DSV
  SeaQuest DSV
  seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...
  
  .... Malcolm Lansdowne (3 episodes) (1993-1994)