Ronald Moore is the acclaimed co-creator and executive producer of the Sci Fi Channel show Battlestar Galactica. He has also written the script for…more
In this new clip from Season 2, Fred and Carrie try one episode of the sci-fi drama. Then another, and another, and another, until it’s too late. read more
Ronald Moore was nominated for a 2007 Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Writing For a Drama Series." The nomination recognized his script for the double-length episode "Occupation/Precipice," the first episode of the third season of Battlestar Galactica.
Variety reported in November 2006 that Ronald Moore is writing the script for the Universal Pictures remake of John Carpenter's sci-fi horror movie The Thing (1982). The original movie featured a shapeshifting extraterrestrial creature that menaced researchers at an Antarctic science station. That film was a remake of The Thing From Another World (1951). The inspiration for that movie came from a 1938 short story, "Who Goes There?" by noted sci-fi author John W. Campbell Jr.
As of December 2005, he is helping to develop the series Warehouse 13 for the Sci Fi Channel. The show, from writer Brent Mote, follows two government officials who are banished to a storage facility in North Dakota in which every item has a supernatural or fantastical history.
(discussing Ronald Moore's first time as a director, for an episode of Battlestar Galactica filmed in March 2008)Katee Sackhoff: I've gotta say, he's the first director I've ever worked with that, after every take, he says, 'Thank you.' I think that what the crew does, what the actor does, can sometimes be overlooked because it's what we're supposed to do. To have someone thank you after every take is very interesting. I've found that after the take, I stood a little taller, I was a little happier and I thought, 'Wow, that does feel really good.' He really is a great director. Granted, I only had one scene with him, but that was one thing that I noticed that I've never had happen before, and it really speaks to his character.
(discussing the Sci Fi Channel and Battlestar Galactica)Ronald Moore: They give me quite a bit of leeway. They have opinions and notes. Most of the major battles were fought early on in the first season, but they let me do the show that I wanted to do. I cannot say that they did not let me do the show I wanted to do.
(Writer Michael Taylor and Ronald Moore discussing "Battlestar Galactica: Razor")Taylor: But [the actions of those aboard the Pegasus] may have been just as necessary a reaction, as necessary a way of dealing with such horrendous circumstances. To tell the same story even more darkly was naturally very attractive to all of us.
Moore: It's so dark you can't actually see what's happening.