Piller was born to a Jewish family in Port Chester, New York. With parents who were both involved in writing; Gene … See more

In 1989, a call to Maurice Hurley, a friend who had led the writing staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation through its second year, led to Piller co-writing an episode with Michael Wagner called "Evolution". When Wagner dr… See more

In 1996, he sold his first feature film script, called Oversight. The script, set in a Congressional sub-committee, is about "the passing of control from one generation to the next", and was inspired by his relationshi… See more

On November 1, 2005, StarTrek.com announced that Piller had succumbed to head and neck cancer and died at his home. Full page tributes to him were published in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, while Lions Gate … See more

• Michael Piller at IMDb
• Michael Piller at Memory Alpha
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