Shawn Piller

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Shawn Piller is executive producer and co-creator of USA Network’s The Dead Zone, executive producer of ABC Family's Wildfire series, and executive producer of ABC Family's Greek series

In 1999, Piller partnered with his father, Michael Piller, to form Piller², an independent production company headquartered in Hollywood, California. After Michael's death in 2005, the company merged with producer Lloyd Segan's indie company The Segan Company to become The Piller-Segan Company.

In 2001, Segan approached the Pillers to develop a television series from Stephen King's novel The Dead Zone. The series The Dead Zone, starring Anthony Michael Hall, debuted June 16, 2002, on the USA Network. The sixth season aired in summer 2007.

In 2005, Wildfire debuted on the ABC Family channel, starring Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor. The fourth season of Wildfire will premiere in early 2008.

"Greek" debuted in the summer of 2007, and will return with more episodes in 2008.

In 2000, Piller co-wrote and co-produced Day One, a sci fi pilot for The WB Network. He has been involved with the development of numerous pilot scripts under his deals with The WB, Granada Entertainment and Paramount Pictures.

Piller has also written episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. Prior to his television work, Piller traveled the independent film festival circuit as producer of Too Pure (MaxMedia, Austin Film Festival, Tokyo Film Festival, and the inaugural Tribeca Film Festival), Oakland Underground (Chicago Film Festival) as well as the short films No Insurance (L.A. Film Festival 1999) and The Lonely Leave, based on the Dorothy Parker short story of the same name.

Piller's father, the late writer/producer Michael Piller, was the executive producer of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the co-creator and executive producer of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, and the co-creator and executive producer of UPN's "Legend", as well as "The Dead Zone" and "Wildfire."

Piller and his mother, Sandra Piller, are the principal officers of Piller Records. Piller is a graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Piller was married to actress Lindsay Price.