Jack B. Sowards

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Jack B. Sowards
Born	(1929-03-18)March 18, 1929 Texarkana, Arkansas
Died	July 8, 2007(2007-07-08) (aged 78) Valley Village, Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Screenwriter
Children	Catharine Amanda Sowards C. Ray Stahl Constance Roxana Sowards Jacqueline Ann Sowards

Jack B. Sowards (March 18, 1929 – July 8, 2007) was an American screenwriter who wrote the story and screenplay for the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and the 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Where Silence Has Lease". Sowards created the term Kobayashi Maru (a simulation test in The Wrath of Khan), naming it for his friend Jim Kobayashi.^[1]

A native of Texarkana, Arkansas, Sowards had numerous writing credits which extended from episodes of The Bold Ones: The Lawyers in 1969 to an installment of B. L. Stryker in 1990. He was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland", the September 26, 1971 episode of The Bold Ones: The Lawyers. He also received a Saturn Award nomination for his work on The Wrath of Khan and shared a Hugo Award nomination for it as well.^[2]

Sowards died in the Valley Village suburb of Los Angeles at the age of 78, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

References

↑ The Man Who Saved Mr. Spock
↑ "Jack B. Sowards - Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 22, 2013.

External links

Jack B. Sowards at the Internet Movie Database
Jack B. Sowards at All Movie Guide

Jack B. Sowards at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

v t e Star Trek film crew

Directors	Robert Wise Nicholas Meyer Leonard Nimoy William Shatner David Carson Jonathan Frakes Stuart Baird J. J. Abrams

Producers	Gene Roddenberry Robert Sallin Harve Bennett Steven-Charles Jaffe Ralph Winter Rick Berman J. J. Abrams Damon Lindelof Bryan Burk Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci

Screenwriters	Alan Dean Foster Harold Livingston Harve Bennett Jack B. Sowards Leonard Nimoy Steve Meerson Peter Krikes Nicholas Meyer William Shatner David Loughery Lawrence Konner Mark Rosenthal Denny Martin Flinn Rick Berman Ronald D. Moore Brannon Braga Michael Piller John Logan Brent Spiner Roberto Orci Alex Kurtzman Damon Lindelof

Composers	Jerry Goldsmith James Horner Leonard Rosenman Cliff Eidelman Dennis McCarthy Michael Giacchino

Cinematographers	Richard H. Kline Gayne Rescher Charles Correll Donald Peterman Andrew Laszlo Hiro Narita John A. Alonzo Matthew F. Leonetti Daniel Mindel

Editors	Peter E. Berger William Hoy Maryann Brandon Mary Jo Markey

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 219145 LCCN: n83001796 ISNI: 0000 0001 1584 4538 BNF: cb141384685

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Name	Sowards, Jack B.
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Short description	American screenwriter
Date of birth	1929
Place of birth
Date of death	2007
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