Shawn Piller
Shawn Piller is co-executive producer and co-creator of USA Network’s The Dead Zone, and co-executive producer of ABC Family's Wildfire 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 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 fifth season aired in 2006.
In 2005, Wildfire debuted on the ABC Family channel, starring Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor. As of 2006, the third season of Wildfire is in production in New Mexico.
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 and the co-creator of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager.
Piller and his mother, Sandra Piller, are the principal officers of Piller Records. Piller is married to actress Lindsay Price and is a graduate of USC Film School.