Steve Meerson is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the iconic Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). for which he and his long-time writing partner, Peter Krikes, were awarded first position screenplay credit by the Writers Guild of America for their majority contribution to the script and subsequently received a Saturn Award nomination honoring the best science fiction work of the year. Early life A fourth-generation Los Angeles native, Meerson attended UCLA, where he made John Wooden's national championship 1969-70 basketball team as a walk-on. After an injury as a sophomore, he transferred to UC San Diego, where he graduated with high honors and a B.A. in U.S. history. He later attended USC's Graduate School of Cinematic Arts. Prior to selling his first script (to Disney), also penned with Peter Krikes, Meerson worked in finance as a stockbroker and commodity trader with Dean Witter and Shearson Loeb Rhodes. Career Over the years, Meerson has worked for every major studio as well as independent international production companies across...