Hilary Bader
Born(1952-04-27)April 27, 1952
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedNovember 7, 2002(2002-11-07) (aged 50)
Duarte, California, U.S.
Alma materStony Brook University
GenreScience fiction, comic books
Years active1990–2002
SpouseJay Broad

Hilary Bader (1952–2002) was an American television scriptwriter and comic book writer known for her work on projects in the Batman, Superman, and Star Trek franchises, including Batman Beyond, Superman: The Animated Series, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. She won Emmy Awards for The New Batman/Superman Adventures and Batman Beyond.

Bader was also a writer on the web series Gotham Girls[1][2] and the author of 38 books for DC Comics.[3]

Early life and education

Hilary Bader was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 27, 1952.[3][1] She majored in mathematics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.[2]

Career

During the early 1970s, Bader studied mime in Paris under Jacque Lecoq and Étienne Decroux. She later toured the United States for ten years alongside Edmund Felix, performing African Folk Tales, a story theater play they had co-written.[3][2][4]

Bader then moved to Los Angeles, where she worked as an intern for the Writers Guild[5] and a freelance writer for Star Trek: The Next Generation.[6] She went on to write episodes for several science fiction and fantasy television series, including Xena: Warrior Princess, and The Zeta Project, as well as the web series Gotham Girls. She was sometimes credited as Hilary J. Bader.[1]

Bader was nominated for seven Emmy Awards, winning twice, for Batman Beyond and The New Batman/Superman Adventures.[3][6][4]

In 1996, Bader wrote for two Star Trek video games, Star Trek: Klingon and Star Trek: Borg.[1][7]

Death

Bader died of metastasized breast cancer at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, California on November 7, 2002. She was 50 years old.[8][6][4] The series finale of Gotham Girls, "Cold Hands, Cold Heart", was dedicated to her memory.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hilary Bader". IMDb. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Variety Staff (November 13, 2002). "Hilary Bader". Variety. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Hilary Bader, 50, Scriptwriter for 'Star Trek'". The New York Times. November 13, 2002. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Archives, L. A. Times (November 13, 2002). "Hilary Bader, 50; Won Emmy for Science Fiction TV Series". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  5. ^ "Obituaries in the News". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. Associated Press. November 13, 2002. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "Hilary Bader Obituary (2002) – San Diego, CA – San Diego Union-Tribune". Legacy.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "Hillary Bader". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  8. ^ "Batman Beyond Writer Hilary Bader Dies". Animation World Network. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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