Bryan Fuller Bryan Fuller is a writer for " Star Trek " . He has worked on and episodes , creating teleplays and doing writing as well as story work . He was also a regular staff member on " Voyager " beginning early in the fifth season as a story editor , becoming an executive story editor at the start of the sixth season , and a co - producer for the seventh season . He is now better known for creating the television series " Dead Like Me " , " Wonderfalls " , and " Pushing Daisies " . He was a consulting producer and writer for the series " Heroes . " Most recently , he was the showrunner of NBC ' s " Hannibal " , and the first season of Starz ' s adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel " American Gods " . He was also attached to a revival of Steven Spielberg ' s " Amazing Stories " . Fuller stated " Star Trek " was a childhood favorite , along with " The Munsters " . ( Coincidentally , Fuller produced a pilot reboot of " The Munsters " titled " Mockingbird Lane " . ) He said " " They both had a lot to do with creatures and also being inclusive worlds in a way . The Munster family was very much an inclusive world ; they allowed any kind of freak flag to fly . And we learned that in Star Trek there is an entire universe out there of different varieties of people – and all of them are okay . It was an early lesson in inclusivity . I was living in a household where my dad didn ' t want me to watch because it had black people in it . It was that level of kind of small town 70 ' s suburban racism . " " His favorite spinoff series is " Deep Space Nine " for its " new and innovative " approach to " Star Trek " and its " character - based " episodes . Fuller commented : " " There were lots of new and innovative things going on during " Deep Space Nine " and that ' s why it ' s my favorite of the new series . It was much more character - based " " . On Fuller told " iF Magazine " that he is pushing for a new " Star Trek " TV series based on " old style " " Star Trek " . In the interview he stated that " " I told my agent and told the people of J . J . Abrams ' team I want to create another " Star Trek " series and have an idea that I ' m kicking around . I would love to return to the spirit of the old series with the colors and attitude . I loved " Voyager " and " Deep Space Nine " , but they seem to have lost the ' 60s fun and I would love to take it back to its origin . " " In 2013 , Fuller added , " " I think there ' s something very exciting about the new J . J . Abrams - verse , and there ' s also kind of an interesting reinvention . How would " " evolve from that ? Where would that be ? Where would that go ? But there ' s also . . . " Star Trek " is such a big universe , and there are so many places to go with it . I have a very specific idea that I would love to do . We ' ll see if I ever get the opportunity . " " In , Fuller was officially announced as the showrunner of what was then an untitled " Star Trek " series , later becoming , due to begin broadcasting in . However , he departed and handed over the reins to Gretchen J . Berg and Aaron Harberts as he needed to concentrate on " American Gods " . Fuller hopes that if there is a second season , he can return to co - write it . He is still credited as an executive producer on the show and also provided the teleplay for the series ' first episode and the story for the second and third one . Fuller is openly gay , and has been in a long - term relationship with decorator Scott Roberts .