Lawrence Konner

Lawrence Konner was credited as co-writer of , along with Leonard Nimoy and Mark Rosenthal. He and Rosenthal have been writing partners since 1985.
Nimoy later alleged, in his memoirs I Am Spock, that Konner and Rosenthal actually had nothing to do with the finished script, but the studio gave them credit for political reasons. Most ironically, Nimoy had one year earlier delved into the matter at far more length and in far more detail for co-star William Shatner's memoirs Star Trek Movie Memories (1995, pp. 340-396), than he had in his own memoirs. As it so happened, Shatner had also, independently from Nimoy, interviewed the movie's Director/Co-Script Writer Nicholas Meyer for his memoirs, who, even though he had a strained relationship with Nimoy at the time because of these studio politics surrounding this issue, fully corroborated Nimoy's allegation, even doing one better by claiming that not a single syllable of the Konner/Rosenthal story outlines had been used.
==Career==
Konner began as a television writer, writing for and . He and Rosenthal first worked together on the motion picture The Legend of Billie Jean (with Dean Stockwell). This was followed by such films as The Jewel of the Nile, (1987, with composer Alexander Courage), The Beverly Hillbillies, and Mercury Rising. The latter film features Kevin Conway in the cast. Konner, without Rosenthal, wrote three teleplays for (starring Steven R. Schirripa). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy award for his work on the first of those teleplays, the third season episode "Second Opinion."
More recently, Konner and Rosenthal worked on (1998, featuring Lawrence Pressman, Scarlett Pomers, Richard Riehle, and Tracey Walter, cinematography by Don Peterman, and music by James Horner) and (2001, featuring Cary-Hiroyuki, David Warner, Erick Avari, Michael Jace, and Deep Roy). Their latest films were and (2006). Konner also co-wrote (2010, co-starring Alice Krige with Ethan Peck).
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