Jon Povill

Jon Povill is an American scriptwriter and television producer. He wrote the first two drafts of the screenplay for Total Recall in the 1970's, and then took up a position on the attempted Star Trek: Phase II, becoming Story Editor, and penning the episode "The Child", which would later be remade as a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. He was ultimately credited as associate producer on Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He worked as a script co... more
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