Herbert J. Wright (November 9, 1946 – August 24, 2005) was a science fiction author and television director and producer.
[2] Wright's works include Rod Serling's Night Gallery, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Stingray, Hunter, McCloud, and the Flipper revival series.
He also worked on (off television) Mars and Beyond, which featured Giftos and was distributed on his Cyber Sci-Fi Network.
Though Roddenberry considered the series to be dead, the concept stuck with Wright, who had hopes that it could be revived.
[3] He died of prostate cancer in Woodland Hills, California, on August 24, 2005, at age 58.