[1] for which he and his long-time writing partner, Peter Krikes, were awarded first position screenplay credit by the Writers Guild of America for their majority contribution to the script and subsequently received a Saturn Award nomination honoring the best science fiction work of the year.
A fourth-generation Los Angeles native, Meerson attended UCLA, where he made John Wooden's national championship 1969-70 basketball team as a walk-on.
Prior to selling his first script (to Disney), also penned with Peter Krikes, Meerson worked in finance as a stockbroker and commodity trader with Dean Witter and Shearson Loeb Rhodes.
He penned Back to the Beach, Double Impact, and wrote and co-produced Fox 2000's Anna and the King, starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat.
Presently, Meerson is a founding and principal partner in 917 MEDIA, a start-up designed to capitalize on evolving opportunities in the entertainment industry by creating, developing, and producing scripted TV series, films, and documentaries.