Born in New York City. A graduate of the University of Iowa, where he majored in theater and film, he began his career as an associate publicist at Paramount and worked in that capacity on the campaign for LOVE STORY (1970). In 1970 he joined Warner Bros. for a two-year stint as a story editor. Turning to writing, he gained fame in 1974 as the author of THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION, an entertaining best-selling novel in which Sherlock Holmes teams up with Sigmund Freund in solving a mystery. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1976 screen adaptation of the book. His other novels included Target Practice (1974), The West End Horror (1976), Black Orchid (co-author 1977), and Confessions of a Homing Pigeon (1981). Meyer made a surprisingly assured debut as a director with TIME AFTER TIME (1979), from his own fanciful screenplay about H.G. Wells using his time machine to pursue Jack the Ripper on the streets of modern-day San Francisco. His harrowing TV movie, "The Day After" (1983, Emmy® nomination), caused much controversy for its grim depiction of the aftermath of a catastrophic nuclear bombing of a Kansas town. Other notable credits include (as writer) INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS (1973), STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982 - uncredited, also director), STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (1986), FATAL ATTRACTION (1987, uncredited), COMPANY BUSINESS and STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (both 1991, also directed both), SOMMERSBY (1993), VOICES (1995), THE INFORMANT (1997, also producer), THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998 - add'l screenplay material), THE HUMAN STAIN (2003), ELEGY (2007) and THE POLITICIAN'S WIFE and THE RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT (both scheduled for 2008); (as director) VOLUNTEERS (1985), THE DECEIVERS (1988) and "Vendetta" (1999, TV); he served as executive producer for "The Odyssey" (1997, TV - Emmy® nomination) and COLLATERAL DAMAGE (2002).  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1976: THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION 1 nomination