Tor Alexander Valenza

Tor Alexander Valenza was born in New York City, New York and is the son of former actor and restaurant consultant Frank Valenza and Gloria Valenza. His twin sister is actress Tasia Valenza. He also has an older brother, Greg.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5i5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-IwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2368,1467266&output=html_text Boca Raton News Jan. 26, 1984 (p. 24)]

Tor Alexander Valenza is a solar marketing executive and past writer for several television series.

Valenza is also known as "Solar Fred" and writes several blogs about solar energy for solar businesses and solar consumers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.solarpowerrocks.com|title=Solar power and solar panel rebates, tax credits, and production info|website=Solar Power Rocks|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-13}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.solarmarketingthinktank.com|title=Solar Marketing and PR {{!}} Impress|newspaper=Impress Labs|access-date=2017-02-13|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://unthinksolar.com/category/blog/|title=UnThink Solar, The UnThink Blog|website=UnThink Solar, a division of Impress Labs|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-13}}

Valenza has written episodes for The Dead Zone, Dharma and Greg and Stargate SG-1. He also acted as senior story editor on Stargate SG-1.

Valenza has also written and directed plays, including “Uptown #9 Tanya With the Bloomingdales Bag”, which was produced as part of the 10 Minute Plays festival in Oxford, MS. The plays were published in Valenza's 10 minute play collection, "Just Give Me 10 Minutes: 4 One Act Plays And 3 Monologues For 1 Evening," published in 2008.{{Cite book |last=Valenza |first=Tor Alexander |title=Just Give Me 10 Minutes: 4 One Act Plays And 3 Monologues For 1 Evening |year=2008 |isbn=978-1434894168}}

In 2022, Valenza launched "Probably True Solar Stories" podcast, which tells fictional short stories about the solar industry and about how solar energy affecting people's lives and culture.{{Cite web |title=Probably True Solar Stories |url=https://www.probablytruesolar.com/ |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=Probably True Solar Stories |language=en}}

• "Legacy" (Stargate SG-1)
• "Spirits" (Stargate SG-1)
• "Holiday" (Stargate SG-1)
• "Point of View" (Stargate SG-1) – co-writer
• "Past and Present" (Stargate SG-1)
• "Urgo" (Stargate SG-1)
• "Divide and Conquer" (Stargate SG-1)
• "Enigma" (The Dead Zone)
• "Pride and Prejudice" (Dharma and Greg)

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• Uptown #9 Performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=APFssjmXwEA
• “Just Give Me 10 Minutes”: https://www.amazon.com/Just-Give-Me-Minutes-monologues/dp/1434894169 Collection of Valenza’s 10 minute plays

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Category:1967 births

Category:American television writers

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Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)

Category:Writers from New York City

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