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(written from a Production point of view)
Joseph L. Scanlan (16 August 1929 – 18 December 2020; age 91) directed four episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. After directing four episodes and seeing how out of control the cast would act when not filming, Scanlan walked out and refused to ever direct any further episodes of TNG again and he never did. [1]
Scanlan also directed episodes of Spenser: For Hire, which starred Avery Brooks and Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. He also directed an episode of Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict and several episodes of The Outer Limits (including one starring Brent Spiner).
Directorial credits[]
- TNG: