• @[email protected]English
    65•1 year ago

    “Some”? 29 episodes across TNG, DS9, VOY and ENT. That’s even one more TV episode than Jonathan Frakes directed. (although Frakes also directed two movies)

    Come to think of it: Star Trek had a bunch of actors directing episodes every now and then. I don’t think that many other TV shows did that, didn’t they?

    • snooggums
      24•1 year ago

      I remember a few long running TV shows with cast writing and directing episodes.

      Duchovny directed a few XFiles episodes.

      Two of the leads directed episodes og SG-1, antihero wrote at least one episode.

      Those two are just off the top of my head, but I remember noticing cast doing extra stuff regularly. Probably not too common in the early seasons, but it is a great way for them to branch out.

      That said, some are more successful than others.

      • teftEnglish
        6•1 year ago

        So I was curious and went to look up actors who directed episodes of their shows and guess who showed up on the list (not in a Star Trek number but still) … Captain James Tiberius Kirk.

        Here is the “article” i was reading.

  • Flying SquidEnglish
    23•1 year ago

    That’s how he taught Nog the joy of reading.

  • @AClassyGentlemanEnglish
    16•1 year ago

    Lots of cast members ended up directing over the years. 90’s Trek had a reputation for being a factory for directorial debuts. It’s really neat, it brought a lot of variety and personality to the episodes.

  • mr_robotEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    Roxane Dawson (B’elanna Torres on VOY) went on to a pretty good directorial career as well. A couple examples off the top of my head include episodes of Foundation and House of Cards.

  • @FlatFootFoxEnglish
    8•1 year ago

    The TNG/DS9/VOY era was pretty famous for “Star Trek Director’s School” for the actors. Most main cast folks tried their hand at directing at least once or twice. (It’s fun when you notice it for the first time. Their characters usually have bit parts in the first episode they direct.) Jonathan Frakes (Riker) directed episodes have become known for their top-down “god shots” in a lot of episodes like Cause and Effect. https://observer.com/2023/03/jonathan-frakes-on-his-journey-from-star-trek-actor-to-director/

  • @Apeman42English
    8•1 year ago

    Jonathan Frakes and Robert Duncan McNeill each directed a couple episodes of The Orville too.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•1 year ago

    I literally watch a ds9 directed by him just today.

    I could be wrong, but I think it was the episode where odo goes back to when he was the constable for the cardassians in some psychic state.

    It was pretty good, but I think Kira over reacted at the end. Maybe I missed something, but she seems to be too hard on him.

    • [email protected]OPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I grabbed the screenshot from: S4:E18 - Rules of Engagement

      As someone else above informed me, Levar directed lots of episodes.