Les Landau

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Les Landau is a television director, film director and film producer. He is best known for his work on the Star Trek franchise from 1987 to 2002, having worked on four Star Trek shows: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise. His work on Enterprise was Landau's final professional work.

Early life[]

Les Landau is one of five children born to television and film producer Ely Landau and his wife, Edythe Rein.^[1] His family is of Jewish background.^[2][3]

Directing work[]

Landau served as assistant director on the 1976 film Leadbelly, starring Madge Sinclair and Albert Hall, and as first assistant director on the television series Dynasty and T.J. Hooker.

He has also directed episodes for such television series as Beverly Hills, 90210, seaQuest DSV, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, M.A.N.T.I.S., Sliders, JAG, and Dark Angel.

Actor Garret Wang remembers Les Landu directing them for the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Chute", and while he was trying to focus on acting, the other actors in the series were around Landau making a ruckus. The reason was they had just started having actors direct in that television series, and his co-star McNeil had just directed the previous episode; that was his first time directing and other other actors were excited about getting into directing.^[4]

He produced and directed the 1998 film Archibald the Rainbow Painter,^[5] a fictional work about Vietnam veterans, written by .

Star Trek credits[]

The Next Generation[]

• "Code of Honor" (Uncredited, replaced Russ Mayberry during production)
• "The Arsenal of Freedom"
• "The Schizoid Man"
• "Samaritan Snare"
• "The Survivors"
• "Deja Q"
• "Sins of the Father"
• "Sarek"
• "Family"
• "Future Imperfect"
• "Clues"
• "Night Terrors"
• "Half a Life"
• "Ensign Ro"
• "Unification I"
• "Conundrum"
• "Time's Arrow, Part I"
• "Time's Arrow, Part II"
• "Chain of Command, Part II"
• "Tapestry"
• "Dark Page"

Deep Space Nine[]

• "Progress"
• "The Forsaken"
• "Invasive Procedures"
• "Sanctuary"
• "Whispers"
• "The House of Quark"
• "Second Skin"
• "Destiny"
• "Crossfire"
• "Accession"
• "Broken Link"
• "By Inferno's Light"
• "Image in the Sand"
• "Afterimage"

Voyager[]

• "Time and Again"
• "Prime Factors"
• "Heroes and Demons"
• "Alliances"
• "Investigations"
• "The Chute"
• "Drone"
• "Virtuoso"
• "Counterpoint"

Enterprise[]

• "Sleeping Dogs"

References[]

External links[]

• Les Landau at IMDb

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