Les Landau is an American television director, film director and film producer. He is best known for his work on the ''

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'' franchise from 1987 to 2002, having worked on four ''Star Trek'' shows: ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Voyager'' and ''

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''. 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

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background.

Directing work

Landau's earliest credit was as production assistant on the 1973 film ''

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'', produced by his father,

. By 1976 he was serving as assistant director, on the film ''

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'', starring Madge Sinclair and Albert Hall, and as first assistant director on the television series ''

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''. He has also directed episodes for such television series as ''

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'', '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', ''

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'', '' JAG'', and '' Dark Angel''. Actor Garret Wang remembers Les Landau directing them for the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episode "

The Chute "The Chute" is the 45th episode of '' Star Trek: Voyager'', the third episode of the third season. In this science fiction story, two members of the crew of the USS ''Voyager'' are trapped in an alien prison. The episode was directed by Les Landa ...

", 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 actors were excited about getting into directing. He produced and directed the 1998 film ''Archibald the Rainbow Painter'', a fictional work about Vietnam veterans, written by Laura Landau.

''Star Trek'' credits

''The Next Generation''

* " Code of Honor" (Uncredited, replaced

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during production) * "

The Arsenal of Freedom "The Arsenal of Freedom" is the twenty-first episode of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', originally aired on April 11, 1988, in broadcast syndication. The teleplay was written by Richard Manning ...

" * " The Schizoid Man" * "

Samaritan Snare "Samaritan Snare" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and the 43rd episode overall. It was first released on May 15, 1989, in broadcast syndic ...

" * " The Survivors" * "

Deja Q "Deja Q" is the 13th episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and the 61st episode of the series overall. This episode aired on syndicated television in February 1990. In ...

" * " Sins of the Father" * "

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" * " Clues" * "

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" * " Half a Life" * " Ensign Ro" * " Unification I" * " Conundrum" * " Time's Arrow, Part I" * "Time's Arrow, Part II" * " Chain of Command, Part II" * "

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''Deep Space Nine''

* "

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" * " The Forsaken" * " Invasive Procedures" * "

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" * " Whispers" * "

The House of Quark "The House of Quark" is the 49th episode of the science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', the third episode of the third season. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on the space station Deep Spac ...

" * " Second Skin" * "

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" * " Accession" * " Broken Link" * "

By Inferno's Light "By Inferno's Light" is the 113th episode of the television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', the 15th episode of the fifth season. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet-run space station D ...

" * "

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" * "

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''Voyager''

* " Time and Again" * "

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" * "

Heroes and Demons "Heroes and Demons" is the 12th episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Voyager.'' The episode first aired on the UPN network on April 24, 1995. It was directed by Les Landau and written by form ...

" * " Alliances" * " Investigations" * "

" * "

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''Enterprise''

* " Sleeping Dogs"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Landau, Les American film directors American film producers American television directors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)