TIL that Jordie directed some episodes

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• UESPA_Sputnik@feddit.de ⁨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)

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  • snooggums@kbin.social ⁨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.

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    • teft@startrek.website ⁨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.

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    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Christopher Judge also wrote three and a half late-season episodes. The one Amanda Tapping directed was written by Michael Shanks.

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• Corgana@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • ummthatguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Higher engagement

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    • teft@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Better crew. We’re like the California class up in here. Daystrom is like the Titan and Star Trek is like NCC-1701(a-z)

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  • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Worked so we’ll for r/shitpostcrusaders

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• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Take a look, it’s in a book

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  • jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hop on Nog

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    • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Jog on Nog.

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• AClassyGentleman@lemmy.world ⁨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 in personality to the episodes.

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• muddi@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This might already be well-known but Avery Brooks also directed some episodes! Like Far Beyond the Stars, one of the best episodes

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• Apeman42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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• FlatFootFox@lemmy.world ⁨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. observer.com/…/jonathan-frakes-on-his-journey-fro…

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• mr_robot2938@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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• TylenolJones@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The Star Trek franchise has a lot of main cast actors who directed episodes.

  screenrant.com/star-trek-actor-directed-movies-ep…

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  • kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Easy way to get a DGA card which comes with extra health insurance and pensions.

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• SplicedBrainwrap@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah it’s pretty cool! Star Trek had been a bit of a directors boot camp for a while, I know several members from TNG, DS9, and Voyager went on into directing.

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• MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You can do anything! Just take a look, it’s in a book.

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• The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is news to me! Somehow I’ve never noticed.

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  • negativenull@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve never really paid attention before. Somehow is just caught my eye randomly.

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• taanegl@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Lavar Burton is a goddamn treasure of a man. When you yanks rip down another one of those confederate statues, do me a solid and put up one of Lavar Burton in its place.

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