Les Landau is a veteran director of Star Trek episodes in every series except the original. Landau started as first assistant director on the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. During this capacity, he replaced director Russ Mayberry on "Code of Honor", when Mayberry left the production. Later in the season, Landau finally debuted as a credited director with "The Arsenal of Freedom".

Dr. Landau, a character in the episode "Samaritan Snare" that appeared in a directory of names on a set decoration, was named for him. Landau was interviewed by Lee Goldberg for the article "Les Landau - Friend to "Sarek", published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 21, pp. 41-47. In his position as first assistant director, Landau attended casting sessions and story meetings after he asked Corey Allen to participate as much as possible. Landau was asked to return for the second season as assistant director with the promise to direct two Star Trek episodes and a segment of MacGyver and accepted.

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, starring Joan Collins and Lee Bergere, co-produced by Douglas S. Cramer, and T.J. Hooker, starring William Shatner, James Darren, and Richard Herd.

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. He produced and directed the 1998 film Archibald the Rainbow Painter, which starred Robert Picardo, Michael McKean, Andrew Robinson, Ann H. Gillespie, and Spice Williams-Crosby.

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External links Edit

• Les Landau at the Internet Movie Database
• Les Landau at Wikipedia