From 1990 to 1994, Jonathan Frakes picked up the megaphone to helm eight episodes of “Star Trek: The Subsequent Era” and hasn’t stopped since.
Among the many veteran performer’s many directing credit are three episodes apiece of “Star Trek: Voyager” and “Star Trek: Deep Area 9,” the “Star Trek” movies “First Contact” and “Riot,” six episodes of “Star Trek: Picard” and 7 episodes of “Star Trek: Discovery,” which he swears is again on monitor for Season 5. His non-“Star Trek” directing credit are equally spectacular and embrace 13 episodes of “Leverage,” 5 episodes of “Burn Discover” and 10 of the TNT dramady “The Librarians” and the “Librarians”-universe tv movie “The Librarian III: Curse of the Sacred Chalice.” As of press time he is nonetheless bought a foot in each the appearing and directing video games, and even produced the CW basic “Roswell” and 11 episodes of “The Librarians.”
It hasn’t all been roses for Frakes, who instructed Selection in 2023 that his very first time shepherding the rowdy, closely-knit “Subsequent Era” forged made him sympathize with earlier administrators who had been pissed off by the expertise. “I had quite a lot of assist, together with from my appearing firm. However I spotted what these different administrators had gone via and what a****** we had been. And I had not a leg to face on by way of asking them to behave.” However, since then, he is greater than gotten his house legs below him.