Robert Scheerer
Known for Directing
Robert Scheerer was an American film and television director, actor and producer. His most notable work includes directing Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He has received three Emmy Award nominations for directing Fame. He received an Emmy Award for Best Director in 1964 for The Danny Kaye Show. He made his Broadway debut in the musical Lend an Ear in 1948, appearing with Carol Channing, Gene Nelson, and won a Theatre World Award for his performance for outstanding debut. He also appeared as a dancer in the 1943 film Mister Big and many other films with the tap group "The Jivin' Jacks and Jills". Scheerer directed the 1980 crime-comedy film How to Beat the High Cost of Living, which starred Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James.
Filmography
Poor Devil
1973
Director
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980
Director
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
1977
Director
Hans Brinker
1969
Director
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
1989
Director
Adam at Six A.M.
1970
Director
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
Director
Target Risk
1975
Director
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World
1971
Director
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
Director
Happily Ever After
1978
Director
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
Director
The Absent-Minded Professor
1988
Director
The Fred Astaire Show
1968
Director
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
1974
Director
A Happening in Central Park
1968
Director