Peter Lauritson

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Peter Lauritson
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Producer and director
Known for Star Trek

Peter Lauritson is a long-time film producer and director and television producer and director who first became involved with the Star Trek franchise with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan . He went on to become a producer for Star Trek: The Next Generation , and supervising producer for Deep Space Nine , Voyager and Enterprise . He directed three episodes of those series, including the Hugo Award-winning "The Inner Light", as well as being second unit director for two Star Trek films.

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Lauritson was the head of the post-production department for television at Paramount Pictures in 1981 when Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was being produced by the television departments there. In 1986, he became involved in the development of Star Trek: The Next Generation where he became an associate producer. By the end of the seventh series, he had been promoted to a producer. [1] Whilst working on The Next Generation, he made his directorial debut with the episode "The Inner Light" and went on to also direct the first episode of the two-part "Gambit". [1] "The Inner Light" is regarded as one of the most acclaimed episodes of the series, and Lauritson accepted a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1993, [2] [3] which was the first of two Hugo Awards to be won by the series. [2] The episode was named the third best of the series by Entertainment Weekly in 2007. [4]

Lauritson's face appears briefly as an image of Raymond Thomas on Counsellor Troi's computer screen as a Troi helps Claire Raymond search for living descendants in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Neutral Zone". [5]

Lauritson was one of the ten producers who were named in the Emmy Award nomination of The Next Generation for Outstanding Drama Series in 1994. [6] He became a supervising producer on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise . His third and final Star Trek directorial position was on the Voyager episode "Lineage". He was also co-producer on all The Next Generation films from Star Trek Generations through to Star Trek: Nemesis . He was the director of the second unit on both Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection . [1]

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