Les Landau

Leslie "Les" Landau is a veteran director of Star Trek episodes in all four Rick Berman-era spin-off series. Landau started as first assistant director on the first season of . During this capacity, he replaced director Russ Mayberry on , when Mayberry left the production. Later in the season, Landau finally debuted as a credited director with .
Dr. , a character in the episode 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 , published in . 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.
==Career==
Landau served as assistant director on (1976, 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 , seaQuest DSV, , M.A.N.T.I.S., , , and Dark Angel. He produced and directed the 1998 film Archibald the Rainbow Painter, which starred Robert Picardo, Michael McKean, Andrew Robinson, Ann Gillespie, and Spice Williams. He also directed (1999, written by Kenneth Biller and starring Tamlyn Tomita, Elizabeth Dennehy, Nancy Hower, Martha Hackett, Cliff DeYoung, and Azalea Davila).
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* Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Klingon Challenge
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