David Livingston
David Livingston is an American television producer and director. He is mostly known for his involvement in the writing and production of the various modern "Star Trek" franchises. Livingston also has production credits on several episodes of "Seven Days" and "Threshold" as well as a 2002 television remake of "Carrie". Career. Section::::"Star Trek". Livingston began his work with "Star Trek" as a unit production manager on "Next Generation" in 1988 before moving up the ranks to become a supervising producer in 1992 for "Next Generation" and the subsequent "Trek" series. He served as a supervising producer on "", "" and  . He has directorial credits on two "Next Generation" episodes, 17 "Deep Space Nine" episodes, 28 "Voyager" episodes and 14 "" episodes, for a total of 62 episodes, representing every series but the . He also has writing credits on the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" first-season episode "The Nagus". Actor Connor Trinneer, who was cast in "", said director David Livingston was very thorough, and focused on "capturing a moment" about shooting the television episode "Shuttlepod One". In 1994, Livingston was nominated, along with the rest of the series' production staff, for an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for "Next Generation". Contributions  to the "Star Trek" universe. A lionfish in the aquarium of Jean-Luc Picard's ready room for all seven years of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was named Livingston after him, by art director Herman F. Zimmerman. Also named after him were the Starship USS "Livingston" and Starfleet Vice Admiral David Livingston, who was listed on the dedication plaques of the , , USS "Pasteur", and . Other work. Livingston has production credits on several episodes the science fiction television series "Seven Days" and "Threshold". He also has direction credits on episodes of "Baywatch Nights", "Seven Days", "Viper", "Sliders" and "Strong Medicine . In 2000, Livingston wrote, directed and produced Slice of Life", a short film starring Matthew Baer, Patricia Tallman and "Star Trek: Voyager"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Robert Picardo. In 2004, Livingston opened a photography exhibition entitled "The Sign," featuring original photography of the Hollywood Sign. In 2005, he opened another exhibition entitled "Slice of Life" which featured some of Livingston's experimental photography. Livingston worked as photographer for WENN for nine months, before getting hired to work as a freelance photographer for Getty Images.