Joseph L. Scanlan

Joseph Lawrence Scanlan (born August 16, 1929) is an American film and television director^[2] who directed episodes of popular TV shows such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, What's Happening!!, Spenser: For Hire, Falcon Crest, Land of the Lost, and also the NBC-TV soap operas Somerset and Another World in the early 1970s. He also directed four episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation during its first and second seasons, and also, an episode of Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict.

Filmography

• Flatland
• Largo Winch (pilot)
• La Femme Nikita
• Strange World
• Race Against Fear: A Moment of Truth Movie (1998)
• Earth: Final Conflict
• Players (two episodes)
• Dead Man's Gun (1997) (pilot)
• Stand Against Fear (1996)
• The Outer Limits
• Poltergeist: The Legacy
• Dangerous Minds (multiple episodes)
• Picture Perfect
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
• Spenser: A Savage Place (1995)
• Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994)
• Due South
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (three episodes)
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
• North of 60 (as Joseph Scanlan)
• I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991)
• Homefront
• The Hidden Room
• The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid
• The Young Riders
• Island Son
• Quantum Leap
• Paradise
• War of the Worlds
• The Return of Ben Casey (1988)
• Nightstick (1987)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Adderly
• Spenser: For Hire
• Spring Fever (1982)
• Falcon Crest
• The Starlost: Deception (1980)
• Knots Landing
• The Littlest Hobo
• Land of the Lost
• What's Happening!! (1 episode)
• Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (1976)
• The Starlost
• The Secret Storm (multiple episodes) (1972)
• Another World (1971)
• Somerset (1970–1973)

Awards and nominations

Scanlan was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (The Outer Limits) in 1995. He directed "The Big Goodbye" (Star Trek: The Next Generation) which won a Peabody award in 1987.

References

External links

• Joseph L. Scanlan on IMDb