Directing
Robert Scheerer
EN cinema · 26 credits
Born
28 December 1929
Died
3 March 2018 (aged 88)
Birthplace
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Also known as Bobby Scheerer · Robert Joseph Scheerer
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.
Known for
Filmography
Happily Ever After
Director
Target Risk
Director
Poor Devil
Director
Adam at Six A.M.
Director
Hans Brinker
Director
Arsenic and Old Lace
Director
A Happening in Central Park
Director, Producer
Margie
as Student at Prom (uncredited)
This Is the Life
as Party Guest (uncredited)
How's About It
as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
Mister Big
as Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
Top Man
as Dancer
Give Out, Sisters
as Member of the Jivin' Jacks and Jills