Gabrielle Beaumont
Gabrielle Beaumont (7 April 1942 – 8 October 2022) was a British film and television director.
Gabrielle Beaumont | |
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| Born | 7 April 1942 London, England, UK |
| Died | 8 October 2022 (aged 80) Fornalutx, Spain |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, television director |
| Spouse | |
Her directing credits range from Hill Street Blues to Star Trek: The Next Generation.[1] She became the first woman to direct an episode of Star Trek, with the episode "Booby Trap".[2] Beaumont lobbied to have Joan Collins cast as Alexis Colby in Dynasty.[1]
Beaumont was best known for directing, writing and producing the television special Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess. She directed a film version of Bernard Taylor's The Godsend.[3]
Daphne du Maurier was her cousin.[1]
Beaumont died at her home in Fornalutx on 8 October 2022, at the age of 80.[1]
Selected filmography
- Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess
- Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
- The Other Woman
- Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
- Fatal Inheritance
- Riders
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- L.A. Law
- He's My Girl
- Hill Street Blues
- Gone Are the Dayes
- Secrets of a Mother and Daughter
- Dynasty
- Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
- M*A*S*H
- The Waltons
- The Godsend
References
- Barnes, Mike. "Gabrielle Beaumont, Pioneering TV Director, Dies at 80". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- "Hanelle Culpepper Chosen To Direct Star Trek Picard Show Premiere Episodes". TrekMovie.com. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- Gabrielle Beaumont Biography (1942–), Film Reference
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