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Joseph L. Scanlan
Born	Joseph Lawrence Scanlan (1929-08-16)August 16, 1929 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	December 18, 2020(2020-12-18) (aged 91) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Television director
Years active	1954–2002

Joseph Lawrence Scanlan (August 16, 1929 – December 18, 2020) was an American television director who early in his career was the primary director (1,665 of 1,710 episodes) of the NBC-TV soap opera Somerset (1970–76). He went on to direct individual episodes of numerous TV shows, TV movies, and one feature film. His last credit was a 2002 episode of Flatland.

Filmography

• Somerset (primary director, 1,665 episodes, 1970–76)
• Another World (multiple episodes, 1971)
• The Secret Storm (multiple episodes, 1972)
• The Starlost (6 episodes, 1973–74)
• Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (TV Movie, 1976)
• Land of the Lost (7 episodes, 1976)
• What's Happening!! (1 episode, 1979)
• The Littlest Hobo (15 episodes, 1980–82)
• The Starlost: Deception (TV movie, 1980)
• Spring Fever (film, 1982)
• Knots Landing (22 episodes, 1985–91)
• Adderly (1 episode, 1986)
• Falcon Crest (6 episodes, 1987–89)
• Nightstick (TV movie, 1987)
• The Return of Ben Casey (TV movie, 1988)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (4 episodes, 1988–89)
• Paradise (2 episodes, 1988)
• Island Son (unknown episodes, 1989–90)
• War of the Worlds (1 episode, 1990)
• Quantum Leap (1 episode, 1990)
• The Young Riders (6 episodes, 1990–92)
• The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (TV movie, 1990)
• I Still Dream of Jeannie (TV movie, 1991)
• Homefront (4 episodes, 1992)
• The Hidden Room (1 episode, 1993)
• North of 60 (as Joseph Scanlan) (2 episodes, 1993)
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (3 episodes, 1993–94)
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (3 episodes, 1994)
• Due South (1 episode, 1994)
• Spenser: The Judas Goat (TV movie, 1994)
• Spenser: A Savage Place (TV movie, 1995)
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, 1995)
• Picture Perfect (TV movie, 1995)
• The Outer Limits (7 episodes, 1995–96)
• Dangerous Minds (multiple episodes, 1996)
• Poltergeist: The Legacy (1 episode, 1996)
• Stand Against Fear (TV movie, 1996)
• Dead Man's Gun (TV pilot, 1997)
• Players (2 episodes, 1997–98)
• La Femme Nikita (6 episodes, 1997–2000)
• Earth: Final Conflict (1 episode, 1998)
• Broken Silence: A Moment of Truth Movie (TV movie, 1998)
• Strange World (1 episode, 1999)
• Largo Winch (TV pilot, 2001)
• Flatland (1 episode, 2002)

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.

External links

• Joseph L. Scanlan at IMDb
• Joseph L. Scanlan at Memory Alpha