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David Carson

Highest Rated: 47% Star Trek Generations (1994)

Lowest Rated: 20% Carrie (2002)

Birthday: Not Available

Birthplace: England, UK

Accomplished director and impresario of the English stage and noted director of British TV turned busy journeyman helmer of American episodic TV. Carson built a strong reputation in his native England for his inventive staging of both traditional and contemporary theater. He founded the London Theater Company and the Direct Theater Company and served as the artistic director of two regional theaters at Leeds and Canterbury. Carson was also a leading director at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked extensively in Britsh TV, notably on the "Sherlock Holmes" series in the mid-1980s, and directed numerous music videos. Carson came to Hollywood in 1989 and quickly demonstrated a propensity for thoughtful sci-fi with several episodes of "Alien Nation." He demonstrated diversity as a helmer of episodes of "L.A. Law," "Doogie Howser M.D.," "Northern Exposure" and "Homefront."

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Highest rated movies

47% 57% Star Trek Generations Watchlist
20% 49% Carrie
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No. 2: Story of the Pencil
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South Beach
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The 10th Kingdom: Night 5
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32% Letters From a Killer
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62% In His Life: The John Lennon Story
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24% Unstoppable
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Shameful Secrets
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The Funhouse
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet No. 2: Story of the Pencil Unknown (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 47% Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke Director - 2007
No Score Yet 24% Unstoppable Director - 2004
20% 49% Carrie Director - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet The 10th Kingdom: Night 5 Director - 2000
No Score Yet 62% In His Life: The John Lennon Story Director - 2000
No Score Yet 32% Letters From a Killer Director - 1998
47% 57% Star Trek Generations Director $74.6M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shameful Secrets Director - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet South Beach Director - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Funhouse Geek (Character) - 1981

TV

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58% 87% The Dresden Files Director 2007
71% No Score Yet Runaway Director 2006
78% 70% Smallville Director 2002 2004
No Score Yet 68% One Tree Hill Director 2003-2004
52% 42% Birds of Prey Director 2003
100% No Score Yet Odyssey 5 Director 2002
No Score Yet 95% The 10th Kingdom Director 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet L.A. Doctors Director 1998
No Score Yet 82% From the Earth to the Moon Director 1998
91% 89% Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Director 1993-1994
92% 90% Star Trek: The Next Generation Director 1989-1992
No Score Yet 93% Beverly Hills, 90210 Director 1992
No Score Yet 90% Northern Exposure Director 1990-1991
11% No Score Yet Sons and Daughters Director 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bergerac Director 1988
No Score Yet 98% The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Director 1984-1986