Robert 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 crimecomedy film How to Beat the High Cost of Living which starred Jessica Lange Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James