Gabrielle Beaumont Explained

Gabrielle Beaumont
Birth Date:7 April 1942
Birth Place:London, England, UK
Death Place:Fornalutx, Spain
Occupation:Director

Gabrielle Beaumont (7 April 1942 – 8 October 2022) was a British film and television director.

Her directing credits range from Hill Street Blues to . She became the first woman to direct an episode of Star Trek, with the episode "Booby Trap".[1] Beaumont lobbied to have Joan Collins cast as Alexis Colby in Dynasty.

Beaumont was best known for directing, writing and producing the television special . She directed a film version of Bernard Taylor's The Godsend.[2]

Daphne du Maurier was her cousin.

Beaumont died at her home in Fornalutx on 8 October 2022, at the age of 80.[3]

Selected filmography

Sources:[3] [2]

Notes and References

  1. News: TrekMovie.com. Hanelle Culpepper Chosen To Direct Star Trek Picard Show Premiere Episodes. 1 March 2019. 9 June 2020.
  2. http://www.filmreference.com/film/54/Gabrielle-Beaumont.html Gabrielle Beaumont Biography (1942–)
  3. Web site: Barnes . Mike . Gabrielle Beaumont, Pioneering TV Director, Dies at 80 . . 14 December 2022 . 14 December 2022.