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]