{{short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Peter Lauritson | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = | caption = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|Month DD, YYYY}} --> | birth_place = | other_names = | occupation = Producer and director | known_for = ''[[Star Trek]]'' }} '''Peter Lauritson''' is a long-time film producer and director and television producer and director who first became involved with the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise with ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''. He went on to become a producer for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', and supervising producer for ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]''. He directed three episodes of those series, including the [[Hugo Award]]-winning "[[The Inner Light (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Inner Light]]", as well as being second unit director for two ''Star Trek'' films.
==Biography== Lauritson was the head of the post-production department for television at Paramount Pictures in 1981 when ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' was being produced by the television departments there. In 1986, he became involved in the development of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' where he became an associate producer. By the end of the seventh series, he had been promoted to a producer.<ref name=startrekbio>{{cite web|title=Lauritson, Peter|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/lauritson-peter|publisher=Star Trek.com|accessdate=April 17, 2013}}</ref> Whilst working on ''The Next Generation'', he made his directorial debut with the episode "[[The Inner Light (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|The Inner Light]]" and went on to also direct the first episode of the two-part "[[Gambit (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Gambit]]".<ref name=startrekbio/> "The Inner Light" is regarded as one of the most acclaimed episodes of the series, and Lauritson accepted a [[Hugo Award]] for [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation]] in 1993,<ref name=tor>{{cite web|last=DeCandido|first=Keith|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "The Inner Light"|url=http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/09/star-trek-the-next-generation-qthe-inner-lightq|publisher=Tor.com|date=September 5, 2012|accessdate=April 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1995 Hugo Awards|date=26 July 2007 |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1995-hugo-awards/|publisher=The Hugo Awards|access-date=24 June 2013}}</ref> which was the first of two Hugo Awards to be won by the series.<ref name=tor/> The episode was named the third best of the series by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vary|first=Adam B.|title='Star Trek: The Next Generation': The Top 10 Episodes|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20661787_20057754_8,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629035440/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20661787_20057754_8,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2013|accessdate=April 17, 2013|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 20, 2007}}</ref>
Lauritson's face appears briefly as an image of Raymond Thomas on [[Deanna Troi|Counsellor Troi]]'s computer screen as Troi helps Claire Raymond search for living descendants in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode [[The Neutral Zone (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|"The Neutral Zone"]].<ref>Okuda, M., & Okuda, D., (eds) (1994) ''The Star Trek Encyclopedia'', (Pocket Books), p271</ref>
Lauritson was one of the ten producers who were named in the [[Emmy Award]] nomination of ''The Next Generation'' for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series|Outstanding Drama Series]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1994/outstanding-drama-series |title=Outstanding Drama Series - 1994 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]}}</ref> He became a supervising producer on ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. His third and final ''Star Trek'' directorial position was on the ''Voyager'' episode "[[Lineage (Star Trek: Voyager)|Lineage]]". He was also co-producer on all ''The Next Generation'' films from ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' through to ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]''. He was the director of the second unit on both ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]''.<ref name=startrekbio/>
== Additional filmography == * ''[[Bigfoot and Wildboy]]'' (associate producer) * ''[[The Mentalist]]'' (associate producer)
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0491496}}
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