Jump to content

Gabrielle Beaumont

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gabrielle Beaumont
Born(1942-04-07)7 April 1942
London, England, UK
Died8 October 2022(2022-10-08) (aged 80)
Fornalutx, Spain
OccupationDirector
Spouse
(m. 1982, separated)

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

Her directing credits range from Hill Street Blues to Star Trek: The Next Generation.[1] She became the first woman to direct an episode of Star Trek, with the episode "Booby Trap".[2] Beaumont lobbied to have Joan Collins cast as Alexis Colby in Dynasty.[1]

Beaumont was best known for directing, writing and producing the television special Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess. She directed a film version of Bernard Taylor's The Godsend.[3]

Daphne du Maurier was her cousin.[1]

Beaumont died at her home in Fornalutx on 8 October 2022, at the age of 80.[1]

Selected filmography

[edit]

Sources:[1][3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e Barnes, Mike (14 December 2022). "Gabrielle Beaumont, Pioneering TV Director, Dies at 80". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Hanelle Culpepper Chosen To Direct Star Trek Picard Show Premiere Episodes". TrekMovie.com. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b Gabrielle Beaumont Biography (1942–), Film Reference
[edit]