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Accomplished director and impresario of the English stage and noted director of British TV turned busy journeyman helmer of American episodic TV. Carson built a strong reputation in his native England for his inventive staging of both traditional and contemporary theater. He founded the London Theater Company and the Direct Theater Company and served as the artistic director of two regional theaters at Leeds and Canterbury. Carson was also a leading director at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Nine Lives - ( Director / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Star Trek: Generations - ( Director / 1994 / Released / )
TV Credits
Dresden Files: Storm Front ( 2008 / Released ): Director / Producer
Blue Smoke ( 2007 / Released ): Director
The Dresden Files ( 2007 / Released ): Director / Producer
Storm Front ( 2007 )
TV Episode Director

Storm Front ( 2007 )
TV Episode Producer

Birds of a Feather ( 2007 )
TV Episode Director

Runaway ( 2006 / Released ): Director
The Days ( 2004 / Released ): Director
Karen Sisco ( 2003 / Released ): Director
One Tree Hill ( 2003 / Released ): Director
The Leaving Song ( 2004 )
TV Episode Director

Suddenly Everything Has Changed ( 2004 )
TV Episode Director

Crash into You ( 2003 )
TV Episode Director

Carrie ( 2002 / Released ): Co-Producer / Director
Odyssey 5 ( 2002 / Released ): Director
Smallville ( 2001 / Released ): Director
Scare ( 2004 )
TV Episode Director

Devoted ( 2004 )
TV Episode Director

Rogue ( 2002 )
TV Episode Director

In His Life: The John Lennon Story ( 2000 / Released ): Co-Producer / Director
The 10th Kingdom ( 2000 / Released ): Director
Letters From A Killer ( 1999 / Released ): Director
From the Earth to the Moon ( 1998 / Released ): Director
L.A. Doctors ( 1998 / Released ): Director
Strange Luck ( 1995 / Released ): Director
Against the Grain ( 1993 / Released ): Director
Shameful Secrets ( 1993 / Released ): Director
South Beach ( 1993 / Released ): Director
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 1993 / Released ): Director
Sons and Daughters ( 1991 / Released ): Director
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Series I ( 1987 / Released ): Director
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Series II ( 1986 / Released ): Director
Beverly Hills 90210 ( Released ): Director
Birds of Prey ( Released ): Director
Doogie Howser, M.D. ( Released ): Director
Homefront ( Released ): Director
L.A. Law ( Released ): Director
Life Goes On ( Released ): Director
Martial Law ( Released ): Director
Nash Bridges ( Released ): Director
Sisters ( Released ): Director
Star Trek: The Next Generation ( Released ): Director
Full Biography (Back to top)

Accomplished director and impresario of the English stage and noted director of British TV turned busy journeyman helmer of American episodic TV. Carson built a strong reputation in his native England for his inventive staging of both traditional and contemporary theater. He founded the London Theater Company and the Direct Theater Company and served as the artistic director of two regional theaters at Leeds and Canterbury. Carson was also a leading director at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He worked extensively in Britsh TV, notably on the "Sherlock Holmes" series in the mid-1980s, and directed numerous music videos. Carson came to Hollywood in 1989 and quickly demonstrated a propensity for thoughtful sci-fi with several episodes of "Alien Nation". He demonstrated diversity as a helmer of episodes of "L.A. Law", "Doogie Howser M.D.", "Northern Exposure" and "Homefront".

Most significantly Carson became one of the leading directors on the syndicated hit "Star Trek: The Next Generation". This led to the plum assignment of directing the hugely popular $12 million two-hour pilot of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (syndicated, 1993). Carson also helmed several other pilots and premieres. He segued to features with an extremely high profile debut, "Star Trek: Generations" (1994). Carson demonstrated equal comfort with both special effects and special stars. While delivering several outstanding action setpieces, he also smoothly bridged the gap between what some reviewers have described as the campy nostalgia of William Shatner's Captain Kirk and the earnest thesping of Patrick Stewart's Captain Picard.


Profession(s):
director, screenwriter, theater founder, theater artistic director, translator
Sometimes Credited As:

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Education
Clare College, University of Cambridge Cambridge, England MA modern languages
Madrid University Hispanic culture
Awards (Back to top)
Edgar Allen Poe Award Best Television Mystery "Sherlock Holmes--The Musgrave Ritual" 0

Milestones (Back to top)
2000 Helmed the NBC miniseries "The 10th Kingdom"
1998 Directed the film "Letters from a Killer"
1994 Feature directing debut, "Star Trek Generations"
1993 Directed the well-received $12 million two-hour pilot of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
1993 Directed the pilot/preview episode of "South Beach", a short-lived NBC adventure series
1993 Helmed first TV-movie "Shameful Secrets"
1991 Directed the pilot episode of "Sons and Daughters", a short-lived CBS drama
1989 Moved to the USA from his native England
1989 American TV directing debut, "The Game", an episode of the cultish Fox sci-fi series "Alien Nation"
1987 Directed "The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Six Napoleons", episodes of "The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Series I"; broadcast in the USA as part of PBS' "Mystery!"
1986 Directed "The Resident Patient", an episode of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Series II"; broadcast in the USA as part of the PBS "Mystery!" series
Founded the London Theater Company and The Direct Current Theater Company
Served as the artistic director of two of England's leading regional theaters at Leeds and Canterbury
Served as a director at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Directed over 50 productions for the legitimate stage by the likes of Shakespeare, Pinter, Chekhov, and Brecht
Directed numerous British TV episodes for the BBC, Granada, Thames, and London Weekend TV
Directed music videos
Began directing episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Directed several episodes each of various TV shows including "L.A. Law", "Doogie Howser, M.D.", "Northern Exposure" and "Homefront"

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