Robert Scheerer

Nascimento : 1929-12-28, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Morte : 2018-03-03

História

Robert Scheerer was an American film and television director, actor and producer. His most notable work includes directing Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He has received three Emmy Award nominations for directing Fame. He received an Emmy Award for Best Director in 1964 for The Danny Kaye Show. He made his Broadway debut in the musical Lend an Ear in 1948, appearing with Carol Channing, Gene Nelson, and won a Theatre World Award for his performance for outstanding debut. He also appeared as a dancer in the 1943 film Mister Big and many other films with the tap group "The Jivin' Jacks and Jills". Scheerer directed the 1980 crime-comedy film How to Beat the High Cost of Living, which starred Jessica Lange, Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James.

Filmes

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Director
Tensions rise as a possible Cardassian attack looms, and Picard, Dr. Crusher and Worf are sent on a secret mission to find and destroy suspected biological weapons. The headstrong replacement captain, Edward Jellico, is cold and demanding - to the dismay of the remaining crew. But when Picard is captured by the Cardassians and tortured for information, dismay turns to anger and resistance as Jellico's plans exclude a rescue mission. With his options running out, Picard must fight to save his sanity and ultimately, his life.
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
Director
Henry Crawford is tricked into job swapping by an old friend with an evil plan.
The Absent-Minded Professor
Director
Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments than with her. One day, Prof. Crawford makes an incredible discovery a form of rubber that defies gravity with each bounce, which he names Flubber. Hopefully, with this invention Crawford can prove to his love that he's not just a hopeless loser stuck doing dead-end research.
A Ocasião Faz o Ladrão
Director
Oregon, 1980: Jane, Elaine and Louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford the high cost of living. Jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend, she has to sleep in the car. Even worse, her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down. Louise lives a happy life with her veterinarian husband, Albert. She runs an antique shop on the side, but since it doesn't take in any profit, the IRS considers it a hobby. She needs to come up with the money to keep it going, or she will be trouble with the IRS. Elaine's husband has left her for another woman and without any money. She is in a constant struggle with banks, power companies, and gas stations. She needs money to get by and also catches the eye of police officer Jack. The local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation.
Happily Ever After
Director
Suzanne Somers appears in her first TV starring role in this romantic comedy about an aspiring singer torn between making the most of her one chance at fame in Las Vegas or giving her heart to a love-struck mountain man.
O ataque das formigas
Director
Ao dar início à construção de luxuoso hotel-cassino, operários libertam do subsolo colônia de formigas assassinas, que dão início a uma onda de mortes nas redondezas.
Target Risk
Director
A professional courier's girlfriend is abducted, and the kidnappers threaten to kill her unless the courier helps them fake a diamond robbery.
Poor Devil
Director
A young, down-on-his-luck resident of hell is given a chance to redeem himself by signing up a down-on-his-luck retail accountant to sell his soul to Lucifer.
O Maior Atleta do Mundo
Director
Nesta comédia da Disney, um para baixo em sua sorte treinador viaja para a África, onde ele vê o maior atleta do mundo – um branco tipo Tarzan.O treinador traz de volta para os E.U.A. para competir.
Adam at Six A.M.
Director
A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri. He journeys cross-country to the funeral, then decides to spend the summer there and work as a laborer for a power-line company. In time, he meets a girl and falls in love but then faces an important decision as to which direction he wants his life to go.
Hans Brinker
Director
Melodrama on ice
Arsenic and Old Lace
Director
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
Barbra Streisand (1967) Uma Noite no Central Park
Producer
Gravado em vídeo colorido no sábado, 17 de junho de 1967. O show, patrocinado pela Rheingold Beer, e gratuito ao público, foi realizado na seção Sheep Meadow do Central Park de Nova York. O patrocinador de televisão de Barbra, Monsanto, gravou o evento para exibição na CBS em uma data posterior. Barbra tirou um fim de semana das filmagens de Funny Girl para fazer o show. Na noite de sexta-feira, 16 de junho, Barbra e a equipe ensaiaram até muito tarde. Muitas fotos de Barbra em que ela usa uma faixa de cabeça foram tiradas na noite do ensaio geral. (A capa do Álbum de Natal de Barbra é na verdade uma foto do ensaio de sexta à noite no Central Park). Naquela noite, ela experimentou vestidos diferentes e trabalhou com o cabeleireiro Fred Glaser em penteados alternativos. O diretor Robert Scheerer também trabalhou em alguns de seus enquadramentos de câmera no ensaio da noite de sexta-feira. Ele utilizou sete câmeras de vídeo coloridas para capturar o show.
Barbra Streisand (1967) Uma Noite no Central Park
Director
Gravado em vídeo colorido no sábado, 17 de junho de 1967. O show, patrocinado pela Rheingold Beer, e gratuito ao público, foi realizado na seção Sheep Meadow do Central Park de Nova York. O patrocinador de televisão de Barbra, Monsanto, gravou o evento para exibição na CBS em uma data posterior. Barbra tirou um fim de semana das filmagens de Funny Girl para fazer o show. Na noite de sexta-feira, 16 de junho, Barbra e a equipe ensaiaram até muito tarde. Muitas fotos de Barbra em que ela usa uma faixa de cabeça foram tiradas na noite do ensaio geral. (A capa do Álbum de Natal de Barbra é na verdade uma foto do ensaio de sexta à noite no Central Park). Naquela noite, ela experimentou vestidos diferentes e trabalhou com o cabeleireiro Fred Glaser em penteados alternativos. O diretor Robert Scheerer também trabalhou em alguns de seus enquadramentos de câmera no ensaio da noite de sexta-feira. Ele utilizou sete câmeras de vídeo coloridas para capturar o show.
The Fred Astaire Show
Director
Ten years after the award winning "An Evening With..." Astaire shows us his "hip" credentials in this paen to the flower power era,larking about with the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, The Gordian Knot, and of course the lovely Barrie Chase whose legs seem longer than ever. As the previous reviewer said it is unforgivable that this and Astaire's other shows are not available on legitimate DVD releases.
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
Producer
A truly memorable television event, the third annual special finds Frank joined by the dazzling Ella Fitzgerald in an historic pairing of the two preeminent vocal talents of the era.
Margie
Student at Prom (uncredited)
A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.
An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
Bob
An angel returns to Earth to help a Broadway producer put on a show, so a struggling young actress will have a job.
Top Man
Dancer
In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war. To help the flagging spirits of local factory workers, the plucky lad, his siblings and his schoolmates put on a lively little show. With a little work, he even convinces Count Basie to come with his band.
Mister Big
Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but they conspire to do a swing musical instead.
How's About It
Bobby (as Bobby Scheerer)
A song publisher gets sued for stealing lyrics.