James L. Conway
James L. Conway  is a New York-born director of many Star Trek episodes for four television series, starting with . Conway is, in addition, a fan of the original Star Trek series. He was chosen to direct his first TNG episode, , soon after he completed an episode of MacGyver. During his career, Conway directed everything from Sunn Classics' pseudo-documentaries to Westerns, horrors and industrial films. () Conway was interviewed by Patrick Jankiewicz for the article "James L. Conway – Arbiter of Justice", published in .

Conway was one of Ira Steven Behr's favorite directors on , due to Conway directing , ,  and . In , Conway agreed to direct , despite the fact that he was starting a new job working for Aaron Spelling. Conway commented, "['Apocalypse Rising'] was a terrific script and I was honored to be able to do it. I'd just been hired as Executive Vice President of Spelling Productions, and Ira and Rick Berman begged me to hold off going over there long enough to do the episode. I loved the script so much I talked to the people at Spelling and they agreed to let me report later." ()

During a  interview with the official Star Trek website, Conway stated he had been in the running, alongside Jonathan Frakes, to direct . He almost got the job to direct, but Patrick Stewart chose Frakes over Conway.

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