• snooggums@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I remember a few long running TV shows with cast writing and directing episodes.

    Duchovny directed a few XFiles episodes.

    Two of the leads directed episodes og SG-1, antihero wrote at least one episode.

    Those two are just off the top of my head, but I remember noticing cast doing extra stuff regularly. Probably not too common in the early seasons, but it is a great way for them to branch out.

    That said, some are more successful than others.

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      1 year ago

      So I was curious and went to look up actors who directed episodes of their shows and guess who showed up on the list (not in a Star Trek number but still) … Captain James Tiberius Kirk.

      Here is the “article” i was reading.

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      1 year ago

      Christopher Judge also wrote three and a half late-season episodes. The one Amanda Tapping directed was written by Michael Shanks.