David Livingston is an American

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and

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. He is mostly known for his involvement in the writing and production of the various modern ''

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'' franchises. Livingston also has production credits on several episodes of '' Seven Days'' and ''

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'' as well as a 2002 television remake of '' Carrie''.

Career

''Star Trek''

Livingston began his work with ''Star Trek'' as a

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on ''Next Generation'' in 1988 before moving up the ranks to become a supervising producer in 1992 for ''Next Generation'' and the subsequent ''Trek'' series. He served as a supervising producer on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' and '' Star Trek: Voyager''. He has directorial credits on two ''Next Generation'' episodes, 17 ''Deep Space Nine'' episodes, 28 ''Voyager'' episodes and 14 ''

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'' episodes, for a total of 62 episodes. He also has writing credits on the ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' first-season episode " The Nagus". In 1994, Livingston was nominated, along with the rest of the series' production staff, for an

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for Outstanding Drama Series for ''Next Generation''.

Contributions to the ''Star Trek'' universe

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in the

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's ready room for all seven years of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' was named Livingston after him, by art director Herman F. Zimmerman. Also named after him were the Starship USS ''Livingston'' and

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David Livingston, who was listed on the dedication plaques of the , , USS ''Pasteur'', and .

Other work

Livingston has production credits on several episodes the

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television series '' Seven Days'' and ''

''. He also has direction credits on episodes of ''

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'', ''Seven Days'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2000, Livingston wrote, directed and produced ''Slice of Life'', a short film starring Matthew Baer,

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and ''Star Trek: Voyager'''s

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. In 2004, Livingston opened a

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exhibition entitled "The Sign," featuring original photography of the Hollywood Sign. In 2005, he opened another exhibition entitled "Slice of Life" which featured some of Livingston's experimental photography. Livingston worked as photographer for WENN for nine months, before getting hired to work as a

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for

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Filmography

References

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