Joseph L. Scanlan

Joseph Lawrence Scanlan (August 16, 1929 – December 18, 2020) was an American television director who early in his career was the primary director (1,665 of 1,710 episodes) of the NBC-TV soap opera Somerset (1970–76). He went on to direct individual episodes of numerous TV shows, TV movies, and one feature film. His last credit was a 2002 episode of Flatland.

Filmography
• Somerset (primary director, 1,665 episodes, 1970–76)

• Another World (multiple episodes, 1971)

• The Secret Storm (multiple episodes, 1972)

• The Starlost (6 episodes, 1973–74)

• Our Man Flint: Dead on Target (TV Movie, 1976)

• Land of the Lost (7 episodes, 1976)

• What's Happening!! (1 episode, 1979)

• The Littlest Hobo (15 episodes, 1980–82)

• The Starlost: Deception (TV movie, 1980)

• Spring Fever (film, 1982)

• Knots Landing (22 episodes, 1985–91)

• Adderly (1 episode, 1986)

• Falcon Crest (6 episodes, 1987–89)

• Nightstick (TV movie, 1987)

• The Return of Ben Casey (TV movie, 1988)

• Star Trek: The Next Generation (4 episodes, 1988–89)

• Paradise (2 episodes, 1988)

• Island Son (unknown episodes, 1989–90)

• War of the Worlds (1 episode, 1990)

• Quantum Leap (1 episode, 1990)

• The Young Riders (6 episodes, 1990–92)

• The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (TV movie, 1990)

• I Still Dream of Jeannie (TV movie, 1991)

• Homefront (4 episodes, 1992)

• The Hidden Room (1 episode, 1993)

• North of 60 (as Joseph Scanlan) (2 episodes, 1993)

• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (3 episodes, 1993–94)

• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (3 episodes, 1994)

• Due South (1 episode, 1994)

• Spenser: The Judas Goat (TV movie, 1994)

• Spenser: A Savage Place (TV movie, 1995)

• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, 1995)

• Picture Perfect (TV movie, 1995)

• The Outer Limits (7 episodes, 1995–96)

• Dangerous Minds (multiple episodes, 1996)

• Poltergeist: The Legacy (1 episode, 1996)

• Stand Against Fear (TV movie, 1996)

• Dead Man's Gun (TV pilot, 1997)

• Players (2 episodes, 1997–98)

• La Femme Nikita (6 episodes, 1997–2000)

• Earth: Final Conflict (1 episode, 1998)

• Broken Silence: A Moment of Truth Movie (TV movie, 1998)

• Strange World (1 episode, 1999)

• Largo Winch (TV pilot, 2001)

• Flatland (1 episode, 2002)

Awards and nominations
Scanlan was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (The Outer Limits) in 1995. He directed "The Big Goodbye" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), which won a Peabody award in 1987.