Gabrielle Beaumont

Gabrielle Beaumont (7 April 1942 – 8 October 2022) was a British film and television director.

Gabrielle Beaumont
Born	(1942-04-07)7 April 1942 London, England, UK
Died	8 October 2022(2022-10-08) (aged 80) Fornalutx, Spain
Occupation	Director
Spouse	Olaf Pooley ​ ​ (m. 1982, separated)​

Her directing credits range from Hill Street Blues to Star Trek: The Next Generation.^[1] She became the first woman to direct an episode of Star Trek, with the episode "Booby Trap".^[2] Beaumont lobbied to have Joan Collins cast as Alexis Colby in Dynasty.^[1]

Beaumont was best known for directing, writing and producing the television special Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess. She directed a film version of Bernard Taylor's The Godsend.^[3]

Daphne du Maurier was her cousin.^[1]

Beaumont died at her home in Fornalutx on 8 October 2022, at the age of 80.^[1]

Selected filmography

Sources:^[1][3]

• Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess
• Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
• The Other Woman
• Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
• Fatal Inheritance
• Riders
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• L.A. Law
• He's My Girl
• Hill Street Blues
• Gone Are the Dayes
• Secrets of a Mother and Daughter
• Dynasty
• Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
• M*A*S*H
• The Waltons
• The Godsend