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name: "Chip Chalmers"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chip-chalmers"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "9 June 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:15:14.174137+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Chip Chalmers

Director. Born 9 June 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 9 June 1953
- **Active:** 1984–1993
- **Works often with:** Gabrielle Beaumont, Jim Trombetta, Michael Piller

## Biography

Chip Chalmers is a television and theatre director. He began working in television as production coordinator at 20th Century Fox Television in Los Angeles in 1979. He joined the Directors Guild of America in 1981 and worked as an assistant director on series including *Miami Vice* until 1993.

His directing debut came in 1989 with the *Miami Vice* episode "The Lost Madonna". He went on to direct episodes of *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*, *Beverly Hills, 90210*, *Melrose Place* and *7th Heaven*. A character named Captain Chip Chalmers appeared in an episode of *Star Trek: The Next Generation* in his honour. He later taught in the film department at Florida State University.

*Sources: imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com, miamivice.fandom.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Director

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Director
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Director
- *Mortal Kombat: Conquest* (1998), Director
- *7th Heaven* (1996), Director
- *Melrose Place* (1992), Director

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