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name: "Gabrielle Beaumont"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gabrielle-beaumont"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "7 April 1942"
died: "8 October 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
updated: "2026-09-16T17:59:43.077501+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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# Gabrielle Beaumont

Director. Born 7 April 1942 in London. Died 8 October 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 7 April 1942, London
- **Died:** 8 October 2022
- **Active:** 1972–1993
- **Works often with:** Alexander Singer, Bill Duke, David Black, Dick Wolf, Don Weis, Georg Stanford Brown

## Biography

Gabrielle Beaumont (born Gabrielle Toyne) was a British television and film director. Born on 7 April 1942 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, she began her career at the BBC as an editor before working as an assistant director, production manager and producer on documentaries and films. She directed the 1980 horror film *The Godsend*, for which her then husband Olaf Pooley wrote the screenplay.

Beaumont moved to the United States in 1980 and became one of the most prolific female directors of episodic television during the 1980s and 1990s. Her credits include episodes of *M*A*S*H* (1981), *Hill Street Blues*, *Dynasty*, *Miami Vice*, *Beverly Hills, 90210* and *Law & Order*. In 1989 she directed the *Star Trek: The Next Generation* episode 'Booby Trap', becoming the first woman to direct an episode of any *Star Trek* series; she later worked on *Deep Space Nine* and *Voyager*.

She also wrote and directed the 1998 television film *Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess*. Beaumont died on 8 October 2022 in Fornalutx, Mallorca, Spain.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, theguardian.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Director
- *Law & Order* (1990), Director
- *Miami Vice* (1984), Director
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Director

## Also known for

- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Director
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), Director
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Director
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), Director
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), Director
- *7th Heaven* (1996), Director
- *The Pretender* (1996), Director
- *Melrose Place* (1992), Director

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