---
name: "Mike Vejar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-vejar"
fi1m_id: "michael-vejar"
imdb_id: "nm0892144"
tmdb_id: 31900
wikidata_id: "Q2055198"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "25 June 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T16:59:02.386218+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."
---

# Mike Vejar

## Identity

Mike Vejar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-vejar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-vejar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0892144
- **TMDB ID:** 31900
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2055198
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Vejar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2055198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892144/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31900

Director. Born 25 June 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 25 June 1943, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1982–1994
- **Also known as:** Michael Vejar
- **Frequently works with:** [Alexander Singer](https://film.one/person/alexander-singer.md), [Cliff Bole](https://film.one/person/cliff-bole.md), [D. C. Fontana](https://film.one/person/d-c-fontana.md), [Gabrielle Beaumont](https://film.one/person/gabrielle-beaumont.md), [Hannah Louise Shearer](https://film.one/person/hannah-louise-shearer.md), [Michael Piller](https://film.one/person/michael-piller.md), [Richard Compton](https://film.one/person/richard-compton.md), [Adam Nimoy](https://film.one/person/adam-nimoy.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (2), 1990s 81 (3)
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4, Action & Adventure 3, Crime 2, Mystery 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Vejar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2055198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892144/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31900

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md) (85), [*Star Trek: The Next Generation*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Cagney & Lacey*](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael Vejar, also credited as Mike Vejar, is an American television director. He was born on 25 June 1943 in Los Angeles, California.

Vejar began his career working in editing and camera departments before directing episodes of series including *Fantasy Island* (1979–1981), *The A-Team* (1983), *MacGyver* (1985), *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), *Quantum Leap* (1989), *Babylon 5* (1994–1998), *The X-Files* (1995), *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1997–1999), *Star Trek: Voyager* (1997–2001), *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001–2005) and *JAG* (2005). He also directed *Babylon 5* television films.

He is the son of film editor Laurie Vejar and brother of film editor Dennis C. Vejar. Vejar received an Emmy Award nomination for outstanding editing for a single-camera series production in 1990 for an episode of *The Wonder Years*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Babylon 5* (1994), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, Director
- *Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight* (2002), Director
- *Jeremiah* (2002), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, Director
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, Director
- *Crusade* (1999), series, Director
- *Babylon 5: A Call to Arms* (1999), Director
- *Babylon 5: In the Beginning* (1998), Director
- *FX: The Series* (1996), series, Director
- *The Sentinel* (1996), series, Director
- *Legend* (1995), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, Director
- *Models Inc.* (1994), series, Director
- *MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis* (1994), Director
- *Babylon 5* (1994), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)
- *Viper* (1994), series, Director
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, Director
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Betrayal of the Dove* (1993), Second Assistant Camera
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Homefront* (1991), series, Director
- *P.S. I Luv U* (1991), series, Director
- *True Blue* (1989), series, Director
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, Director
- *Mission: Impossible* (1988), series, Director
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Double Agent* (1987), Director
- *Houston Knights* (1987), series, Director
- *Kay O'Brien* (1986), series, Director
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, Director
- *Lady Blue* (1985), series, Director
- *Spenser: For Hire* (1985), series, Director
- *Suburban Beat* (1985), Director
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, Director
- *Cover Up* (1984), series, Director
- *Hawaiian Heat* (1984), Director
- *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, Director
- *Lottery!* (1983), series, Director
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, Director
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, Director
- *Bring 'Em Back Alive* (1982), series, Director
- *Tales of the Gold Monkey* (1982), series, Director
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, Director
- *The Asphalt Cowboy* (1980), Producer
- *Crisis in Sun Valley* (1978), Editor
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, Producer, Director
- *The Deadly Triangle* (1977), Editor
- *Flight to Holocaust* (1977), Editor
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Director
- *Joe Panther* (1976), Editor
- *Delancey Street: The Crisis Within* (1975), Editor
- *The Last Day* (1975), Editor
- *Poor Devil* (1973), Editor
- *The Heist* (1972), Editor
- *Night of Terror* (1972), Editor
- *The New Healers* (1972), Editor
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Editor

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