---
name: "Nancy Hower"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nancy-hower"
fi1m_id: "nancy-hower"
imdb_id: "nm0398107"
tmdb_id: 1227506
wikidata_id: "Q1964497"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "11 May 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-23T13:07:01.969291+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."
---

# Nancy Hower

## Identity

Nancy Hower

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nancy-hower
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nancy-hower
- **IMDb ID:** nm0398107
- **TMDB ID:** 1227506
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1964497
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Hower, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1964497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398107/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227506

Producer and director. Born 11 May 1966 in Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 11 May 1966, Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Hower, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1964497, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398107/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227506

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*High Potential*](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Nancy Hower is an American director, writer, producer and former actress. She trained at the Juilliard School and began her career on stage before appearing in film and television, including a recurring role as Ensign Samantha Wildman in *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995–2001).

She made her feature directorial debut with the mockumentary *Memron* (2004), which she also wrote and which won the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival. Hower has directed numerous television episodes, including for *Insatiable* (2018), *Teachers* (2016), *So Help Me Todd* (2022), *Zoey 102* (2023), *Elsbeth* (2024) and *High Potential* (2024–). She co-created and directed the series *Quick Draw* (2013–2014) and *10 Items or Less* (2006–2009).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nancyhower.work.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *High Potential* (2024), Fi1m 72, Director, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Best Medicine* (2026), series, Director
- *High Potential* (2024), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Elsbeth* (2024), series, Director
- *Zoey 102* (2023), Director, Executive Producer
- *So Help Me Todd* (2022), series, Director
- *Drama Club* (2021), series, Director
- *Overthinking with Kat & June* (2018), series, Director
- *Insatiable* (2018), series, Director
- *Teachers* (2016), series, Director
- *Quick Draw* (2013), series, Creator
- *10 Items or Less* (2006), series, Producer, Director, Creator
- *Catch and Release* (2006), as Deadhead Singer
- *Memron* (2004), Director, Story, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
- *The Last Man on Planet Earth* (1999), as Agent Green
- *Blackout Effect* (1998), as Lori
- *Colin Fitz* (1997), as Guitar Chick Fan
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, as Deb
- *Star Trek: Voyager - Basics* (1996), as Ensign Samantha Wildman
- *The Sentinel* (1996), series, as Sheriff Kelli McNeil
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Ensign Samantha Wildman
- *Insomnia* (1994), as Rae Meeker
- *Jailbait*, series, Creator

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