Justman served as associate producer of Star Trek during its first two seasons, and was promoted to co-producer at the start of the third before resigning, partly due to exhaustion, and partly due to his displeasure with the decline in quality of the series, as well as what he considered its poor treatment by Paramount, the new owner of the studio. Paramount radically reduced the production budget during its third season.[5]
Justman also appeared in front of the camera once as an actor, playing the "Elder of Luminos" in "A Feasibility Study", a 1964 episode of The Outer Limits. His name also became the name of a shuttlecraft in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Along with Herbert F. Solow, Justman wrote the book Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, published by Pocket Books in 1996. According to Publishers Weekly, "As told by Solow, Star Trek's co-producer [sic], and Justman, the executive in charge of production [sic], this is arguably the definitive history of the TV show...With plenty of behind-the-scenes material that will be of interest to Trek fans, this book puts a good deal of emphasis on the show's business side, elucidating production difficulties, cost overruns, and the seemingly constant debate with NBC over the show's future." (Publishers Weekly inadvertently gave Solow's title to Justman and vice versa.)
robert, justman, robert, harris, justman, july, 1926, 2008, american, television, producer, director, production, manager, worked, many, american, series, including, lassie, life, riley, adventures, superman, outer, limits, star, trek, mission, impossible, sea. Robert Harris Bob Justman July 13 1926 May 28 2008 was an American television producer director and production manager He worked on many American TV series including Lassie The Life of Riley Adventures of Superman The Outer Limits Star Trek Mission Impossible Search and Then Came Bronson 1 Robert H JustmanBornRobert Harris JustmanJuly 13 1926New York CityDiedMay 28 2008 aged 81 Los AngelesNationalityAmericanOccupationTelevision producerSpouseJacqueline JustmanChildrenJennifer Jonathan and William Contents 1 Career 2 Death 3 References 3 1 Notes 4 External linksCareer EditBorn to a Jewish family 2 in New York City 3 Justman was one of the pioneers behind Star Trek working both as an associate and supervising producer on Star Trek The Original Series and Star Trek The Next Generation He was also the assistant director of the first two Star Trek episodes The Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before During Star Trek The Original Series he served as Gene Roddenberry s right hand man who managed the show along with John D F Black Herbert F Solow D C Fontana and Gene L Coon Justman was reportedly the first to call Gene Roddenberry The Great Bird of the Galaxy drawn from a throwaway line from the original series episode The Man Trap 4 Justman served as associate producer of Star Trek during its first two seasons and was promoted to co producer at the start of the third before resigning partly due to exhaustion and partly due to his displeasure with the decline in quality of the series as well as what he considered its poor treatment by Paramount the new owner of the studio Paramount radically reduced the production budget during its third season 5 Justman s motion picture credits as an assistant director included The Big Combo 1955 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 The Big Knife 1955 Attack 1956 and Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 Justman also appeared in front of the camera once as an actor playing the Elder of Luminos in A Feasibility Study a 1964 episode of The Outer Limits His name also became the name of a shuttlecraft in Star Trek The Next Generation Along with Herbert F Solow Justman wrote the book Inside Star Trek The Real Story published by Pocket Books in 1996 According to Publishers Weekly As told by Solow Star Trek s co producer sic and Justman the executive in charge of production sic this is arguably the definitive history of the TV show With plenty of behind the scenes material that will be of interest to Trek fans this book puts a good deal of emphasis on the show s business side elucidating production difficulties cost overruns and the seemingly constant debate with NBC over the show s future Publishers Weekly inadvertently gave Solow s title to Justman and vice versa Death EditJustman died on May 28 2008 in Los Angeles from the complications of severe Parkinson s disease 6 References EditTrekMovie com TOS amp TNG Producer Robert Justman Has Passed Away Robert H Justman a creative force on 2 Star Trek TV series LA Times June 1 2008Notes Edit Robert H Justman at IMDb My Jewish Trek Jewish Journal Sheldon Teitelbaum March 18 2015 A creative force on two Star Trek TV series Los Angeles Times Claire Noland June 01 2008 Simply Syndicated s Starbase 66 Episode 38 Interview with Herb Solow Herbert Solow and Robert H Justman Inside Star Trek The Real Story Pocket Books 1996 pp 407 409 Star Trek producer Justman dead at 81 United Press International 2008 06 01 Archived from the original on 2008 06 05 Retrieved 2008 06 01 External links EditRobert H Justman at IMDb Robert H Justman Interview BBC Star trek interviews Robert Justman Robert Justman at The Interviews An Oral History of Television Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert H Justman amp oldid 1124334089, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
