Randy Suhr

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Randy Suhr (born 12 August 1953; age 71) was an assistant director on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Second Second Assistant Director on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Suhr also worked with the First Assistant Director of those films, Douglas E. Wise, on the films Hard to Kill, The Mighty Ducks, Grumpy Old Men, and Baby's Day Out.

Suhr directed episodes for a number of television shows for Fisher Broadcasting throughout the 1980s. After leaving Fisher, Suhr became an associate director for Hollywood productions, beginning with Star Trek IV. Following this, he worked as a Second Second Assistant Director on such shows as Cheers and Matlock. He later became a First Assistant Director for shows like Deadly Games, starring Christopher Lloyd and Brent Spiner, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, starring Scott Bakula. He has also worked as an associate producer for a few films, including Menno's Mind (1997, starring Corbin Bernsen, Billy Campbell, Michael Dorn, and Robert Picardo, and Smoke Signals (1997, with Michael Greyeyes).

Other projects Suhr worked on include as First Assistant Director and 2nd unit director on Miracle on 34th Street and 2nd Unit Director on Smoke Signals.

Suhr was also the First Assistant Director on CBS' Everybody Loves Raymond for over 100 episodes. He followed that up with work on another CBS story, The New Adventures of Old Christine.

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