Scotty Baker - from Steadicam operator to director, this is his world of Star Trek and beyond

• Talk

Episode overview

Lili and Bryan discuss Star Trek Picard news on the season premiere this week. The half-hour is spent with Scotty Baker discussing his experiences of self-taught camera operator/Steadicam/CinematographyMeeting fellow Northern Californian, Manu Intiraymi, helped Scotty cast the Star Trek actor which led to more Trek icons appearing in Baker's film "The 5TH Passenger". Scotty shares his favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation along with what he looks for in Science Fiction. Furthermore, Scotty discusses his journey to the biggest Star Trek convention (Star Trek Las Vegas), and how he meets his friends, many of whom are Star Trek actors that also worked on his film, The 5th Passenger, which he directed, wrote and produced while behind the camera. Baker promotes the virtual sci-fi convention as the 1st annual LLAPy awards occurring at Virtual Trek Conn 3 in L.A. on March 18-21st.

25 minutes