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Marc Daniels (January 27, 1912 – April 23, 1989), born Danny Marcus, was an American television director. He directed on programs such as I Love Lucy, I Married Joan, Gunsmoke, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Hogan's Heroes, Alice, and more.
nowiki> and cinematographer Karl Freund, has been credited with introducing the three-camera technique of filming as opposed to the conventional one-camera. In a 1977 interview, Daniels noted that he left I Love Lucy to take another job that paid more. "Maybe it was a stupid thing to do," he said. "But then we didn't know we were creating history. We were just doing a show".
In addition to I Love Lucy, Daniels also directed episodes of Where's Raymond?, Gunsmoke, , Fame, Alice, Hogan's Heroes, and The Andros Targets. To science fiction fans, Daniels is perhaps best known for directing fifteen episodes of (including the episodes "" and "") and writing an episode of ("One of Our Planets is Missing"). Near the end of his career, Daniels worked with Lucille Ball again on her last series, Life with Lucy (1986).
He had an uncredited appearance (via a photograph) as Dr. Jackson Roykirk in the Star Trek episode "", which he also directed.
During his career, Daniels was nominated for two Primetime and one Daytime Emmy award, two Directors Guild of America awards, and four Hugo Awards. He won one Hugo, a joint award in 1967 with Gene Roddenberry for "Best Dramatic Presentation" for the Star Trek episode "".
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