Canadian television director who became a regular director on Star Trek: Enterprise, with episodes including Desert Crossing, Regeneration, Impulse and Babel One.
David Straiton is a Canadian director who has worked widely in American network drama.
He first directed Star Trek: Enterprise late in its first season with Desert Crossing, and went on to direct in every remaining season. In the second season he directed Regeneration, in which Borg drones frozen in the Arctic since the events of Star Trek: First Contact are revived.
His later episodes include Impulse, the third-season story of a Vulcan crew driven mad in the Delphic Expanse, Harbinger, Storm Front, Part II and Babel One. He has since directed for series such as House, Fringe, Hemlock Grove and Bates Motel.