Michael Baxter
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Michael Ryan Baxter was the 2nd Second Assistant Director on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine pilot, "Emissary". He was also credited as Second Assistant Director on the first season episode, "Dax".
- It is likely that Baxter worked on more episodes as a 2nd Second Assistant Director and that he was uncredited. "Emissary" and "Dax" are the only episodes in which he was credited.
For his contribution to DS9, Baxter's name was listed as a Fleet Ops official on the dedication plaque of the starship USS Defiant.
Baxter began as a DGA trainee on such films as Ghost Dad (featuring Dakin Matthews and Eric Menyuk, with cinematography by Andrew Laszlo) and The Marrying Man (featuring Don Keefer and Jeremy Roberts). He then served as 2nd Second Assistant Director on the hit Paramount Pictures comedy The Addams Family (starring Christopher Lloyd and Carel Struycken) before being assigned to DS9.
- According to his page on the Internet Movie Database, Baxter became an electrical rigging technician, working on films such as American Pie. It can not yet be verified if this is indeed the same Baxter that worked on DS9.
