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Merri D. Howard

  • Producer
  • Production Manager
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Merri D. Howard is known for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Your Place or Mine (2023) and Little Fires Everywhere (2020). She is married to Merrill Sindler. She was previously married to Merri Howard-Gorrin.
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher in Your Place or Mine (2023)
    Your Place or Mine
    5.7
    • Producer
    • 2023
    Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
    Little Fires Everywhere
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    Robert Beltran, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Jeri Ryan, Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Star Trek: Voyager
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer

    • The Five Star Weekend (2026)
      The Five Star Weekend
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2026
    • Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
      The Last Thing He Told Me
      6.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer (as Merri Howard)
      • 2023–2026
    • Bronson Pinchot, Giancarlo Esposito, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Mel Rodriguez, Randall Park, Susan Kelechi Watson, Julieth Restrepo, Uzo Aduba, Al Mitchell, Molly Griggs, and Mary Wiseman in The Residence (2025)
      The Residence
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2025
    • Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher in Your Place or Mine (2023)
      Your Place or Mine
      5.7
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show (2019)
      The Morning Show
      8.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2021
    • Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington in Little Fires Everywhere (2020)
      Little Fires Everywhere
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2020
    • Ben Shenkman, Britt Robertson, Regé-Jean Page, Wesam Keesh, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Susannah Flood in For the People (2018)
      For the People
      7.3
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018–2019
    • Kerry Washington in Scandal (2012)
      Scandal
      7.7
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • producer
      • 2012–2017
    • Mireille Enos and Peter Krause in The Catch (2016)
      The Catch
      7.1
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2017
    • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
      Grey's Anatomy
      7.6
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2016–2017
    • Scandal: The Secret Is Out (2013)
      Scandal: The Secret Is Out
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Family Tools (2013)
      Family Tools
      5.4
      TV Series
      • producer (as Merri Howard)
      • 2013
    • Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney in The Whole Truth (2010)
      The Whole Truth
      6.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • produced by (as Merri Howard, as Merri Howard)
      • 2010–2012
    • Cold Case (2003)
      Cold Case
      7.7
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • producer (as Merri Howard, as Merri Howard)
      • 2006–2010
    • Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Connor Trinneer, and Linda Park in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
      Star Trek: Enterprise
      7.6
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • 2001–2005

    Production Management

    • The Five Star Weekend (2026)
      The Five Star Weekend
      7.2
      TV Series
      • production manager
      • 2026
    • Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
      The Last Thing He Told Me
      6.5
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2026
    • Bronson Pinchot, Giancarlo Esposito, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Mel Rodriguez, Randall Park, Susan Kelechi Watson, Julieth Restrepo, Uzo Aduba, Al Mitchell, Molly Griggs, and Mary Wiseman in The Residence (2025)
      The Residence
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2025
    • Ben Shenkman, Britt Robertson, Regé-Jean Page, Wesam Keesh, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Susannah Flood in For the People (2018)
      For the People
      7.3
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 2018
    • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
      Star Trek: The Next Generation
      8.7
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 1989–1992

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
      Star Trek: The Next Generation
      8.7
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1988–1989
    • Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)
      MacGyver
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • second assistant director (as Merri Howard-Gorrin, as Merri Howard-Gorrin)
      • 1985–1987
    • Robert Blake in Hell Town (1985)
      Hell Town
      7.0
      TV Series
      • second assistant director (as Merri Howard-Gorrin)
      • 1985
    • Craig T. Nelson in Call to Glory (1984)
      Call to Glory
      7.9
      TV Series
      • second assistant director (as Merri Howard-Gorrin)
      • 1984
    • Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley, Erin Moran, Don Most, and Anson Williams in Happy Days (1974)
      Happy Days
      7.4
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 1983–1984
    • W*A*L*T*E*R (1984)
      W*A*L*T*E*R
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director (as Merri Howard-Gorrin)
      • 1984

    Personal details

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      • Merri Howard
    • Spouses
        Merri Howard-Gorrin(divorced)
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