Arlene Fukai (born 5 November 1958; age 66) was the Second Assistant Director on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. She was also the Second Second Assistant Director on Star Trek Generations and ultimately became First Assistant Director on Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. In addition, she served as Second Assistant Director on the video game Star Trek: Klingon.
Fukai's stand-in appearance (left) with Nora Leonhardt (right)
Because regular Marina Sirtis stand-in Nora Leonhardt was busy, filming her scenes as Marla Finn for The Next Generation episode "Eye of the Beholder" on Paramount Stage 8, Fukai got a wig from the hair department and replaced her for the light settings on stage 9. This was Fukai's only appearance in this department and Leonhardt was surprised when she saw Fukai with the Troi wig.
Arlene Fukai and A. Fukai, names on dedication plaques, and USS Voyager crewmember Arlene Fukai were named after her.
Her non-Trek credits include Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), on which she served as Second Second Assistant Director. Michael McKean, Ellen Albertini Dow, Rosalind Chao, Shay Duffin, Sam Anderson, and Aaron Lustig were among the cast in this film. She previously worked as DGA Trainee on Another 48 Hrs. (1990, starring Eddie Murphy, Kevin Tighe, Ed O'Ross, Bernie Casey, and Page Leong).
Star Trek credits[]
(This list is currently incomplete.)
- As First Assistant Director
- VOY:
- "In the Flesh" (Season 5)
- "Bride of Chaotica!"
- "Bliss"
- "Dark Frontier"
- "Course: Oblivion"
- "Juggernaut"
- "11:59"
- "Warhead"
- "Survival Instinct" (Season 6)
- "Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy"
- "Alice"
- "One Small Step"
- "Pathfinder"
- "Tsunkatse"
- "Virtuoso"
- "Memorial"
- "Ashes to Ashes"
- "Good Shepherd"
- "Live Fast and Prosper"
- "Muse"
- "Unimatrix Zero"
- "Unimatrix Zero, Part II" (Season 7)
- "Drive"
- "Repression"
- "Flesh and Blood"
- "Body and Soul"
- "Shattered"
- "Repentance"
- "The Void"
- "Workforce, Part II"
- "Q2"
- "Friendship One"
- "Homestead"
- "Endgame" (part two)
- ENT:
- As Second Second Assistant Director
- As Second Assistant Director
- TNG:
- "Redemption II" (uncredited, Season 5)
- "Darmok" (uncredited)
- "Ensign Ro" (uncredited)
- "Silicon Avatar" (uncredited)
- "Disaster" (uncredited)
- "The Game" (uncredited)
- "Unification II" (uncredited)
- "Unification I" (uncredited)
- "A Matter Of Time" (uncredited)
- "New Ground" (uncredited)
- "Hero Worship" (uncredited)
- "Violations" (uncredited)
- "The Masterpiece Society" (uncredited)
- "Conundrum" (uncredited)
- "Power Play" (uncredited)
- "Ethics" (uncredited)
- "The Outcast" (uncredited)
- "Cause And Effect" (uncredited)
- "The First Duty" (uncredited)
- "Cost Of Living" (uncredited)
- "The Perfect Mate" (uncredited)
- "Imaginary Friend" (uncredited)
- "I Borg" (uncredited)
- "Time's Arrow, Part II" (Season 6)
- "Realm Of Fear"
- "Man Of The People"
- "Relics"
- "Schisms"
- "True Q"
- "Rascals"
- "A Fistful of Datas"
- "The Quality of Life"
- "Chain Of Command, Part I"
- "Chain Of Command, Part II"
- "Ship In A Bottle"
- "Aquiel"
- "Face Of The Enemy"
- "Tapestry"
- "Birthright, Part I"
- "Birthright, Part II"
- "Starship Mine"
- "Lessons"
- "The Chase"
- "Frame of Mind"
- "Suspicions"
- "Rightful Heir"
- "Second Chances"
- "Timescape"
- "Descent"
- "Descent, Part II" (Season 7)
- "Liaisons"
- "Interface"
- "Gambit, Part I"
- "Gambit, Part II"
- "Phantasms"
- "Dark Page"
- "Attached"
- "Force of Nature"
- "Inheritance"
- "Parallels"
- "The Pegasus"
- "Homeward"
- "Sub Rosa"
- "Lower Decks"
- "Thine Own Self"
- "Masks"
- "Eye of the Beholder"
- "Genesis"
- "Journey's End"
- "Firstborn"
- "Bloodlines"
- "Emergence"
- "Preemptive Strike"
- "All Good Things..."
- VOY:
- "Caretaker" (Season 1)
- "Parallax"
- "Time and Again"
- "Phage"
- "The Cloud"
- "Eye of the Needle"
- "Ex Post Facto"
- "Emanations"
- "Prime Factors"
- "State of Flux"
- "Heroes and Demons"
- "Cathexis"
- "Faces"
- "Jetrel"
- "Learning Curve"
- "Projections"
- "Elogium"
- "Twisted"
- "The 37's"
- "Initiations" (Season 2)
- "Non Sequitur"
- "Parturition"
- "Persistence of Vision"
- "Tattoo"
- "Cold Fire"
- "Maneuvers"
- "Resistance"
- "Prototype"
- "Death Wish"
- "Alliances"
- "Threshold"
- "Meld"
- "Dreadnought"
- "Investigations"
- "Lifesigns"
- "Deadlock"
- "Innocence"
- "Tuvix"
- "Resolutions"
- "Basics, Part I"
- "False Profits" (Season 3)
- "Flashback"
- "Basics, Part II"
- "The Chute"
- "Remember"
- "The Swarm"
- "Future's End"
- "Future's End, Part II"
- "Warlord"
- "The Q and the Grey"
- "Macrocosm"
- "Alter Ego"
- "Fair Trade"
- "Blood Fever"
- "Coda"
- "Unity"
- "Darkling"
- "Scorpion"
- "Year of Hell" (Season 4)
- "Concerning Flight"