{"id":5206,"date":"2016-05-09T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T15:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/news\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2016-05-09T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T15:07:55","slug":"an-evening-with-filmmaker-nicholas-meyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2016\/05\/09\/an-evening-with-filmmaker-nicholas-meyer\/","title":{"rendered":"An Evening with Filmmaker Nicholas Meyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo credit: Nicholas Meyer on set with Leonard Nimoy during the shooting of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The photo is archived in the University of Iowa Libraries’ Special Collections as part of a collection donated by Nicholas Meyer.<\/em><\/p>\n

The UI Libraries is pleased to host Nicholas Meyer, who will make an appearance as a guest speaker in conjunction with the Main Library Gallery exhibition 50 Years of Star Trek<\/a><\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n

The event is free and open to the public.\u00a0RSVPs are appreciated. http:\/\/bit.ly\/UI-LIB-Meyer<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Meyer, who is an alumnus of the University of Iowa,\u00a0directed the movie\u00a0Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/a>\u00a0(1982)<\/b><\/i> and\u00a0contributed to the shooting script for that film (uncredited). He wrote portions of the screenplay\u00a0for\u00a0Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<\/a>\u00a0(1986)<\/b><\/i> and went on to direct\u00a0Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<\/a>\u00a0(1991)<\/b><\/i>, for which he also co-wrote the screenplay.<\/p>\n

A long-time Sherlockian, Meyer’s writing prowess led to a\u00a0best-selling novel, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. <\/i>\u00a0<\/b>The novel, crafted by Meyer in a style faithful to the original series,\u00a0follows Holmes\u00a0through cocaine addiction and\u00a0recovery.\u00a0\u00a0Meyer\u00a0<\/b>received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay of the novel.<\/p>\n

Meyer will deliver a brief talk, titled\u00a0The Last Man To Understand Anything<\/b>.<\/i>\u00a0There will be a Q&A session afterward.<\/p>\n

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