Randy Roberts (12 September 1945–15 December 2014; age 69) was a film editor, producer, and director who worked as editor on the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Code of Honor".
Roberts worked as assistant editor in the 1970s on projects such as The Steagle (1971), Jimi Hendrix (1973), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Sparkle (1976), and The Gumball Rally (1976). He then started to work as editor in the late 1970s and worked prior to his time on Star Trek: The Next Generation on Greased Lightning (1977), Straight Time (1978), Players (1979, music by Jerry Goldsmith), A Small Circle of Friends (1980), an episode of Hostages (1981, with assistant editor Michael Backauskas), One from the Heart (1982), Hammett (1982), Jaws 3-D (1983), Kids Don't Tell (1985), and the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985-86).
Further editorial credits include L.A. Law (1991-94), Chicago Hope (1994-96), Early Edition (1996), The Street (2000), The Agency (2001), and Dead in a Heartbeat (2000).
Between 1986 and 1999 Roberts worked as director and directed episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986, with Bruce Gray, Sam Hennings, and Nana Visitor), Hard Copy (1987, with Erich Anderson and Fionnula Flanagan), (1988, starring Edward James Olmos, with Barry Lynch), Dirty Dozen: The Series (1988), Hunter (1989, starring Charles Hallahan, with Tim de Zarn, Sam Hennings and Christopher Carroll), Gideon Oliver (1989, with Sam Hennings and Joel Polis), Tour of Duty (1987-89, with Rosalind Chao, Lloyd Kino, and Dan Gauthier), Quantum Leap (1989, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell, with Jill Jacobson), L.A. Law (1993 and 1994, with Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake), Chicago Hope (1996, with Joel Polis, Dion Anderson, and Ellen Bry), and Early Edition (1999, with Molly Hagan and Kelly Connell).
In addition to his work as editor and director, Roberts was co-producer and supervising producer on Early Edition and co-producer, producer, and supervising producer on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001-11, starring Mariska Hargitay).
In 1995 Roberts received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production for his work on the Chicago Hope episode "The Quarantine". He also received an Eddie nomination from the American Cinema Editors for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television for this episode. Other Eddie nominations include 1993 for the L.A. Law episode "Say Goodnight Gracie" and in 1998 for the Early Edition episode "The Wall Part I". He won an Eddie in 1997 for the Chicago Hope episode "Transplanted Affection". Prior to his death, Roberts was the president of the American Cinema Editors. [1]