Background
Fleck was born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois to Editor and Joan Fleck.
Fleck was born in 1947 in Chicago, Illinois to Editor and Joan Fleck.
American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
The family moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1955. He performed in school productions, and later joined the Santa Barbara Youth Theater. Following graduation he appeared in several theatrical productions on the East Coast.
He joined the production team of Sunn Classic Pictures, working on series such as The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.
While on that show, he worked with James L. Conway, who he would later work with on the pilot of Star Trek: Enterprise, "Broken Bow". Working as an assistant director, he worked on television series for other production companies such as Hardcastle and McCormick, The A-Team and Hunter as well as feature films including Tim Burton"s Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice.
He joined Star Trek: The Next Generation as first assistant director, marking the start of eleven and a half years with the franchise. He continued his work with the series Star Trek: Voyager and Enterprise as well as the Jonathan Frakes directed films Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection.
Fleck died on September 14, 2003.
He was working on pre-production for the Enterprise episode "North Star". Once news broke, production was shut down on Enterprise on September 15 out of respect. The episode "Extinction" was dedicated to his memory.