SEAQUEST 2032, starring Roy Schieder. Executive Producer Steven Spielber, produced by Amblin for NBC. Season 2, Episode 8 directed by Annette Haywood-Carter. WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN, Brody's Mom, who has been in cryofreeze for years, emerges and is targeted by someone trying to kill her for a crime she witnessed in the past.
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
By the mid-21st Century, humankind has colonized the oceans and formed the UEO--the United Earth Oceans--as a military organization to police it. Formerly a high-ranking member of the UEO, Nathan Bridger retired after the death of his wife, and retreated to an isolated island to study dolphins. An attempt is made to hijack the Seaquest DSV, the UEO's most powerful undersea vessel, and Nathan--its original designer--is convinced to return to active service, to assume command of it. His second in command is Cmdr. Jonathan Ford. In second season, the DSV added Dagwood, a prototype GELF (Genetically Engineered Life Form), Tony Piccolo, a man with surgically implanted gills, and Dr. Wendy Smith, a telepath/empath, to its crew of specialists. The series has New Age leanings, often presenting stories that deal with environmental issues or mix myth and mysticism--from ghosts to "gods"--into its science fiction.
Annette is a passionate storyteller with a strong creative voice and is a true visual storyteller. Her short, The Foot Shooting Party (Leonardo DiCaprio, Katzenberg/Touchstone) launched her directing career. Her 2023 feature, Daughter of the Bride (Marcia Gay Harden, MarVista) opened theatrically before a FOX Broadcast release. She’s credited with discovering Angelina Jolie on her feature debut, Foxfire. Spielberg hired her for her first TV episode, SeaQuest.
Annette has a remarkable track record for casting A-list actors (Julie Harris, Ron Silver, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Shepard), and -- with an early career in camera -- delivering beautifully crafted shows. She’s directed 4 movies, 2 TV episodes, a 30-min short and shadowed directors on The Rookie (Tara Miele) and Homeland (Alex Graves, Lesli Glatter). She's a produced screenwriter and script doctor, student of acting coach, Joan Darling, script supervisor on over 24 movies (A-list directors and producers), and was selected as a participant in the inaugural group of the DGA Womens Steering Committee's SQUAD. She loves teaching, recently mentoring a first-time director on a short film selected for Cannes’ 2026 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase, and teaching directing part-time at Cal State Long Beach.
Annette is the writer-director-producer on a transgender family film starring trans-actor Hari Nef, "Best Picture" Oscar winner Bruce Cohen consulting producer, and is writing a book slated for 2027 publication. Member of DGA and WGA since 1994. Former member of IATSE. Represented by attorney Jackie Eckhouse at Sloss, Eckhouse, Dasti, Haynes LawCo in New York.
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