Nicholas Mey­er, a New York­er, was the author of the best-sell­ing nov­el (and film) The Sev­en-Per-Cent Solu­tion, fea­tur­ing Freud and Sher­lock Holmes. He direct­ed the anti-nuclear war film, The Day After, the most watched film ever made for tele­vi­sion; he also wrote and/​or direct­ed Star Treks II, IV, and VI.