--- description: Zachary Quinto and William Shattner will participate in the film title: Leonard Nimoy's Son to Direct Spock Documentary image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5569f372be94e29/6987817335ba6f7748c07533/leonard-nimoy2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Leonard Nimoy's Son to Direct Spock Documentary ## Video: The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Masterpieces [Watch (HLS stream): The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Masterpieces](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xe99vdU4.m3u8) (4:45)  _Published 2010-01-11. Steven James Snyder, Techland's resident movie geek, outlines the top 5 most under-rated sci-fi movies of all time_  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 28, 2015 5:14 PM CUT  Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, "Spock's Brain." which aired on Sept. 20, 1968. Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, "Spock's Brain." which aired on Sept. 20, 1968.CBS/Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 28, 2015 5:14 PM CUT Just one month after the death of Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock on _Star Trek_, his son Adam Nimoy has [announced plans to produce a documentary ](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/leonard-nimoy-son-spock-documentary-1201461815/ "undefined")about the iconic character titled _For the Love of Spock_. Nimoy’s fellow _Star Trek_ actors will help honor the star in the documentary. Zachary Quinto, who played Spock in the last two _Star Trek_ films, will narrate. Filmmakers say that William Shatner, who starred opposite Nimoy in the original series as Captain Kirk, has also agreed to appear in the film. ### See Leonard Nimoy's Long and Prosperous Life in Photos  Leonard Nimoy in The Outer Limits in 1964. ABC/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy with wife Sandra Zober attend an event in Los Angeles,Calif. in 1966. Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy, circa 1968. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in season 3 of Star Trek in 1968. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy as Paris and Lee Meriwether as Tracey in Mission Impossible in 1969. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy in Catlow, 1971. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy in The Alpha Caper in 1973 Everett  NASA's space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and cast members from Star Trek in 1976\. From left: NASA Administrator Dr. James D. Fletcher; DeForest Kelley, who portrayed Dr. "Bones" McCoy on the series; George Takei (Mr. Sulu); James Doohan (Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott); Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura); Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock); series creator Gene Roddenberry; an unnamed NASA official; and, Walter Koenig (Ensign Pavel Chekov). NASA  Leonard Nimoy hosts The Unexplained in 1976. Everett  Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in 1984. Paramount/Everett  Leonard Nimoy guest stars in The Big Bang Theory. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy guest stars on Fringe Fox  Leonard Nimoy and Luke Wilson, presenters during 5th Annual TV Land Awards - Show at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. in 2007. Chris Polk—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy guest stars as Mr. Spock in Star Trek in 2009. Paramount Adam Nimoy hopes to release the film in time to honor the 50th anniversary of _Star Trek_, which first aired on Sept. 8, 1966\. Nimoy, who has directed episodes of _Gilmore Girls_ and _The Practice_, [told](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/leonard-nimoy-son-spock-documentary-1201461815/ "undefined") _Variety_ that he and his father had discussed the project for months before the elder Nimoy’s death. Adam Nimoy says that the reaction to his father’s illness has inspired him to go ahead with the film. “He felt as if he had plenty of time, but then he declined precipitously,” he said. “I was struck with the outpouring of affection for him after he died, so this feels like the right thing to do.” Leonard Nimoy announced via Twitter last year that he had been diagnosed with COPD, a chronic respiratory disease caused by smoking that has no cure. He encouraged fans on Twitter not to smoke. Nimoy died on Feb. 27. _Read next:_ [_This Is How the New Spock Said Goodbye to the Old Spock_](http://time.com/3726471/leonard-nimoy-dead-zachary-quinto/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") \[[_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/leonard-nimoy-son-spock-documentary-1201461815/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3762408/leonard-nimoys-son-direct-spock-documentary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3762408/leonard-nimoys-son-direct-spock-documentary/"},"headline":"Leonard Nimoy's Son to Direct Spock Documentary","datePublished":"2015-03-28T17:14:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:49.171Z","description":"Zachary Quinto and William Shatner will be part of the film","url":"https://time.com/3762408/leonard-nimoys-son-direct-spock-documentary/","keywords":["movies","celebrities","Leonard Nimoy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5569f372be94e29/6987817335ba6f7748c07533/leonard-nimoy2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5569f372be94e29/6987817335ba6f7748c07533/leonard-nimoy2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, \"Spock's Brain.\" which aired on Sept. 20, 1968.","caption":"Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, \"Spock's Brain.\" which aired on Sept. 20, 1968.","creditText":"CBS/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3762408/leonard-nimoys-son-direct-spock-documentary/","name":"Leonard Nimoy's Son to Direct Spock Documentary"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Masterpieces","description":"Steven James Snyder, Techland's resident movie geek, outlines the top 5 most under-rated sci-fi movies of all time","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/xe99vdU4/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2010-01-11T22:26:40.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xe99vdU4.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3762408/leonard-nimoys-son-direct-spock-documentary/","duration":"PT4M45S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3762408/leonard-nimoys-son-direct-spock-documentary/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```