Dan Curry

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Daniel Curry is a visual effects producer and supervisor, as well as a main title designer in the film and television industry.

Curry attended Middlebury College in Vermont and graduate school at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in California. [1]

He is best known for his work on Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: Voyager , and Star Trek: Enterprise . [2] His work on these series earned him fifteen Emmy Award nominations and seven Emmy awards wins. [3] As Visual Effects supervisor, Curry frequently served as a second unit director. He directed an episode himself on only one occasion, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Birthright, Part II". [4]

Starting on TNG, Curry used his experience as a martial artist to develop a fighting style for the fictional alien race known as the Klingons. He designed several Klingon hand-to-hand combat weapons, including the Sword of Kahless, the mek'leth , and—most notably—the bat'leth . [3] [2] [5]

In addition to designing the title sequence for Star Trek Voyager, Curry has designed many memorable title sequences for feature films, including Top Gun, Big Trouble in Little China , and Three Amigos. He has also worked as visual effects supervisor on the television series Chuck .

As of 2015, Curry sits on the board of directors for the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum. [6]

References

  1. Vesage By Daniel Wade, Visual Effects Society (2005)
  2. 1 2 "Interview - Dan Curry". BBC Online - Cult - Star Trek. BBC. Archived from the original on 2003-07-21. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  3. 1 2 "Curry". StarTrek.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  4. DeCandido, Keith R. A. (13 November 2012). "Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "Birthright, Part II"". Tor.com .
  5. "Star Trek Visual Effects Master Dan Curry Auctions Private Collection". scoop.previewsworld.com.
  6. TrekMovie com Staff (2017-03-14). "Campaign Launched To Restore Star Trek Wax Figures For Part Of New Exhibition". TrekMovie.com. a number of Star Trek vets including Dan Curry, Doug Drexler, David Gerrold, Ronald D. Moore and Andrew Probert to sit on the board