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]
a number of Star Trek vets including Dan Curry, Doug Drexler, David Gerrold, Ronald D. Moore and Andrew Probert to sit on the board