James "Jim" Richard Dow was a visual effects artist who was Creative Head and Chief Modeler employed at Magicam, during the production of Star Trek: Phase II and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. In that capacity he oversaw the team of modelers who built the various studio models for those productions. He has authored an article on the period of the latter production that was published in the February 1980 issue of American Cinematographer. He has remained in the employment of Magicam for the remainder of that company's existence.

Prior to his involvement with The Motion Picture he has worked as model maker on the features Silent Running and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (with Douglas Trumbull and Gregory Jein). After the closure of Magicam, Dow has predominantly worked for theme parks and exhibitions.

Jim Dow is brother to Industrial Light & Magic's cameraman Don Dow, who has also worked on several features of the Star Trek franchise.

External linksEdit

• Homepage
• Jim Dow at the Internet Movie Database