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John Howard Grower (born 21 September 1955; age 68), is a visual effects artist and has been the head of the special effects company Santa Barbara Studios (SBS), which he founded in 1990 and operated until 2002, and has worked, while operating his company, on several Star Trek productions, which included the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, as well as the Star Trek films, Star Trek Generations, and Star Trek: Insurrection. Long before becoming CEO of SBS, he did, in an otherwise unspecified role, made an early uncredited contribution to the Star Trek franchise, while working in the employ of Robert Abel & Associates (RA&A) on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, or as he has put it, "I started in the late '70s in Hollywood and even worked a few months on the first Star Trek." (Star Trek: Communicator issue 121, p. 58)

John Grower has been interviewed on several occasions for various magazines regarding his, and his company's work on Insurrection. These interviews were published in, among others, Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine, American Cinematographer, and Cinefex.

Grower received an Emmy Award nomination for his work on Star Trek: Voyager in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences in 1995, shared with Dan Curry, Erik Tiemens, and Eric Guaglione.

Career outside Star Trek

Starting out his motion picture industry career at RA&A, John Grower has, beside his work on The Motion Picture , worked as visual effects coordinator on Walt Disney's science fiction film TRON (1982), Prior to forming SBS, he served as director of production at the computer software company, Wavefront Technologies, which later merged with Alias Research to form Alias|Wavefront. It was their CGI software package, "Maya", that became the package of choice for SBS.

While operating his company, John Grower has outside Star Trek, worked as visual effects supervisor on productions such as the short documentary Cosmic Voyage (1996, along with Eric Guaglione, Kathi Samec, and Mark Wendell), the horror film An American Werewolf in Paris (1997), and the fantasy film The Little Vampire (2000), while he has, on personal title after the closure of SBS, worked as digital effects artist on the thriller K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) and the action film Torque (2004).

More recently he worked as visual effects supervisor for Cinesoup on the fantasy film The Thief Lord (2006), the action thriller Bangkok Dangerous (2008), the comic adaptation The Spirit (2008), the horror film Drag Me to Hell (2009), Something Borrowed (2011), and the Michael Jackson documentary This Is It (2009).

Star Trek interviews

"Stellar Phenomena", Eric Frederickson, Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine, 11 December 1998
"Effecting an Insurrection", Ron Magid, American Cinematographer, January 1999, pp. 40-46
"Visual FX", Larry Nemecek, Star Trek: Communicator issue 121, February/March 1999, pp. 52-59
"Lost in the Briar Patch", Kevin H. Martin, Cinefex, issue 77, April 1999, pp. 68-95

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 | Gender            = Male
 | Date of birth     = {{d|21|September|1955}}
-| Place of birth    = Los Angeles County, California
+| Place of birth    = Los Angeles County, California, USA
 | Date of death     =
 | Place of death    =
-| Awards for Trek   = [[Emmy Award|1 Emmy Award nomination]]
+| Awards for Trek   = 1 [[Emmy Award]] nomination
 | Roles             = [[:Category: Special and Visual effects staff|Visual Effects  Supervisor]]
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-'''John Howard Grower''' {{born|21|September|1955}}, is a visual effects artist and has been the head of the special effects company [[Santa Barbara Studios]] (SBS), which he founded in 1990 and operated until 2002, and has worked, while operating his company, on several ''Star Trek'' productions including ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', for which he received an [[Emmy Award]] nomination, {{film|7}}, and {{film|9}}. Prior to being CEO of SBS, he has worked, when starting out in the motion picture business in an otherwise unspecified role, on {{film|1}}, or as he has stated, "''I started in the late '70s in Hollywood and even worked a few months on the first ''Star Trek''.''" ({{STC|121}}, p. 58)
+'''John Howard Grower''' {{born|21|September|1955}}, is a visual effects artist and has been the head of the special effects company [[Santa Barbara Studios]] (SBS), which he founded in 1990 and operated until 2002, and has worked, while operating his company, on several ''[[Star Trek]]'' productions, which included the television series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', as well as the [[Star Trek films|''Star Trek'' films]], {{film|7}}, and {{film|9}}. Long before becoming CEO of SBS, he did, in an otherwise unspecified role, made an early uncredited contribution to the ''Star Trek'' franchise, while working in the employ of [[Robert Abel & Associates]] (RA&A) on {{film|1}}, or as he has put it, "''I started in the late '70s in Hollywood and even worked a few months on the first ''Star Trek''.''" ({{STC|121}}, p. 58)
-Grower has been interviewed on several occasions for various magazines regarding his, and his company's work on ''Insurrection''. These interviews were published in, among others, ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'', ''[[American Cinematographer]]'', and ''[[Cinefex]]''.
+John Grower has been interviewed on several occasions for various magazines regarding his, and his company's work on ''Insurrection''. These interviews were published in, among others, ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'', ''[[American Cinematographer]]'', and ''[[Cinefex]]''.
 Grower received an [[Emmy Award]] nomination for his work on ''Star Trek: Voyager'' in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences in {{y|1995}}, shared with [[Dan Curry]], [[Erik Tiemens]], and [[Eric Guaglione]].
+==Career outside ''Star Trek''==
-Beside his work on ''Star Trek'' at SBS, Grower worked as visual effects coordinator on {{w|Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney}}'s science fiction film ''TRON'' (1982), while employed by [[Robert Abel & Associates]], as visual effects supervisor on the short documentary ''Cosmic Voyage'' (1996, along with Eric Guaglione, [[Kathi Samec]], and [[Mark Wendell]]). Prior to forming SBS, he served as director of production at the computer software company, Wavefront Technologies, which later merged with  Alias Research to form Alias|Wavefront. It was their [[CGI]] software package, "Maya", that became the package of choice for SBS.
+Starting out his motion picture industry career at RA&A, John Grower has, beside his work on ''The Motion Picture'' , worked as visual effects coordinator on {{w|Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney}}'s science fiction film ''TRON'' (1982), Prior to forming SBS, he served as director of production at the computer software company, Wavefront Technologies, which later merged with  Alias Research to form Alias|Wavefront. It was their [[CGI]] software package, "Maya", that became the package of choice for SBS.
-While operating his company, he has outside ''Star Trek'', worked on productions such as the horror film ''An American Werewolf in Paris'' (1997), and the fantasy film ''The Little Vampire'' (2000), while he has, on personal title after the closure of SBS, worked as digital effects artist on the thriller ''K-19: The Widowmaker'' (2002) and the action film ''Torque'' (2004).
+While operating his company, John Grower has outside ''Star Trek'', worked as visual effects supervisor on productions such as the short documentary ''Cosmic Voyage'' (1996, along with Eric Guaglione, [[Kathi Samec]], and [[Mark Wendell]]), the horror film ''An American Werewolf in Paris'' (1997), and the fantasy film ''The Little Vampire'' (2000), while he has, on personal title after the closure of SBS, worked as digital effects artist on the thriller ''K-19: The Widowmaker'' (2002) and the action film ''Torque'' (2004).
 More recently he worked as visual effects supervisor for Cinesoup on the fantasy film ''The Thief Lord'' (2006), the action thriller ''Bangkok Dangerous'' (2008), the comic adaptation ''The Spirit'' (2008), the horror film ''Drag Me to Hell'' (2009), ''Something Borrowed'' (2011), and the {{w|Michael Jackson}} documentary ''This Is It'' (2009).
 == ''Star Trek'' interviews ==
-* "Stellar Phenomena", Eric Frederickson, ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'', 11 Decemeber 1998
+* "Stellar Phenomena", Eric Frederickson, ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection - Official Movie Souvenir Magazine]]'', 11 December 1998
-* "Effecting an Insurrection", Ron Magid, ''[[American Cinematographer]], January 1999, pp. 40-46
+* "Effecting an Insurrection", Ron Magid, ''[[American Cinematographer]]'', January 1999, pp. 40-46
 * "Visual FX", [[Larry Nemecek]], {{STC|121}}, February/March 1999, pp. 52-59
 * "Lost in the [[Briar Patch]]", Kevin H. Martin, ''[[Cinefex]]'', issue 77, April 1999, pp. 68-95