(written from a Production point of view)
Mark Stimson is a special and visual effects artist who worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation and the video game Star Trek: Borg. [1]
Several things and people in Star Trek were named after him, including:
- Iczerone Stimson, a star in the episode "Yesterday's Enterprise"
- Stimsonium, a chemical element in the episode "Rascals"
- Surmak Stimson, a Bajoran in the episode "Babel"
- Mark Stimson (Starfleet), on set artwork in the episodes "Inheritance", "All Good Things...", "Projections", and "Message in a Bottle"
In 2000 he also worked in the special effects department for the short film 9mm of Love, written and directed by Robert Duncan McNeill, starring Ethan Phillips, Liz Vassey, and Patricia Tallman, edited by Daryl Baskin, with assistant directors Michael Risner and David Trotti, and special effects by Dick Brownfield , stunt coordinator Dennis Madalone, stunts by Leslie Hoffman and Tom Morga and in 2004 on the drama Hidalgo.
Prior to his special effects work for Paramount he performed the rhythm guitar with "Slip o' the Wrist" at the Cellar Clubs. [2]
Star Trek episodes[]
- TNG:
- "Suddenly Human" (uncredited, Season 4)
- "Clues" (uncredited)
- "First Contact" (uncredited)
- "Galaxy's Child" (uncredited)
- "Night Terrors" (uncredited)
- "Identity Crisis" (uncredited)
- "The Nth Degree" (uncredited)
- "Qpid" (uncredited)
- "The Drumhead" (uncredited)
- "Half a Life" (uncredited)
- "The Host" (uncredited)
- "The Mind's Eye" (uncredited)
- "In Theory" (uncredited)
- "Redemption" (uncredited)
- "Redemption II" (uncredited, Season 5)
- "Darmok" (uncredited)
- "Ensign Ro" (uncredited)
- "Silicon Avatar" (uncredited)
- "Disaster" (uncredited)
- "The Game" (uncredited)
- "Unification II" (uncredited)
- "Unification I" (uncredited)
- "A Matter Of Time" (uncredited)
- "New Ground" (uncredited)
- "Hero Worship" (uncredited)
- "Violations" (uncredited)
- "The Masterpiece Society" (uncredited)
- "Conundrum" (uncredited)
- "Power Play" (uncredited)
- "Ethics" (uncredited)
- "The Outcast" (uncredited)
- "Cause And Effect" (uncredited)
- "The First Duty" (uncredited)
- "Cost Of Living" (uncredited)
- "The Perfect Mate" (uncredited)
- "Imaginary Friend" (uncredited)
- "I Borg" (uncredited)
- "Descent" (uncredited, Season 6)
- "Homeward" (uncredited, Season 7)
- "Bloodlines" (uncredited)