Robert Bonchune is a digital effects expert who worked on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise at Foundation Imaging / Eden FX.

Bonchune shared Emmy Awards for his cgi work on the Voyager episodes "Dark Frontier" and "Endgame" and the Enterprise pilot, "Broken Bow". He also received an additional three Emmy nominations for VOY's "Timeless", DS9's "What You Leave Behind", and ENT's "Dead Stop".

He and Adam Lebowitz wrote and illustrated the Star Trek: Starship Spotter reference book. He also worked on the Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Edition DVD.

ContributionsEdit

CGI work with:

• class 2 shuttle: nurnies
• USS Voyager: remapping
• USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D): remapping and upgrading of lights
• Delta Flyer: Complete build
• Nebula-class: Complete build
• Aeroshuttle: Complete build
• Aeroshuttle Bay: Complete build
• USS Enterprise (NCC-1701): Secondary hull, pylons, neck and engines for TMP DE
• USS Rhode Island: All mods from original USS Equinox
• Columbia NX-02: remap

He was also responsible for many planets, props, anomalies and astrometrics 3D graphics. His other contributions include many texture tweaks and painting on ships during filming.

The USS Bonchune was named after him.

Other workEdit

Bonchune also worked on the other popular 1990s science fiction television shows seaQuest DSV and Babylon 5 as a digital artist. He has recently quit Eden FX and joined NBC to work on Battlestar Galactica.

External linksEdit

• RobertBonchune.com - official website
• Robert Bonchune at the Internet Movie Database