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Syd Dutton

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Syd Dutton

Syd Dutton in 2003

Syd Dutton with matte painting

Dutton with his Romulus matte painting

Syd Dutton (born 1 December 1944; age 79) is a visual effects artist, specialized in matte paintings, who worked on several Star Trek television series and films. Dutton was interviewed on 16 October 2003 for the special feature "The Art of Alien Worlds" on the VOY Season 4 DVD. In this special, he explained several matte paintings for episodes such as TNG: "Devil's Due" and VOY: "Caretaker", as well as the exterior of the Romulan Senate in Star Trek Nemesis.

Personal and awards

Born as Sydney Richard Dutton in San Francisco, California, Dutton started his career in the matte department at Universal Studios in the late 1970s. He learned from matte expert Albert Whitlock, who provided matte paintings for Star Trek: The Original Series. In 1983, Dutton helped form (along with Bill Taylor) the effects company Illusion Arts, Inc., located in Van Nuys, California, which provided matte paintings for several Star Trek projects. The company was closed in 2009 and Dutton joined the Culver City-based VFX shop "Zoic Studios" as art director and lead matte artist. [1]

During his time on Star Trek, Dutton earned two Emmy Award nominations and one win for Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects:

In 1985, Dutton won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for the television mini-series A.D., shared with Bill Taylor and Albert Whitlock. Dutton was also two times nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Special Effects: in 1992, for the horror film Frankenstein Unbound, shared with Bill Taylor, and in 2005, for the fantasy film Van Helsing, shared with Scott Squires and Ben Snow.

Early career

At the beginning of his career, Dutton worked as matte artist and special effects artist on feature films such as Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Family Plot (1976, with Albert Whitlock and Bill Taylor), Joseph Sargent's war drama MacArthur (1977), Sidney Lumet's fantasy musical The Wiz (1978), the science fiction television movie Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979, with Scott Squires and David Stipes), the comedy The Blues Brothers (1980), Mel Brooks' comedy History of the World: Part I (1981), the horror drama Ghost Story (1981), the fantasy thriller Cat People (1982, starring Malcolm McDowell), David Lynch's science fiction film Dune (1984, with Brad Dourif and Patrick Stewart), the drama The River (1984), the drama Out of Africa (1985), the fantasy action film Red Sonja (1985), the science fiction adventure Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), the science fiction comedy Real Genius (1985), the thriller Clue (1985), the horror sequel Psycho III (1986), and the action film The Karate Kid, Part II (1986).

Illusion Arts, Inc.

After founding the company Illusion Arts, Inc., Dutton worked with his company on films including the comedy Critical Condition (1987), the comedy Dragnet (1987), Mel Brooks' science fiction comedy Spaceballs (1987), the war drama Glory (1989), the fantasy sequel The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1990), the thriller Cape Fear (1991), the horror comedy The Addams Family (1991, with Christopher Lloyd and Carel Struycken), the comedy Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), the comedy Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1993), Joel Schumacher's comic adaptation Batman Forever (1995), the comedy The Birdcage (1996), the fantasy film Dragonheart (1996), the action thriller Daylight (1996), the action film The Mask of Zorro (1998), the horror remake Psycho (1999), the family movie Muppets from Space (1999), the superhero comedy Mystery Men (1999), the science fiction film Bicentennial Man (1999), Sam Raimi's mystery thriller The Gift (2000), the action film The Fast and the Furious (2001), the mystery thriller From Hell (2001), the science fiction remake The Time Machine (2002), the action thriller The Bourne Identity (2002), the action sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), M. Night Shyamalan's thriller The Village (2004), the science fiction film Æon Flux (2005), the fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), the action sequel The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), the comedy You, Me and Dupree (2006), the remake Miami Vice (2006), and the war drama Defiance (2008).

The last contributions of Illusion Arts, Inc. can be seen in the biopic Milk (2008), the fantasy comedy Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), and the science fiction thriller G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009).

Star Trek credits

(This list is currently incomplete.)

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