The Post Group was founded as "Off-Line, Inc." in 1974 by Fred Rheinstein and had become "The Post Group" five year later. They were located on Homewood Avenue in Los Angeles and are currently owned by Matt Cooper. The company started with offline editing, but quickly expanded to include online editing, telecine, graphics, special effects, and audio.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the company worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation and the first related film, Star Trek Generations. Other shows and films included Max Headroom, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Titanic, Independence Day, and Apollo 13.

Their CGI work on the Crystalline Entity in "Datalore" was one of the first CGI sequences used in Star Trek. It was rendered by Chris Alsop.

Staff Edit

The following employees worked on Star Trek:

• Chris Alsop - CGI renderer
• Pat Clancey - Visual Effects Editor
• Ray Clarke - DFX Paint FX Artist
• Helen Davis - Quantel Harry Artist / Creative Service Director
• Don Greenberg - Visual Effects Editor
• Stan Kellam - Visual Effects Editor
• Belinda Merritt - VFX Accountant
• Peter Moyer - Visual Effects Editor
• Steve Price - Quantel Harry Artist
• Fred Raimondi - Visual Effects Editor
• Rich Thorne - Chief Operating Officer
• Tony L. Torino - VFX Motion Control Director

Further reading Edit

• "The Special Effects", The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 12, pp. 18-22, article by Michael McAvennie

External links Edit

• PostGroup.com - official site
• The Post Group at the Internet Movie Database