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Adam Howard (born 17 November 1962; age 61) is a special and visual effects artist who worked on all four spin-off Star Trek television series, and two feature films for the sister companies Digital Magic and Pacific Ocean Post. He was interviewed for the special Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes in 1992 on which he also worked as digital compositor.

During his time on Star Trek, Howard earned four Emmy Awards (his first two both in 1992), and an additional five Emmy Award nominations for his work on Star Trek, spanning all the television shows, he worked on and which were addended with one International Monitor Award in 1996.

Career[]

A native of Melbourne, Australia, Howard started working as graphic designer in the art department on the Australian television shows Countdown, Australia You're Standing in It (1983-1984), The Gillies Report (1984-1985), The Fast Lane (1986-1987), The Gillies Republic (1986), The Factory (1987-1988), The D Generation (1986-1987), and The Gary Connolly Show (1988). He also worked as graphic designer on the television comedy A Matter of Convenience (1987) and the television drama Darlings of the Gods (1989).

Howard continued working as special effects animator on the Australian television series While You're Down There (1986), Fame and Misfortune (1986), and Round the Twist (1989) before he movied to California. He started to work for Digital Magic as digital compositor and visual effects animator on Baywatch, The Simpsons, Northern Exposure, Dark Justice, Dinosaurs (with puppeteer Michelan Sisti), MacGyver, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1993), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992), and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (starring Joe Lando, Chad Allen, Erika Flores, Barbara Babcock, Frank Collison, and Hélène Udy) and on the animated movie Bébé's Kids (1992), the comedy Mastergate (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992), Toys (1992), Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993, along with Don Greenberg, Laurie Resnick, Scott Rader, Simon Holden, Greg Stuhl, Brannon Wright, and Joe White), The Sandlot (1993), Cliffhanger (1993), the fantasy film Super Mario Bros. (1993), Warlock: The Armageddon (1993, with Robert D. Bailey, Dave Gregory, Simon Haslett, and Peter W. Moyer), Running Delilah (1993), and Coneheads (1993).

Further credits as visual effects artist include the television series The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993-1994) and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (starring Teri Hatcher), Philadelphia Experiment II (1993, with Janet Muswell), Blown Away (1994), Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994, with Don Greenberg, Stephen Lebed, and Bill Millar), Dumb and Dumber (1994), Viper and Tales from the Crypt (1993 and 1995, along Chad Taylor), Evolver (1995), Batman Forever (1995), Apollo 13 (1995), Broken Arrow (1996), Volcano (1997), Batman & Robin (1997), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Titanic (1997, alongside several other former Star Trek VFX staffers [1]), Starship Troopers (1997), Armageddon (1998), Will & Grace, Angel (2001), and Titus (2000), Monkeybone (2001), Along Came a Spider (2001), Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), The Outer Limits (1995-2002, along with Joe Farrell), Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003), and Seabiscuit (2003).

Between 2003 and 2006 Howard worked for Industrial Light & Magic on such projects as Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Peter Pan (2003), Van Helsing (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Pacifier (2005, with Carol Kane and Scott Thompson), XXX: State of the Union (2005), Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), War of the Worlds (2005), The Island (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), J.J. Abrams' Mission: Impossible III (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), and Eragon (2006).

Since October 2006 Howard is working as freelance visual effects artist and worked as visual effects supervisor on the comedy Moola (2007), Rush Hour 3 (2007), Punisher: War Zone (2008, along with Jamie Baxter, Sarah Coatts, Michael Shelton, and Robert Short), and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).

Star Trek credits[]

Awards for Star Trek[]

Howard received the following award nominations and wins for his work on Star Trek,

Emmy Awards[]

Howard received the following Emmy Award wins and nominations in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects/Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series for his work on Star Trek:

International Monitor Awards[]

  • 1996 International Monitor Award win in the category Film Originated Television Series – Electronic Visual Effects for VOY Season 2, shared with Dan Curry, David Stipes, Michael Backauskas, Joe Bauer, Edward L. Williams, Scott Rader, and Don Greenberg

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