(written from a Production point of view)
Alan Kaminsky worked in the transportation department of Star Trek: The Next Generation as driver of the generator operator. He received no credit for his work.
With a career of over thirty years in the transportation department, Kaminsky has worked on over 120 films and television series. Among them are CHiPs (1980), Cheers (1983), Knight Rider (1982-1983), Sliders (1995), Freaks and Geeks (1999), Line of Fire (2003-2004), CSI: NY (2005), J.J. Abrams' and Damon Lindelof's Lost (2004-2005), Journeyman (2007), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008, with Thomas Dekker), ER (2009), Brothers & Sisters (2007-2009), Californication (2009), Medium (2009), Monk (2009), and Law & Order: LA (2010).
Films he worked on include Can't Stop the Music (1980), Psycho III (1986), Sister Act (1992, starring Whoopi Goldberg), Candyman (1992, with Tony Todd and Virginia Madsen), Kalifornia (1993, with Michelle Forbes), Seven (1995), Wild Wild West (1999), American Beauty (1999), Charlie's Angels (2000), The Fast and the Furious (2001), Déjà Vu (2006), Rush Hour 3 (2007), Crank: High Voltage (2009), The Book of Eli (2010), Thor (2011, starring Chris Hemsworth), X-Men: First Class (2011), Cowboys & Aliens (2011, written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman), and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012).
Star Trek episodes[]
- TNG:
- Season 1 (26 episodes)
- "The Child" (Season 2)
- "Where Silence Has Lease"
- "Elementary, Dear Data"