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David E. Duncan is a production illustrator and storyboard artist who worked as production illustrator on several Star Trek: Enterprise first season episodes.

Duncan started his career in the '90s and worked as second assistant camera operator on Flashback (1990, with assistant camera operator Wayne Baker and camera operator Philippe Carr-Forster), as matte artist and production design consultant on Knight Rider 2000 (1991, with William Daniels and Don Greenberg), and as second unit director and storyboard artist on the thriller Almost Blue (1992). In 1993 he served as art department coordinator for the historical television drama The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark, followed by an occupation as visual effects artist on the television documentary Mysteries of the Ancient World in 1994.

Between 1995 and 2000, Duncan worked on three television series; as illustrator on Space: Above and Beyond (1995-1996, starring Lanei Chapman and Tucker Smallwood and with art department staff Scott Herbertson, Geoffrey Mandel, and Joseph A. Hodges), as storyboard artist on The X-Files (1995-2000), and as visual effects supervisor on Dark Skies (1996-1997). During this time he also worked as storyboard artist on George of the Jungle (1997), as conceptual illustrator on Jack Frost (1998), and as director on The Privateers (2000, with Karl Urban, David Jean Thomas, Jack Donner, Ray Proscia, Walter Koenig, Benjamin W.S. Lum , Karen Sheperd, associate producer Jasmine Lliteras, and special effects artists Gabriel Koerner and Lee Stringer).

The following years he worked as illustrator on The Princess Diaries and Rock Star (both 2001) and as storyboard artist on 15 Minutes (2001, with Kelsey Grammer and Avery Brooks), The One (2001), Dark Blue (2002), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), S.W.A.T. (2003), Fat Albert (2004), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), Flyboys (2006), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), Iron Man (2008) and The Incredible Hulk (2008). He also worked as visual effects artist on the short drama The Grand Design (2007, with Steven Klein).

He also worked as additional photographer on Exposure (2009), as concept illustrator on G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009, with Rachel Nichols), and as storyboard artist on G-Force (2009) and Iron Man 2 (2010).

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