David "Dave" Quaschnick (26 October 1946 – 9 April 2018; age 71) was a makeup artist and hair stylist who worked for seventeen years on Star Trek. His work included Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager, as key make-up artist for the video game Star Trek: Borg, and as hair stylist for the video game Star Trek: Klingon.
Quashnick applied Mark Allen Shepherd's Morn makeup. [1]
For his work on Star Trek, Quashnick received the following Emmy Award win and nominations in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series/Outstanding Makeup for a Series:
- 1994 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Genesis", shared with Michael Westmore, June Westmore, Gilbert A. Mosko, Debbie Zoller, Tina Hoffman, Mike Smithson, Hank Edds, Kevin Haney, and Michael Key
- 1994 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Rules of Acquisition", shared with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Karen Westerfield, Dean Gates, Dean Jones, Tina Hoffman, Mike Smithson, Hank Edds, Michael Key, and Gilbert A. Mosko
- 1995 Emmy Award for the episode "Distant Voices", shared with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Dean Jones, Dean Gates, Karen Iverson, Scott Wheeler, Michael Key, Karen Westerfield, Gilbert A. Mosko, and Thom Surprenant
- 1996 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "The Visitor", shared with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Dean Jones, Karen Iverson, Mark Bussan, Scott Wheeler, Gilbert A. Mosko, Ellis Burman, Thomas E. Suprenant, R. Stephen Weber, Brad Look, and Kevin Haney
- 1997 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Apocalypse Rising", shared with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Karen Iverson, Ellis Burman, R. Stephen Weber, Dean Jones, Mark Bussan, Brad Look, Belinda Bryant, James MacKinnon, Allan A. Apone, Perri Sorel, Mary Kay Morse, John Maldonado, Lisa Collins, and Karen Westerfield
- 1998 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Who Mourns for Morn?", shared with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Dean Jones, Karen Iverson, Mark Bussan, Ellis Burman, Karen Westerfield, Mary Kay Morse, Belinda Bryant, Joe Podnar, Suzanne Diaz, Jill Rockow, and Bernd Rantscheff
- 1999 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "The Dogs of War", shared with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Dean Jones, Mark Bussan, Mary Kay Morse, Ellis Burman, Belinda Bryant, Karen Iverson, Karen Westerfield, Brad Look, Earl Ellis, Joe Podnar, R. Stephen Weber, Jeff Lewis, Toby Lamm, Sandra Rowden, Michael F. Blake, June Westmore, Judith Silverman, Craig Smith, Kevin Haney, Suzanne Diaz, Scott Wheeler, James Rohland, Tina Hoffman, and Natalie Wood
- 2000 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Ashes to Ashes", shared with Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Tina Hoffman, James Rohland, Suzanne Diaz, Natalie Wood, Ellis Burman, Belinda Bryant, and Jeff Lewis
- 2001 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "The Void", shared with Michael Westmore, Tina Hoffman, Scott Wheeler, James Rohland, Suzanne Diaz, Natalie Wood, Ellis Burman, Jeff Lewis, Brad Look, Belinda Bryant, Joe Podnar, Karen Westerfield, and Earl Ellis
In 1983 he was among the special effects team for One Dark Night, with Kevin Peter Hall. He has then worked as make-up artist on Just One of the Guys (1985, together with Yolanda Toussieng), Warning Sign (1985), Class of 1999 (1990, starring Malcolm McDowell and with make-up artists Rick Stratton, Rob Burman, and Barney Burman), Arachnophobia (1990), Bonanza: Under Attack (1995, starring Leonard Nimoy and with hair stylist Jo Ann Phillips), and Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995).
He later did makeup for the ER episodes "Tell ME Where It Hurts" (2002, with Tzi Ma, Michelle C. Bonilla, and Kay E. Kuter) and "Believe the Unseen" (2008, with Scott Grimes, Charles Esten, Michael Buchman Silver, and Michelle C. Bonilla), and the documentary Creature People (2007) which is looking behind the cameras and shows the make-up process for J.G. Hertzlers character Martok in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Other interviewees on this documentary include Robert Picardo and the Star Trek artists Michael Westmore, Rick Stratton, Greg Cannom, Craig Reardon, Kevin Haney, and Rob Burman.
Quasnick died peacefully at home in Grants Pass, Oregon. [2](X)
Star Trek credits[]
- TNG:
- DS9:
- "Rules of Acquisition" (Season 2, uncredited)
- "Distant Voices" (Season 3, uncredited)
- "The Visitor" (Season 4, uncredited)
- "Apocalypse Rising" (Season 5, uncredited)
- "Who Mourns for Morn?" (Season 6, uncredited)
- "The Dogs of War" (Season 7, uncredited)
- VOY:
- "Ashes to Ashes" (Season 6, uncredited)
- "The Void" (Season 7, uncredited)