Dennis Bradford is one of the many art directors who worked on Star Trek, directed and produced by J.J. Abrams. He previously worked with Abrams (and many other members of the Star Trek production team) on Mission: Impossible III (2006).
His earliest film projects were No Mercy (1986, featuring Bruce McGill) as a draftsman and From the Hip (1987, featuring Ray Walston) as an art director. He then worked as an assistant art director on such films as Young Guns (1988, featuring Terry O'Quinn and Brian Keith), Do the Right Thing (1989, featuring John Savage), The Last of the Mohicans (1992, featuring Colm Meaney) and Sommersby (1993, starring William Windom).
Bradford was the second unit art director on Ghost (1990, starring Whoopi Goldberg). As a senior art director, Bradford's credits include Billy Bathgate (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), Six Degrees of Separation (1993, featuring Bruce Davison and Anthony Rapp), Money Train (1995), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Deep Impact (1998, featuring James Cromwell, Denise Crosby, Tucker Smallwood, Kurtwood Smith, and Concetta Tomei), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999, starring Pierce Brosnan, featuring Fritz Weaver, Simon Jones and James Saito), Shaft (2000, starring Vanessa Williams and Sonja Sohn) and Hide and Seek (2005, starring Famke Janssen).
Bradford has worked on several movies starring cast members from 2009's Star Trek. He was an assistant art director on Guess Who (2005, starring Zoe Saldana). He then became an art director on Just My Luck (2006, starring Chris Pine). Bradford later headed art direction on CBS' Comanche Moon (2008, starring Karl Urban).
In addition to being an art director, Bradford has headed art departments as Production Designer on Rollerball (2002, starring Rebecca Romijn, with Lucia Rijker) and Basic (2003). He also provided set design work for Bolden!