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| − | Apart from handling and taking care of the studio models, Hoerter also occasionally lent a hand in constructing props and specialty models such as the [[Studio model#Breakaway model|breakaway model]] of the original [[Borg cube model|Borg cube]]. ([[TNG Season 4 DVD]] |
+ | Apart from handling and taking care of the studio models, Hoerter also occasionally lent a hand in constructing props and specialty models such as the [[Studio model#Breakaway model|breakaway model]] of the original [[Borg cube model|Borg cube]]. ([[TNG Season 4 DVD]] special feature "New Life and New Civilizations - The Best of Both Worlds") Hoerter was interviewed on {{d|7|March|2002}} for the [[TNG Season 5 DVD]] special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Five" ("[[Image G]]", "Shooting Elements"). |
Hoerter was part of the team which won an [[Emmy Award]] in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects in {{y|1992}} for "Conundrum", shared with [[Robert Legato]], [[David Takemura]], [[Gary Hutzel]], [[Patrick Clancey]], [[Adrian Hurley]], [[Adam Howard]], and [[Don Lee]] and the team which received an Emmy Award nomination in the same category in {{y|1996}} for the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode {{e|The Way of the Warrior}}, shared with [[Joshua Cushner]], [[Judy Elkins]], [[Steve Fong]], Adam Howard, Gary Hutzel, Don Lee, [[Fredric Meininger]], [[Glenn Neufeld]], [[Scott Rader]], [[Jim Rider]], and [[Joshua D. Rose]]. |
Hoerter was part of the team which won an [[Emmy Award]] in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects in {{y|1992}} for "Conundrum", shared with [[Robert Legato]], [[David Takemura]], [[Gary Hutzel]], [[Patrick Clancey]], [[Adrian Hurley]], [[Adam Howard]], and [[Don Lee]] and the team which received an Emmy Award nomination in the same category in {{y|1996}} for the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode {{e|The Way of the Warrior}}, shared with [[Joshua Cushner]], [[Judy Elkins]], [[Steve Fong]], Adam Howard, Gary Hutzel, Don Lee, [[Fredric Meininger]], [[Glenn Neufeld]], [[Scott Rader]], [[Jim Rider]], and [[Joshua D. Rose]]. |
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Image G's Dennis Hoerter looking after the studio models in their care
Dennis Hoerter was an employee of Image G, during the period that company was involved with the Star Trek television productions. Before joining Image G, shortly after that company was founded in 1985, Hoerter worked in the motion picture business as a carpenter and set constructor on productions like To Live and Die in L.A. (1985).
Image G, a company specialized in motion control photography, hired Hoerter as property master and as such Hoerter was responsible for all aspects of handling the physical studio models for use in filming and looking after the models when they were not in use. His responsibilities apparently also entailed chasing off burglars as his boss Tom Barron remembered, "We had an unsecure location in Hollywood that could be robbed. A guy walked in once, grabbed a TV, and walked up the alley with it. Dennis chased him, and he got on a bus, and the bus driver defended him; he didn't want a squabble, so he let the guy just take the TV on the bus!". Hoerter was already in the employment of Image G, when that company was contracted in 1987 to handle the motion control photography for the televised Star Trek franchise and has remained in their employment for as long as the company has been used for Trek. (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 1, p. 63) Though he has been credited on IMDb as "motion control technician" for one episode only, "Conundrum", he has fulfilled that function for the entirety of:
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (for which he is also credited as prop maker)
- Star Trek: Voyager (until season four, when motion control photography was abandoned in favor of CGI)
Apart from handling and taking care of the studio models, Hoerter also occasionally lent a hand in constructing props and specialty models such as the breakaway model of the original Borg cube. (TNG Season 4 DVD special feature "New Life and New Civilizations - The Best of Both Worlds") Hoerter was interviewed on 7 March 2002 for the TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Five" ("Image G", "Shooting Elements").
Hoerter was part of the team which won an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects in 1992 for "Conundrum", shared with Robert Legato, David Takemura, Gary Hutzel, Patrick Clancey, Adrian Hurley, Adam Howard, and Don Lee and the team which received an Emmy Award nomination in the same category in 1996 for the Deep Space Nine episode "The Way of the Warrior", shared with Joshua Cushner, Judy Elkins, Steve Fong, Adam Howard, Gary Hutzel, Don Lee, Fredric Meininger, Glenn Neufeld, Scott Rader, Jim Rider, and Joshua D. Rose.
Between 2001 and 2006, Hoerter worked in the same capacity for other effects companies including Digital Domain, for whom he worked as a Miniature Rigger on the production of Star Trek Nemesis.
By 2007, Hoerter was back in the employment of Image G.
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