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Paul Hill (born 2 February 1958; age 66) is a visual effects editor and digital compositor from Niles, Ohio, who worked in the employ of Digital Magic on episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. His visual effects work for Star Trek, netted Hill three Emmy Awards with nine additional nominations.
Career
Beside his work on Star Trek, Hill also worked as compositor on the television series Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Alias, Children of Dune (2003), Out of Order (2003), Two and a Half Men, Summerland (2004), and Lost. Film work includes the action comedy Money Talks (1997), the fantasy sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), the science fiction sequel Species II (1998), the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2000), the mystery thriller The Ring Two (2005), the television movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), the horror sequel Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), and the drama Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005).
More recent work as visual effects and digital compositor includes the television series Men in Trees (2006-2007), Pushing Daisies (2008-2009), 24 (2009), Dexter (2010), $#*! My Dad Says (2010-2011, starring William Shatner), Hellcats (2010-2011), Entourage (2010-2011), True Blood (2009-2012), The Good Wife (2012), 2 Broke Girls (2012), Mike & Molly (2010-2013), See Dad Run (2012-2013), and Banshee (2013).
Emmy Awards
Hill received the following Emmy Award wins and nominations in the category Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series for his work on Star Trek:
- 1998 Nomination for the episode "Year of Hell", shared with Mitch Suskin, Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz, John Teska, Arthur J. Codron, Gregory Rainoff, Koji Kuramura, and Eric Chauvin
- 1999 Nomination for the episode "Thirty Days", shared with Ronald B. Moore, Dan Curry, Elizabeth Castro, Gregory Rainoff, and Bruce Branit
- 1999 Nomination for the episode "What You Leave Behind", shared with Dan Curry, Gary Hutzel, David Stipes, Adam Buckner, Arthur J. Codron, Judy Elkins, Gary Monak, Paul Maples, Steve Fong, Don Greenberg, Davy Nethercutt, Kevin Bouchez, Gregory Rainoff, Adam Howard, Larry Younger, Sherry Hitch, Rob Bonchune, and David Lombardi
- 1999 Win for the episode "Dark Frontier", shared with Dan Curry, Ronald B. Moore, Mitch Suskin, Elizabeth Castro, Arthur J. Codron, Don Greenberg, Gregory Rainoff, Rob Bochune, Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz, and John Teska
- 2000 Nomination for the episode "The Haunting of Deck Twelve", shared with Dan Curry, Ronald B. Moore, Elizabeth Castro, Gregory Rainoff, John F. Gross, Bruce Branit, Fred Pienkos, and Jeremy Hunt
- 2000 Nomination for the episode "Life Line", shared with Dan Curry, Ronald B. Moore, Elizabeth Castro, Bruce Branit, John F. Gross, Fred Pienkos, Jeremy Hunt, and Les Bernstien
- 2001 Nomination for the episode "Workforce", shared with Dan Curry, Ronald B. Moore, Chad Zimmerman, Gregory Rainoff, David R. Morton, David Lombardi, John Teska, and Brandon MacDougall
- 2002 Win for the episode "Broken Bow", shared with Dan Curry, Ronald B. Moore, Arthur J. Codron, Elizabeth Castro, Steve Fong, Gregory Rainoff, Rob Bonchune, and David R. Morton
- 2002 Nomination for the episode "Breaking the Ice", shared with David Stipes, Adam Buckner, Gregory Rainoff, Adam Howard, John F. Gross, Steven Joseph Rogers, Fred Pienkos, and Eddie Robison
- 2003 Nomination for the episode "The Crossing", shared with Dan Curry, Ronald B. Moore, Armen V. Kevorkian, David R. Morton, John Teska, Sean M. Scott, and Pierre Drolet
- 2003 Nomination for the episode "The Expanse", shared with Dan Curry, Ronald B. Moore, Elizabeth Castro, Fred Pienkos, Gregory Rainoff, Sean M. Scott, Eric Hance, and Bruce Branit
- 2004 Win for the episode "Countdown", shared with Dan Curry, Ronald B. Moore, Elizabeth Castro, Gregory Rainoff, Fred Pienkos, Sean M. Scott, David R. Morton, and Chris Zapara
External link
- Paul Hill at the Internet Movie Database