Philip Barberio

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Philip Barberio
Birth name:	Philip Charles Barberio
Date of birth:	14 July 1945
Place of birth:	Burbank, California, USA
Date of death:	8 May 2006
Place of death:	Duarte, California, USA
Roles:	Visual effects cameraman, Visual effects coordinator
In-joke(s):	Phil Barberio (Starfleet)

Philip Barberio (14 July 1945 – 8 May 2006; age 60) was a visual effects artist who served, employed at Future General Corporation, as a camera operator on the special photographic effects for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He later served as a visual effects coordinator for the television Star Trek franchise on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. Visual Effects Producer Dan Curry elaborated at the time, "Other long time veterans joining STAR TREK this year include Phil Barberio, who will be working as coordinator with Ron Moore." (Cinefantastique, Vol 23,#5, p. 62) As stated by Curry, Barberio started to work for the franchise in 1993, beginning with The Next Generation's sixth season. His name was twice referenced in-universe as a character in an okudagram from "Inheritance" and on the dedication plaque for Star Trek: Voyager.

Career outside Star Trek

His work on The Motion Picture was Barberio's first recorded Hollywood project. He went on to serve in the effects department for various science fiction movies, including Blade Runner (1982), Return of the Jedi (1983), Ghostbusters (1984), The Blob (1988), and The Abyss (1989). He also worked on opticals for Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992, starring Zach Galligan and Marina Sirtis) and served as visual effects coordinator on the pilot television movie for The Flash (1992). More recently, he was visual effects supervisor on the television series The Sentinel from 1996 through 1999.

Barberio died of multiple myeloma in May 2006 in Duarte, California at the age of 60.

Star Trek credits

• Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Photographic Effects Cameraman
• TNG:
  • "Time's Arrow, Part II" – Visual Effects Coordinator (Season 6)
  • "Man Of The People" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Schisms" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Rascals" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "The Quality of Life" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Chain Of Command, Part II" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Aquiel" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Tapestry" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Birthright, Part II" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Lessons" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Frame of Mind" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Rightful Heir" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Timescape" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Descent, Part II" – Visual Effects Coordinator (Season 7)
  • "Liaisons" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Interface" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Gambit, Part I" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Gambit, Part II" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Phantasms" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Dark Page" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Attached" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Force of Nature" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Inheritance" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "Parallels" – Visual Effects Coordinator
  • "The Pegasus" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Homeward" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Sub Rosa" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Lower Decks" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Thine Own Self" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Masks" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Eye of the Beholder" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Genesis" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Journey's End" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Firstborn" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Bloodlines" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "Emergence" – Visual Effects Supervisor
  • "Preemptive Strike" – Visual Effects Series Coordinator
  • "All Good Things..." – Visual Effects Series Coordinator

External link

• Philip Barberio at the Internet Movie Database