Richard Cronn (born 4 October 1943; age 81) worked as Chief Lighting Technician on the first and second seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Cronn started his career as gaffer on projects such as the television drama The Yanks Are Coming (1974), The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), The Mysterious Monsters (1976, produced by James L. Conway), Fantasy Island (1980, starring Ricardo Montalban), the television drama Homeward Bound (1980), and Something About Amelia (1984, with first assistant camera operator Lowell Peterson).
Following his work on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Cronn worked as chief lighting technician on several episodes of Models Inc. (1994-1995, with Robert Beltran) and as second unit chief lighting technician on Twister (1996), Inspector Gadget (1999), and Hollywood Homicide (2003). He also worked as cinematographer on the drama Sally (2000) and on the short film Hope (2002), as gaffer on Once and Again (2001, with Billy Campbell and Susanna Thompson), as lamp operator on Big Love (2007), as assistant chief lighting technician on Body of Lies (2008), and as electrician on the television musical Big Time Christmas (2010).