(written from a Production point of view)
Stephen Lebed is a visual effects artist who worked on several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager.
Lebed worked as model maker on the horror sequel Critters 2 (1988), the sequel The Karate Kid, Part III (1989, with Chris Dawson), the horror film Tremors (1990, with Robert Stromberg and John Teska), and the comic adaptation Darkman (1990, with Craig Barron, Krystyna Demkowicz, Jammie Friday, Mark Gutterud, Rick Hannigan, Michael Lawler, Bob Smithson, Michael Pangrazio, and Rick Rische). He then worked as motion control operator on The Flash pilot episode (1990, with Michael Okuda, Philip Barberio, Peter W. Moyer, and David Stipes), the science fiction television movie Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994, with Don Greenberg, Adam Howard, Bill Millar, and Jeff Zaman), and the science fiction blockbuster Independence Day (1996).
Lebed's credits as visual effects supervisor include the science ficition film The Sender (1998), the television series Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997-1998, starring Thomas Dekker and Barbara Alyn Woods), Charmed (1998-2006), Veronica Mars (2007), Without a Trace (2007-2008, with Enrique Murciano), and The Middleman (2008), the horror film Red Sands (2009), the thriller The Devil's Tomb (2009), the comedy The Chosen One (2010), the television remake 90210 (2008-2010), the television fantasy drama Avalon High (2010), and the fantasy musical Once Upon a Christmas Dream (2011).
Star Trek credits
- TNG:
- "Conspiracy" – Model Maker (uncredited, Season 1)
- "A Matter Of Honor" – Model Maker (uncredited, Season 2)
- "Liaisons" – Model Maker (uncredited, Season 7)
- DS9:
- "The Way of the Warrior" – Motion Control Operator (uncredited, Season 4)
- "Little Green Men" – Motion Control Operator (uncredited)
- VOY: "Caretaker" – Motion Control Operator (uncredited, Season 1)