Michael Okuda
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Michael Okuda is a scenic and graphic artist who worked on all live-action Star Trek series. He also served as a technical consultant to the script writers on the shows, along with Rich Sternbach, and has contributed to several Star Trek publications.
Okuda has worked on, every Star Trek series since Star Trek: The Next Generation and completed the collection in 2006 when he and his wife, Denise Okuda, became produces on the Star Trek remastering project, working on new CGI visual effects for Star Trek: The Original Series. Okuda's credits also extend to the Star Trek movies, working on every film from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home until Star Trek Nemesis and contributing to the video game Star Trek: Borg
In 2001, Okuda designed the new title logo for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch novels.
Between his Star Trek and NASA creations, Michael Okuda has made quite a name for himself as a graphic designer. Okuda recently helped NASA develop the logos for the Constellation Program. For his help with this project, Okuda received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal on July 9, 2009. “The projects I’ve done have always promoted the value that exploration is good and that it can lead to things we can’t even imagine today,” Okuda said.
[edit] Bibliography
- Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (with Rich Sternbach)
- Star Trek Encyclopedia (with Denise Okuda)
- Star Trek Chronology (with Denise Okuda)
- Ships of the Line 2007: "Sea Trial, Duty" (with Doug Drexler, July image)
- Ships of the Line (text and reprint of previous image)
[edit] Connections
- Michael Okuda article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Michael Okuda article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Michael Okuda page at The Internet Movie Database.
- Michael Okuda biography at StarTrek.com, the offical Star Trek website.
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