Dan Curry

'''Daniel Curry''' is a [[visual effects]] [[visual effects supervisor|producer and supervisor]], as well as a [[main title designer]] in the [[film industry|film]] and [[television industry]].

Curry attended [[Middlebury College]] in [[Vermont]] and [[graduate school]] at [[Humboldt State University|California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt]] in [[California]].<ref name="bio1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=QRKIuTEddJ0C&pg=PA34 Vesage By Daniel Wade, Visual Effects Society] (2005)</ref>

He is best known for his work on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', and ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''.<ref name="bbc-curry">{{cite web |title=Interview - Dan Curry |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/curry/index.shtml |website=BBC Online - Cult - Star Trek |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030721075015/http://www0.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/curry/printpage.html |archive-date=2003-07-21 |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-04-20 }}</ref> His work on these series earned him fifteen [[Emmy Award]] nominations and seven Emmy awards wins.<ref name="startrek-curry" /> As Visual Effects supervisor, Curry frequently served as a [[second unit]] director. He directed an episode himself on only one occasion, the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "[[Birthright (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Birthright, Part II]]".<ref>{{cite web |date=13 November 2012 |last=DeCandido |first=Keith R. A. |author-link=Keith R. A. DeCandido |title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: "Birthright, Part II" |url=https://www.tor.com/2012/11/13/star-trek-the-next-generation-rewatch-birthright-part-ii/ |website=[[Tor.com]] }}</ref>

Starting on ''TNG'', Curry used his experience as a [[martial artist]] to develop a [[fighting style]] for the fictional [[alien race]] known as the [[Klingon]]s. He designed several Klingon [[hand-to-hand combat]] [[weapons]], including the [[Sword]] of [[Kahless]], the ''[[mek'leth]]'', and—most notably—the ''[[bat'leth]]''.<ref name="startrek-curry">{{cite web |title=Curry |url=https://www.startrek.com/database_article/curry |website=StarTrek.com |access-date=2021-07-29 |archive-date=2021-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729004914/https://www.startrek.com/database_article/curry |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="bbc-curry" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Star Trek Visual Effects Master Dan Curry Auctions Private Collection |url=https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1012?articleID=210668 |website=scoop.previewsworld.com}}</ref>

In addition to designing the [[title sequence]] for ''Star Trek Voyager'', Curry has designed many memorable title sequences for [[feature films]], including ''[[Top Gun]],'' ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'', and ''[[Three Amigos]].'' He has also worked as visual effects supervisor on the television series ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]''.

As of 2015, Curry sits on the [[board of directors]] for the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum.<ref>{{cite web |date=2017-03-14 |author=TrekMovie com Staff |title=Campaign Launched To Restore Star Trek Wax Figures For Part Of New Exhibition |url=https://trekmovie.com/2017/03/14/campaign-launched-to-restore-star-trek-wax-figures-for-part-of-new-exhibition/ |website=TrekMovie.com |quote=a number of Star Trek vets including Dan Curry, Doug Drexler, David Gerrold, Ronald D. Moore and Andrew Probert to sit on the board }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061017201402/http://www.dancurrygallery.com/ Dan Curry's Official Website] * [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/creative/105691.html Biography of Dan Curry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518115317/http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/creative/105691.html |date=2006-05-18 }} * [https://www.startrek.com/gallery/exclusive-first-look-at-the-artistry-of-dan-curry Art of Dan Curry] * {{IMDb name|id=0193062|name=Dan Curry}} * [http://tektrekgamer.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/dan-curry-interview/ Interview with Dan Curry (Aug 2006)]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curry, Dan}} [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners]] [[Category:American scenic designers]] [[Category:Film and television title designers]] [[Category:Middlebury College alumni]] [[Category:California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, alumni]]