{{Short description|American visual effects producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Ronald B. Moore | image = <!-- just the name, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | alma_mater = [[Brooks Institute|Brooks Institute of Photography]] | occupation = [[Special effects supervisor]] | years_active = 1978–present | employer = | organization = | known_for = ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', [[Star Trek: Voyager|''Voyager'']] and [[Star Trek: Enterprise|''Enterprise'']] | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = 5 [[Emmy Awards]] | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = }} '''Ronald B. Moore''' is an American visual effects producer and five-time [[Emmy]] award winner. Moore was the visual effects supervisor on ''[[Star Trek]]'' spin-off series ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. He was involved with such films as ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' and ''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman]]''.
He is not to be confused with [[Ronald D. Moore]], one of his co-workers who served as a scriptwriter on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.
==Early life and military career== While he attended junior and high school, Moore acted as the school's photographer. After school, he joined the [[United States Navy]] as a photographer. When he left the service, he attended the [[Brooks Institute|Brooks Institute of Photography]] and earned a [[Bachelor's degree]] in photographic arts with a major in motion picture production.<ref name="startrekbio"/>
==Special effects career== Moore began working in the film industry in 1978, and for a period worked at [[Boss Film Studios]] under [[Richard Edlund]]. While there, he worked on films such as ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' and ''[[2010 (film)|2010]]'' as well as a variety of television series. He joined the team on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' working on the pilot episode, "[[Encounter at Farpoint]]".<ref name="startrekbio"/> [[Industrial Light & Magic]] had produced a series of shots of the new ''[[Starship Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', with the intention that these would be used throughout the series. Moore was familiar with ILM's techniques and when he interviewed for the position he was shown the raw non-composited footage. He later said because he understood the "mess", he was hired to fix it and this resulted in 18 years of continuous employment on the franchise.<ref name="interviewpart1">{{cite web|title=INTERVIEW: Emmy Winning VFX Artist Ronald B. Moore, Pt. 1|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/interview-emmy-winning-vfx-artist-ronald-b-moore-pt-1|publisher=StarTrek.com|accessdate=June 26, 2016|date=September 30, 2014}}</ref>
His initial role was to organise the main titles, and then afterwards he became the visual effects coordinator. He was then promoted to visual effects supervisor, and to complete the work he split the special effects section into two teams who would work on alternating episodes. Moore also worked on two video games in the franchise, ''[[Star Trek: Klingon]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Borg]]''.<ref name="interviewpart1"/> Moore adopted the use of his middle initial to differentiate himself from writer [[Ronald D. Moore]], who also worked on the series.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=MikeOkuda||author=Michael Okuda|author-link=Michael Okuda|number=480804152876883969|date = 22 June 2014 |title=@B1LLY_M0RR15 @RonDMoore VFX supervisor Ronald B. Moore started using his middle initial in the show's credits to avoid confusion with RDM. }}</ref> However, he is still sometimes confused by fans with the other Moore and on occasion signs as him rather than point out the mistake.<ref name="interviewpart2"/>
He continued to work on the series through the seven seasons, and on the first feature film, ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' as supervisor of visual effects. He then joined the team on ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', and when that series finished, switched to ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''.<ref name="startrekbio">{{cite web|title=Moore, Ronald B.|url=http://www.startrek.com/database_article/moore-ronald-b|publisher=StarTrek.com|accessdate=June 26, 2016}}</ref> He appeared on screen as Commander Ronald Moore of the USS ''Pegasus'' in the finale of ''Enterprise'', "[[These Are the Voyages...]]".<ref name="interviewpart2"/> Outside of ''Star Trek'', he has worked on a variety of other projects including the visual effects on the music video for the [[Michael Jackson]] single ''[[Black or White]]'',<ref name="startrekbio"/> and the [[Alejandro González Iñárritu]] film ''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman]]''.<ref name="interviewpart2"/> Moore also formed OMR Productions, alongside [[Dan Curry]], a special effects colleague from his time on the ''Star Trek'' series.<ref name="startrekbio"/>
===Awards and nominations=== Moore won five [[Emmy Award]]s for his work on ''Star Trek'',<ref name="interviewpart2">{{cite web|title=INTERVIEW: Emmy Winning VFX Artist Ronald B. Moore, Pt. 2|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/interview-emmy-award-winning-vfx-artist-ronald-b-moore-pt-2|publisher=StarTrek.com|accessdate=June 26, 2016|date=October 1, 2014}}</ref> as well as 11 nominations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ronald B. Moore|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/ronald-b-moore|publisher=Emmys|accessdate=June 26, 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{IMDB name|id=0601821}}
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