You probably never heard of him, but you have seen in his work on TV and film. Gary Hutzel, a four-time Emmy
winning visual effects artist whose work includes Star Trek: The Next
Generation and Battlestar Galactica, has passed away from an apparent heart
attack this past Thursday, in Vancouver.
The 60-years-old
visual affects artist started his career in the business as the visual effects
coordinator for Star Trek: The Next Generation. During his time on the show, Hutzel
created the Borg Cube breakaway model used in the iconic two-part episode
titled The Best of Both Worlds. He followed Next Generation with a position as
visual effects supervisor on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, where he helped design
the USS Defiant, which also appeared in the 1996 film, Star Trek: First
Contact.
After his tenure on
Star Trek related projects, Hutzel moved to other projects including the sci-fi
action thriller Red Planet starring Val Kilmer and Carrie-Anne Moss, Robert
Rodriguez' Spy Kids, and the sci-fi drama show Defiance. Hutzel also worked on
Ronald D. Moore's reboot of Battlestar Galactica and its prequel series,
Caprica.
At the time of his
death, Hutzel was working on Freeform's supernatural drama, Beyond.
The visual effects
artist is survived by his wife Cathy, his daughter Frances, and two sons
William and Andrew.
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