Phil Rawlins Phil Rawlins was an assistant director on during its second season . He later served as Unit Production Manager on between - . Rawlins was born in Glendale , California . He attended Pierce College in Pierce County , Washington , started a rodeo team while in college , and participated in rodeo circuits throughout most of his life . Rawlins married his wife , Fran , in 1982 . They had two children together : Clay Rawlins , a film editor , and Lex Rawlins , a cameraman who also worked on " Star Trek : The Motion Picture " . Phil Rawlins died in Newhall , California on his 79th birthday . Rawlins began his career in show business as a stuntman , which including doubling for on the western television series " Rawhide " . After ten years as a stuntman , he served as a second assistant director on the family drama series " Fury " . He then became a first assistant director at Warner Bros . , during which time he worked on such television shows as " Maverick " and " 77 Sunset Strip " as well as such films as " Spencer ' s Mountain " ( which featured Whit Bissell ) and " Two on a Guillotine " ( with Parley Baer and John Hoyt ) . In 1964 , Rawlins served as an assistant director on the science fiction series " The Outer Limits " for MGM . He then returned to Warner Bros . , serving as an assistant director on the television sitcom " F - Troop " during the 1965 - 1966 television season . Rawlins also directed episodes of " F - Troop " for its second and final season ( including one episode with James Gregory ) , and was the show ' s associate producer during that season , as well . After " F - Troop " ended , Rawlins left Warner Bros . to work as an assistant director on " Star Trek " . He then became a director and assistant director on the NBC cop drama " Adam - 12 " . He directed several " Star Trek " alumni on this show , including William Boyett , Paul Carr , Richard Hale , and James B . Sikking . He also directed several episodes of " The High Chaparral " , which starred Henry Darrow . The other actors he has directed on " The High Chaparral " include Roy Jenson , Gregory Sierra , and Paul Sorenson . Rawlins moved on to film production in the early 1970s . In addition to " Star Trek : The Motion Picture " , he was Unit Production Manager on such 1970s films as " Slither " ( starring Sally Kellerman ) , " Mr . Ricco " ( starring Eugene Roche and Thalmus Rasulala ) , " The Big Bus " ( which featured Rene Auberjonois and Sally Kellerman ) , and Michael Crichton ' s " Coma " ( featuring Lance LeGault ) . He was also the Associate Producer and Second Unit Director on John Milius ' film " The Wind and the Lion " ( starring Brian Keith ) and an assistant director on " Exorcist II : The Heretic " ( starring Louise Fletcher ) . Rawlins continued working as a Unit Production Manager for films throughout the 1980s . He was both an UPM and Associate Producer on the 1980 comedy " First Family " , which featured a cast that included Roger Aaron Brown , Miriam Flynn , Bruce French , John Hancock , and Warren Munson . His subsequent credits as UPM include " Kiss Me Goodbye " ( starring Paul Dooley ) , " Club Paradise " ( featuring Antoinette Bower , Joanna Cassidy , Andrea Martin , and Bruce McGill ) , and " Hot to Trot " ( starring Virginia Madsen and Jim Metzler ) . His most notable credits during this time , however , were 1984 ' s " Gremlins " and 1990 ' s " Gremlins 2 : The New Batch " . Both of these films featured Zach Galligan , Keye Luke , and Dick Miller , while the latter co - starred John Glover and Robert Picardo . " Gremlins 2 " was Rawlins ' last film before he retired from the business .