Gayne Rescher Jay Gayne Rescher was a Hollywood cinematographer who served as Director of Photography on . Although he started his career working on motion pictures in the 1950s , he began working primarily in television in the 1970s ; in fact , " Star Trek II " was one of only three feature films Rescher worked on after 1973 ( the others being 1976 ' s " Norman . . . Is That You ? " and 1978 ' s " Olly , Olly , Oxen Free " ) . After making the transition to television , Rescher received a total of three Emmy Awards and five Emmy nominations for his work in that medium . Career . 1950s – 1970s . Rescher ' s first motion picture was ' s acclaimed 1957 drama " A Face in the Crowd " . His subsequent film credits included 1960 ' s " Murder , Inc . " ( with Seymour Cassel ) , 1968 ' s " Rachel , Rachel " , 1969 ' s " John and Mary " , 1971 ' s " A New Leaf " ( with Graham Jarvis ) , and 1974 ' s " Claudine " . He worked on his first made - for - TV movie , " The Third Girl from the Left " , in 1973 , after which he rarely worked on features again . Among his TV movie credits during the 1970s were three directed by Lou Antonio : 1977 ' s " Something for Joey " ( featuring Stephen Parr ) , 1977 ' s " The Girl in the Empty Grave " , and 1979 ' s " Breaking Up Is Hard to Do " ( featuring David Ogden Stiers , Walker Edmiston , Robert Ellenstein , and music by Gerald Fried ) . " Empty Grave " was one of two 1977 TV mysteries Rescher worked on which co - starred veteran " Star Trek " actor James Cromwell , the second of which was " Deadly Game " . " Empty Grave " also featured Jonathan Banks , Don Keefer , and Byron Morrow , while " Deadly Game " co - starred Morgan Woodward . Rescher ' s other TV movie credits during the 1970s included 1975 ' s " Sarah T . - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic " , 1978 ' s " A Christmas to Remember " ( which featured casting by Mary Jo Slater ) , and 1978 ' s " Dummy " . The latter production starred regular LeVar Burton and TNG guest actor Paul Sorvino . 1980s – 1990s . Rescher worked on the " Maviola " series of TV movies , all of which debuted in May 1980 and all of which were directed by John Erman : " This Year ' s Blonde " ( featuring Michael Strong and Vic Tayback ) , " The Scarlett O ' Hara War " ( with Warren Munson , Clive Revill , Patricia Smith and Don Keefer ) , and " The Silent Lovers " ( starring Brian Keith , featuring John Rubinstein , Terrence E . McNally and music by Gerald Fried ) . For his work on the latter , Rescher received his first Emmy Award nomination , and his first win , for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special . His second and third Emmy nominations came for his work on the 1981 TV movies " Bitter Harvest " ( featuring Dwight Schultz ) and " The Princess and the Cabbie " ( featuring Ellen Geer ) ; he earned a fourth nomination for the 1983 Mike Hammer thriller " Murder Me , Murder You " ( featuring Michelle Phillips ) . After working on " Star Trek II " , Rescher was recruited by that film ' s director , Nicholas Meyer , to serve as the cinematographer for the controversial 1983 nuclear holocaust movie , " The Day After " ( which featured " Wrath of Khan " actress Bibi Besch and makeups by Michael Westmore ) . Rescher ' s work on this project garnered him a fifth Emmy nomination , while a sixth Emmy nomination came for his work on 1986 ' s " Promise " ( featuring Eric Stillwell ) . Rescher won his next two nominations , the first for 1988 ' s " Shooter " ( starring Jeffrey Nordling and featuring Rosalind Chao , Alan Ruck , Noble Willingham and Kavi Raz ) and the second for part one of the 1990 mini - series " Lucky / Chances " ( featuring Robert Duncan McNeill , Phil Morris , Jimmie F . Skaggs , Alan Rosenberg , Stephanie Beacham , Robert Sampson and John Winston ) . In addition to his Emmy Awards , Rescher received four award nominations from the American Society of Cinematographers for his work on " Promise " , " Shooter " , 1989 ' s " Single Women Married Man " ( starring Jeanetta Arnette ) , and " Lucky / Chances " . He won the awards for the latter two . Personal life . He was the son of silent film star and cinematographer . Rescher attended the American Theatre School in New York , but soon switched from acting to cinematography . Rescher died in Gig Harbor , Washington , at the age of 83 .