Scott Rader

Scottie "Scott" Thornton Rader II is a visual effects artist who worked as effects compositor on (while employed at Digital Magic), , and . In he worked for POP Film as digital visual effects supervisor on .
During his time on Star Trek his work for the franchise earned him one Emmy Award nomination and two Emmy Awards wins for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects.
==Career outside Star Trek==
Born as Scottie Thornton Rader II to Finnish parents he spent his childhood in Stockholm, Sweden. Several years later he moved to Los Angeles and started his career in the special and visual effects department. In 2004 he won a Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video for his work on 's video "Pass That Dutch", shared with 3D animation artist Aladino V. Debert.
Beside his work on Star Trek, Rader was an effects compositor on (1993, along with Don Greenberg, Adam Howard, Simon Holden, Laurie Resnick, Brannon Wright, and Joe White), worked for POP Films as digital compositor on (1996), as key compositor for Digital Domain on (1997), and as digital artist on (1997) and (2003, along with Thomas Mahoney and Edward L. Williams).
Between 2003 and 2006 he worked as digital effects artist and visual effects supervisor for the company Radium on (2003, along with David Sosalla, Brian Fisher, Don Greenberg, and Brad Kalinoski), (2005), (2005), (2006, with David Sosalla, Antonio Torres, Jeremy Lang, Brian Hanable, Scott Dougherty, and Jamie Baxter), and (2006).
More recently he worked as digital effects supervisor on (2006), as compositing supervisor on (2008, with Aladino V. Debert), and (2008).
==Awards for Star Trek==
Rader received the following award nominations and wins for his work on Star Trek,
=== Emmy Awards ===
For his work on Star Trek Scott Rader has received the following Emmy Awards and nomination as Visual Effects Compositor in the category Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects:
* Emmy Award for the episode , shared with Dan Curry, David Stipes, Michael Backauskas, Adam Howard, and Erik Nash
* Emmy Award for the episode , shared with Dan Curry, David Stipes, Michael Backauskas, Joe Bauer, Edward L. Williams, Don Greenberg, Adam Howard, Don Lee, Robert Stromberg, John F.K. Parenteau, Joshua D. Rose, and Joshua Cushner
* Emmy Award nomination for the episode , shared with Joshua Cushner, Judy Elkins, Steve Fong, Dennis Hoerter, Adam Howard, Gary Hutzel, Don Lee, Fredric Meininger, Glenn Neufeld, Jim Rider, and Joshua D. Rose
=== International Monitor Awards ===
* International Monitor Award win in the category Film Originated Television Series – Electronic Visual Effects for VOY Season 2, shared with Dan Curry, David Stipes, Adam Howard, Joe Bauer, Edward L. Williams, Michael Backauskas, and Don Greenberg
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