Rich Thorne

Richard "Rich" Thorne is a production executive and visual effects supervisor who worked as creative director of the visual effects company Digital Magic during its work on , , , and . His name appeared on an okudagram in the TNG fifth season episode . As Chief Operating Officer, Thorne was part of the original The Post Group team in the early stages of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Thorne worked as production executive and visual effect supervisor on projects such as (1985-1986), (1995), (1996), (1997), (1998), (1999), (1999), (1999), (1999), (2000, starring Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romijn), (2001), (2001), (2003), (2003), (2004), (2004), (2004), (2005), (2005), and (2011).
Beside his work as second unit director on Anna and the King (1999), (2001), (2003), (2003), and (2009), Thorne also worked as director on several episodes of (1997-1999), (2006), and the documentary Remember His Name (2010).
In 2002 Thorne directed the drama Mother Ghost for which he received several awards at the Ojai Film Festival, the Marco Island Film Festival, the Long Beach International Film Festival, and the Great Lakes Film Festival. More recently he worked as executive producer on the short comedy Virtually Yours (2011) and as writer and producer on the movie Adventure Christmas (2011).
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