Scott Schneider

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Scott M. Schneider is a model maker and digital set designer whose first professional job in the motion picture industry was as model maker in 1987 and 1988 in the employment of Gregory Jein, Inc. At the end of season 1 of , by the time the D'deridex-class studio model was under construction in for , he left the company to start working as a freelancer. As a freelance model maker he later on shortly worked again for Gregory Jein, Inc. on the K't'inga-class model, seen in The Next Generation fifth season episode in and as model maker on .
Between and , Schneider worked as vehicle and special digital set designer for Paramount Pictures on in Los Angeles. More recently, Schneider worked between and as Specialist Set Designer on the design development on . 
As Concept Set Designer, Schneider returned to the Star Trek television franchise the subsequent year, serving as such for fifteen episodes of the first season of and has returned for its second season, though he has not received an official credit for his contributions.
According to the motion picture website IMDb, Schneider was signed to reprise his role as set designer for .
== Career ==
Schneider was born in San Jose, California. In 2005 he won a Visual Effects Society Award in the category Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture for the XF11 crash in the drama The Aviator which he shared with Matthew Gratzner and Leigh-Alexandra Jacob. He received three more VES Award nominations in 2007 in the category Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program for the Dodge Fairy, shared with Matthew Gratzner, in 2008 for his work on the action sequel Live Free or Die Hard, and in 2011 for his work on the thriller Shutter Island, also shared with Matthew Gratzner.
Early in his career, Schneider worked as production assistant for the model shop on (1990, again with Greg Jein, but now hired by Boss Film Studios) and (1990). Among his many credits as model maker are (1990), (1991, with Mark Stetson), (1991, with Matthew Yuricich), (1992, with Craig Barron, Robert Spurlock, and Jim Rygiel), (1992), (1993), (1993, with Craig Barron and Krystyna Demkowicz), (1993), (1994), (1994), (1994), (1995), (1995), (1997), (1997), (1997), (1998), (1998), (2000, with John Knoll, Tony Meininger, and Pat Sweeney), (2001), (2002), (2003), (2002), (2003), (2003), (2004), and (2005).
In the more recent years, Schneider worked as digital set designer and miniature effects designer for New Deal Studios on (2006, starring Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn and Kelsey Grammer, with Shohreh Aghdashloo, Chelah Horsdal, Julian Christopher, and John Pyper-Ferguson), (2007), (2008), (2008), (2008), (2009), and (2010). He also worked as digital set designer and set designer on (2009), (2011), (2011, earning him a 2012 Excellence in Production Design Award nomination, shared with among others Scott Chambliss, James Clyne, and Chris Ross), (2012), (2012, starring Chris Hemsworth), and (2012).
Scheider was featured in the 2011 documentary Sense of Scale, in which several model makers discussed their craft, and which also featured Ron Gress, Greg Jein, Bruce MacRae, Eugene P. Rizzardi and Pat McClung. Most recent projects as Digital Set Designer include the short horror film The Mill at Calder's End (2014), (2015, set design by Tim Croshaw and Sam Page), (2015, produced and co-written by Damon Lindelof, music by Michael Giacchino, and production design by Scott Chambliss), and (2016).
== Star Trek awards ==
* ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination in the category Fantasy Film, shared with Scott Chambliss, Ramsey Avery, James Clyne, Lauren Polizzi, Kasra Farahani, Michael E. Goldman, Harry E. Otto, Andrew E.W. Murdock, Jason Baldwin Stewart, Natasha Gerasimova, Steve Christensen, Andrea Dopaso, John Eaves, Nathan Schroeder, Ryan Church, Christopher Ross, Victor Martinez, Steven Messing, Karl Strahlendorf, John Chichester, Tex Kadonaga, Kevin Cross, Andrew Reeder, Anne Porter, Jane Wuu, Richard F. Mays, Allen Coulter, Karl Martin, Lorrie Campbell, Easton Smith, Tammy Lee, Tim Croshaw, Clint Schultz, and Karen Manthey
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