Edward L. Williams

Edward "Eddie" L. Williams worked in the visual effects department of three of the Star Trek spin-off series. He began in 1993 as a Visual Effects Associate at the start of s sixth season. (Cinefantastique, Vol 23,#5, p. 62) By the end of the seventh season, he was alternating between Visual Effects Associate and Visual Effects Coordinator. He was also an uncredited visual effects coordinator on the first season episode . For the first season episode , Williams shared an Emmy Award in in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement – Special Visual Effects, shared with Dan Curry, David Stipes, Joe Bauer, Michael Backauskas, Scott Rader, Don Greenberg, Adam Howard, Don Lee, Robert Stromberg, John F.K. Parenteau, Joshua D. Rose, and Joshua Cushner
After The Next Generation wrapped production in , Williams joined Deep Space Nine as Visual Effects Series Coordinator, beginning with the third season episode . He held this position on the series until at least the end of the sixth season, sometimes filling in as an episode's Visual Effects Coordinator throughout the fourth season. During his time on Deep Space Nine, he was simultaneously working as Visual Effects Series Coordinator on s first and second seasons. He occasionally served as Visual Effects Supervisor for both series.
In addition, Williams was the Visual Effects Supervisor for the Star Trek: Borg.
== Career outside Star Trek ==
Outside of Star Trek, Williams also did miniature design work for (1988). He and his fellow staff members in the effects department won an Emmy Award in 1989 in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects for that production. Williams' other credits include Visual Effects Production Supervisor on (1997, working with Richard Greenberg and Adam Howard), Visual Effects Producer on (2002, working with Thomas Mahoney) and (2005) and Visual Effects Supervisor for the TV movies The Pentagon Papers (2003, working with Tom Mahoney and Scott Rader) and See Arnold Run (2005).
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** Season 6 – Visual Effects Associate (26 episodes)
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