Rick Berman
Richard Keith Berman( born December 25, 1945) is an American television producer.
He is best known for his work as the executive producer of several of the" Star Trek" television series:,, and, as well as several of the" Star Trek" films, and for ultimately succeeding Gene Roddenberry as head of the" Star Trek" franchise until the cancellation of" Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2005.
Kursk (film)
Kursk( released as The Command in the US and as Kursk: The Last Mission in the UK) is a 2018 English- language French- Belgian drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg based on Robert Moore's book" A Time to Die", about the true story of the 2000" Kursk" submarine disaster.
It stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Colin Firth, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, Max von Sydow, Matthias Schweighöfer and Michael Nyqvist.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek:
The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise and based on the television series created by Gene Roddenberry, who also served as its producer.
It is the first installment in the" Star Trek" film series, and stars the cast of the original television series.
In the film, set in the 2270s, a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud known as V' Ger approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path.
Admiral James T. Kirk( William Shatner) assumes command of the recently refitted Starship USS" Enterprise", to lead it on a mission to save the planet and determine VGers origins.
When the original television series was canceled in 1969, Roddenberry lobbied Paramount Pictures to continue the franchise through a feature film.
The success of the series in syndication convinced the studio to begin work on the film in 1975.
A series of writers attempted to craft a" suitably epic" script, but the attempts did not satisfy Paramount, who scrapped the project in 1977.
Paramount instead planned on returning the franchise to its roots, with a new television series titled.
The box office success of" Close Encounters of the Third Kind", however, convinced Paramount that science fiction films other than" Star Wars" could do well, so the studio canceled production of" Phase II" and resumed its attempts at making a" Star Trek" film.
In 1978, Paramount assembled the largest press conference held at the studio since the 1950s to announce that Wise would direct a$ 15 million film adaptation of the original television series.
With the cancellation of" Phase II", writers rushed to adapt its planned pilot episode," In Thy Image", into a film script.
Constant revisions to the story and the shooting script continued to the extent of hourly script updates on shooting dates.
The" Enterprise" was modified inside and out, costume designer Robert Fletcher provided new uniforms, and production designer Harold Michelson fabricated new sets.
Jerry Goldsmith composed the film's score, beginning an association with" Star Trek" that would continue until 2002.
When the original contractors for the optical effects proved unable to complete their tasks in time, effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull was given carte blanche to meet the film's December 1979 release date.
The film came together only days before the premiere; Wise took the just- completed film to its Washington, D.C., opening, but always felt that the final theatrical version was a rough cut of the film he wanted to make.
Released in North America on December 7, 1979," Star Trek: The Motion Picture" received mixed reviews, many of which faulted it for a lack of action scenes and over- reliance on special effects.
Its final production cost ballooned to approximately$ 46 million, and it earned$ 139 million worldwide, short of studio expectations but enough for Paramount to propose a less expensive sequel.
Roddenberry was forced out of creative control for the sequel,( 1982).
In 2001, Wise oversaw a director's cut for a special DVD release of the film, with remastered audio, tightened and added scenes, and new computer- generated effects.
Denise Okuda
Denise Lynn Okuda is a computer, scenic and video supervisor, and a writer known for her work on several" Star Trek" film and television productions, as well as other science fiction television.
She also co-authored the" Star Trek Encyclopedia" and the" Star Trek Chronology".
In a 2016 interview with" Geek Speak Magazine", Okuda explained her connection to" Star TrekI loved the original series as a child.
I had friends who were connected with the show, but I never had a chance to work on it until Herman Zimmerman asked me to work on" Star Trek VI" as a production assistant.
From there, he invited me to be a graphic artist on" Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Okuda currently serves as a consultant to CBS on the project to upgrade to high definition.
She previously served as a producer for visual effects for CBS Paramount's remastered version of the original Star Trek series.
Okuda's credits also include,,, and four" Star Trek" movies.
Working with her husband, Michael, Denise wrote trivia text commentaries for the ten" Star Trek" Special Edition DVD movies, as well as special text commentaries for the" Star Trek" Fan Collection sets.
Her other production credits include the pilot episode of" Threshold" and the TV series version of" The Flash".
Okuda was a cataloguer for the auction of" Star Trek" memorabilia by Christie's auction house in 2006.
She was interviewed on her work for the project in the History Channel documentary.
Robert Wise
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor.
He won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for both "West Side Story" (1961) and "The Sound of Music" (1965).
He was also nominated for Best Film Editing for "Citizen Kane" (1941) and directed and produced "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), which was nominated for Best Picture.
Among his other films are "The Body Snatcher" (1945), "Born to Kill" (1947), "The Set-Up" (1949), "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951), "Destination Gobi" (1953), "This Could Be The Night" (1957), "Run Silent, Run Deep" (1958), "I Want to Live!"
(1958), "The Haunting" (1963), "The Andromeda Strain" (1971), "The Hindenburg" (1975) and  (1979).
Wise was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1971 to 1975 and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1984 through 1987.
Robert Wise has been viewed as a craftsman, inclined to let the (sometimes studio-assigned) story concept set the style.
Later "cineastes", such as Martin Scorsese, insist that despite Wise's legendary workaday concentration on stylistic perfection within the confines of genre and budget, his choice of subject matter and approach still functioned to identify Wise as an artist and not merely an artisan.
Wise achieved critical success as a director in a striking variety of film genres: horror, noir, western, war, science fiction, musical and drama, with many repeat successes within each genre.
Wise's meticulous preparation may have been largely motivated by studio budget constraints, but advanced the moviemaking art.
Robert Wise received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1998.
Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg( born 19 May 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production.
He is best known for the films" The Celebration"( 1998)," Submarino"( 2010)," The Hunt"( 2012) and" Far from the Madding Crowd"( 2015).
Mark Lenard
Mark Lenard( born Leonard Rosenson, October 15, 1924 – November 22, 1996) was an American actor, primarily in television.
His most famous role was as Sarek, father of the popular character Spock, in the science fiction" Star Trek" franchise, in both and, as well as three films and two episodes of.
He also played a Klingon in" Star Trek The Motion Picture", and a Romulan in an episode of.
David Alan Mack
David Alan Mack is a writer best known for his freelance" Star Trek" novels.
Mack also has had a" Star Trek" script produced, and worked on a" Star Trek" comic book.
Star Trek (film)
Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.
It is the eleventh film in the" Star Trek" film franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series.
The film follows James T. Kirk( Chris Pine) and Spock( Zachary Quinto) aboard the USS" Enterprise" as they combat Nero( Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets.
The story takes place in an alternate reality because of time travel by both Nero and the original Spock( Leonard Nimoy).
The alternate timeline was created in an attempt to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints while simultaneously preserving original story elements.
The idea for a prequel film which would follow the" Star Trek" characters during their time in Starfleet Academy was discussed by series creator Gene Roddenberry in 1968.
The concept resurfaced in the late 1980s, when it was postulated by Harve Bennett as a possible plotline for what would become, but it was rejected in favor of other projects by Roddenberry.
Following the critical and commercial failure of and the cancellation of, the franchise's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen wrote an unproduced film titled" Star Trek: The Beginning", which would take place after" Enterprise".
After the separation of Viacom and CBS Corporation in 2005, former Paramount Pictures president Gail Berman convinced CBS to allow Paramount to produce a new film in the franchise.
Orci and Kurtzman, both fans of" Star Trek", were approached to write the film, and J. J. Abrams was approached to direct it.
Kurtzman and Orci used inspiration from novels and graduate school dissertations, as well as the series itself.
Principal photography commenced on November 7, 2007, and ended on March 27, 2008.
The film was shot in various locations around California and Utah.
Abrams wanted to avoid using bluescreen and greenscreen, opting to use sets and locations instead.
Heavy secrecy surrounded the film's production and was under the fake working title" Corporate Headquarters".
Industrial Light& Magic used digital ships for the film, as opposed to the previous films in the franchise.
Production for the film concluded by the end of 2008.
" Star Trek" was heavily promoted in the months preceding its release; pre-release screenings for the film premiered in select cities around the world, including Austin, Texas, Sydney, Australia, and Calgary, Alberta.
It was released in the United States and Canada on May 8, 2009 to critical acclaim; critics praised its character development, as well as its storyline, effects, stunts, action sequences, direction, and Giacchino's musical score.
The film was a box office success, grossing over$ 385.7 million worldwide against its$ 150 million production budget.
It was nominated for several awards, including four Academy Awards at the 82nd Academy Awards, ultimately winning Best Makeup, making it the first" Star Trek" film to win an Academy Award.
It was followed by the sequels" Star Trek Into Darkness" and" Star Trek Beyond" in 2013 and 2016, respectively.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand.

Question: Which film has the director who was born first, Star Trek: The Motion Picture or Kursk (Film)?