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David Alexander Kervinen (born 25 August 1961; age 62) is a Visual Effects Illustrator who worked for Composite Image Systems on four seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation and on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine where he worked with Dan Curry. [1]
Kervinen attended the San Jose State University and earned a BS in Broadcasting and in Design & Illustration. He started to work for a local CBS affiliate in 1985 and worked since for CIS Hollywood, Pinnacle Systems, Digital FX, Kodak Cineon (ver. 2.0), Alias | Wavefront, and EFilm.
Among his work as visual effects illustrator in the entertainment industry are Viper, Northern Exposure, and The X-Files and feature films such as Children of the Corn (1984), Ghost (1990, starring Whoopi Goldberg), The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992), Coneheads (1993), Surf Ninjas (1993), Last Action Hero (1993, starring F. Murray Abraham), Hard Target (1993), Man's Best Friend (1993), Alive (1993), The Little Rascals (1994), the short documentary Africa's Elephant Kingdom (1998, narrated by Avery Brooks), and Planes (2013).
He also worked on the design of Warner Bros. animated logo, the family version with Bugs Bunny and for ABC News, Cox Communication, Discovery Channel, Discovery Pictures, Pacific Wine Partners, WFOR 4 and KTVU 2, and Associated Press. Kervinen worked as architect and designer for Panasas, Dell, Oracle, Landor and the gaming giant Zynga.