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| Birth name = David Armstrong Stipes
  
| Birth name = David Armstrong Stipes
 
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| Date of birth = {{y|1948}}
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| Date of birth = {{d|7|August|1948}}
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| Place of birth = Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
 
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| Awards for Trek = [[Emmy Award|Emmy Award 2 wins, 2 nominations]]<br/>[[Emmy_Award#International_Monitor_Awards|1 International Monitor Award]]
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| Awards for Trek = 2 [[Emmy Award]]s, 2 nominations<br/>1 [[International Monitor Award]]
 
| Roles = [[:Category:Special and Visual effects staff|Visual Effects Supervisor]], [[:Category:Star Trek authors|''Star Trek'' author]]
  
| Roles = [[:Category:Special and Visual effects staff|Visual Effects Supervisor]], [[:Category:Star Trek authors|''Star Trek'' author]]
 
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| imagecap3 = The two David A's, Takemura (l) and Stipes, discussing a [[Vor'cha class model]] setup for {{e|The Chase}}
  
| imagecap3 = The two David A's, Takemura (l) and Stipes, discussing a [[Vor'cha class model]] setup for {{e|The Chase}}
 
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'''David Armstrong Stipes''' (born {{y|1948}}) is a [[:Category: Visual effects companies|visual effects]] expert who has worked, predominantly as visual effects supervisor, on the ''[[Star Trek]]'' spin-off series, which entailed the last two seasons of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', the last four seasons of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the first two seasons of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', and the entire run of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]''.
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'''David Armstrong Stipes''' {{born|7|August|1948}} is a [[:Category: Visual effects companies|visual effects]] expert who has worked, predominantly as visual effects supervisor, on the ''[[Star Trek]]'' spin-off series, which entailed the last two seasons of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', the last four seasons of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the first two seasons of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', and the entire run of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]''.
   
 
David Stipes had, as an outside contractor, already made two early uncredited contributions to ''The Next Generation'', first as a stop motion control artist, operating the [[Neural parasite (24th century)|neural parasite]] puppet, featured in the [[TNG Season 1|first season]] episode {{e|Conspiracy}}, and subsequently as a photographer when he filmed the enlarged [[Borg cube model]] section for the self-regenerating sequence in the [[TNG Season 2|second season]] episode {{e|Q Who}}. However, it was not until late 1992 that he was hired full-time by the ''Star Trek'' franchise as the fifth visual effects supervisor. That circumstance arose due to the fact that one of the alternating senior visual effects teams, that of [[Gary Hutzel]] and [[Robert Legato]], was transferred at the conclusion of the [[TNG Season 5|fifth season]] to the new ''Star Trek'' production, ''Deep Space Nine''. To fill the gap left by them for the remaining two seasons of ''The Next Generation'', Stipes was hired while being teamed up with [[David Takemura]], who was on that occasion promoted from the junior position of visual effects associate to the senior position of coordinator, for [[TNG Season 6|season six]], while being teamed up with newcomer [[Joe Bauer]] for [[TNG Season 7|season seven]], after Takemura transferred to ''Deep Space Nine''.
  
David Stipes had, as an outside contractor, already made two early uncredited contributions to ''The Next Generation'', first as a stop motion control artist, operating the [[Neural parasite (24th century)|neural parasite]] puppet, featured in the [[TNG Season 1|first season]] episode {{e|Conspiracy}}, and subsequently as a photographer when he filmed the enlarged [[Borg cube model]] section for the self-regenerating sequence in the [[TNG Season 2|second season]] episode {{e|Q Who}}. However, it was not until late 1992 that he was hired full-time by the ''Star Trek'' franchise as the fifth visual effects supervisor. That circumstance arose due to the fact that one of the alternating senior visual effects teams, that of [[Gary Hutzel]] and [[Robert Legato]], was transferred at the conclusion of the [[TNG Season 5|fifth season]] to the new ''Star Trek'' production, ''Deep Space Nine''. To fill the gap left by them for the remaining two seasons of ''The Next Generation'', Stipes was hired while being teamed up with [[David Takemura]], who was on that occasion promoted from the junior position of visual effects associate to the senior position of coordinator, for [[TNG Season 6|season six]], while being teamed up with newcomer [[Joe Bauer]] for [[TNG Season 7|season seven]], after Takemura transferred to ''Deep Space Nine''.
   
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Upon the conclusion of ''The Next Generation'', the Stipes/Bauer team smoothly transferred to the new ''Voyager'' television series, on which it worked for most of its first two seasons. Near the end of [[VOY Season 2|season two]] of that series, David Stipes again transferred to another series, ''Deep Space Nine'', starting to work for that production at the tail end of its [[DS9 Season 4|season four]], remaining there for the remainder of that series' run.
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Upon the conclusion of ''The Next Generation'', the Stipes/Bauer team smoothly transferred to the new ''Voyager'' television series, on which it worked for most of its first two seasons. Near the end of [[VOY Season 2|season two]] of that series, David Stipes again transferred to another series, ''Deep Space Nine'', starting to work for that production near the tail end of its [[DS9 Season 4|season four]], remaining there, teamed up with Hutzel, for the remainder of that series' run. ({{STM|31|30}})
   
 
Stipes was one of the very first members of ''Star Trek''s production team to fully realize the potential of [[CGI]] and, being its strongest advocate, has been instrumental in the transition from miniature photography to CGI in the franchise, already supervising one of its earliest applications in the episode {{e|Emergence}}. Stipes has cited overwhelmingly practical reasons for his stance, "''When I started at Star Trek in 1992, by the third script I saw that I could not deliver what the writers were asking for using the established approach to the visual effects. The approach to the visual effects work was based upon models and motion control photography. We were limited by track lengths and sizes of the models. I began looking at the software available at the time. As I remember, the leading software was about $40,000 a module and you needed three or four different modules to possibly do any film quality work.''" [http://makingfx.net/archives/139] [[David Stipes (Starfleet)|His name]] appeared on several set artwork throughout the series.
  
Stipes was one of the very first members of ''Star Trek''s production team to fully realize the potential of [[CGI]] and, being its strongest advocate, has been instrumental in the transition from miniature photography to CGI in the franchise, already supervising one of its earliest applications in the episode {{e|Emergence}}. Stipes has cited overwhelmingly practical reasons for his stance, "''When I started at Star Trek in 1992, by the third script I saw that I could not deliver what the writers were asking for using the established approach to the visual effects. The approach to the visual effects work was based upon models and motion control photography. We were limited by track lengths and sizes of the models. I began looking at the software available at the time. As I remember, the leading software was about $40,000 a module and you needed three or four different modules to possibly do any film quality work.''" [http://makingfx.net/archives/139] [[David Stipes (Starfleet)|His name]] appeared on several set artwork throughout the series.
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== ''Star Trek'' awards ==
  
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=== Emmy Awards ===
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Stipes received the following Emmy Award wins and nominations in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects:
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Stipes received the following [[Emmy Award]] wins and nominations in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects:
 
* {{y|1994}} Emmy Award win for {{TNG|All Good Things...}}, shared with [[Dan Curry]], [[Michael Backauskas]], [[Scott Rader]], [[Adam Howard]], and [[Erik Nash]]
  
* {{y|1994}} Emmy Award win for {{TNG|All Good Things...}}, shared with [[Dan Curry]], [[Michael Backauskas]], [[Scott Rader]], [[Adam Howard]], and [[Erik Nash]]
 
* {{y|1995}} Emmy Award win for {{VOY|Caretaker}}, shared with Michael Backauskas, [[Joe Bauer]], [[Edward L. Williams]], Dan Curry, [[Joshua Cushner]], [[Don B. Greenberg]], Scott Rader, Adam Howard, [[Don Lee]], [[John Parenteau]], [[Joshua Rose]], and [[Robert Stromberg]]
  
* {{y|1995}} Emmy Award win for {{VOY|Caretaker}}, shared with Michael Backauskas, [[Joe Bauer]], [[Edward L. Williams]], Dan Curry, [[Joshua Cushner]], [[Don B. Greenberg]], Scott Rader, Adam Howard, [[Don Lee]], [[John Parenteau]], [[Joshua Rose]], and [[Robert Stromberg]]
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=== International Monitor Awards ===
  
=== International Monitor Awards ===
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* {{y|1998}} International Monitor Award win in the category Film Originated Television Series - Electronic Visual Effects for {{DS9|Call to Arms}}, shared with Dan Curry, Adam Buckner, Steve Fong, [[Kevin Bouchez]], Davy Nethercutt, and Don Greenberg
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* {{y|1998}} [[International Monitor Award]] win in the category Film Originated Television Series - Electronic Visual Effects for {{DS9|Call to Arms}}, shared with Dan Curry, Adam Buckner, Steve Fong, [[Kevin Bouchez]], Davy Nethercutt, and Don Greenberg
   
 
== ''Star Trek'' interviews ==
  
== ''Star Trek'' interviews ==
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David Armstrong Stipes (born 7 August 1948; age 75) is a visual effects expert who has worked, predominantly as visual effects supervisor, on the Star Trek spin-off series, which entailed the last two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the last four seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the first two seasons of Star Trek: Voyager, and the entire run of Enterprise.

David Stipes had, as an outside contractor, already made two early uncredited contributions to The Next Generation, first as a stop motion control artist, operating the neural parasite puppet, featured in the first season episode "Conspiracy", and subsequently as a photographer when he filmed the enlarged Borg cube model section for the self-regenerating sequence in the second season episode "Q Who". However, it was not until late 1992 that he was hired full-time by the Star Trek franchise as the fifth visual effects supervisor. That circumstance arose due to the fact that one of the alternating senior visual effects teams, that of Gary Hutzel and Robert Legato, was transferred at the conclusion of the fifth season to the new Star Trek production, Deep Space Nine. To fill the gap left by them for the remaining two seasons of The Next Generation, Stipes was hired while being teamed up with David Takemura, who was on that occasion promoted from the junior position of visual effects associate to the senior position of coordinator, for season six, while being teamed up with newcomer Joe Bauer for season seven, after Takemura transferred to Deep Space Nine.

Upon the conclusion of The Next Generation, the Stipes/Bauer team smoothly transferred to the new Voyager television series, on which it worked for most of its first two seasons. Near the end of season two of that series, David Stipes again transferred to another series, Deep Space Nine, starting to work for that production near the tail end of its season four, remaining there, teamed up with Hutzel, for the remainder of that series' run. (Star Trek Monthly issue 31, p. 30)

Stipes was one of the very first members of Star Treks production team to fully realize the potential of CGI and, being its strongest advocate, has been instrumental in the transition from miniature photography to CGI in the franchise, already supervising one of its earliest applications in the episode "Emergence". Stipes has cited overwhelmingly practical reasons for his stance, "When I started at Star Trek in 1992, by the third script I saw that I could not deliver what the writers were asking for using the established approach to the visual effects. The approach to the visual effects work was based upon models and motion control photography. We were limited by track lengths and sizes of the models. I began looking at the software available at the time. As I remember, the leading software was about $40,000 a module and you needed three or four different modules to possibly do any film quality work." [1] His name appeared on several set artwork throughout the series.

His work on Star Trek has earned him the two Emmy Awards and two additional nominations, as well as an International Monitor Award in 1998.

For the publication Star Trek: The Magazine, Stipes has authored a series of articles, explaining to its readership, the various aspects of the creation of visual effects.

Career outside Star Trek

Prior to his Star Trek work Stipes worked on science fiction television shows such as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), Galactica 1980 and V: The Final Battle (1984). His motion picture credits include Equinox (1970), Caveman (1981), Creepshow (1982), The Stuff (1985), Real Genius (1985), Night of the Creeps (1986), Deadly Weapon (1989), Arena (1989), Ernest Goes to Jail (1990), and The Lawnmower Man (1992). From 1981 through 1992, Stipes worked as an independent contractor while operating his own company, "David Stipes Productions", he ceased operating when he was hired full time on The Next Generation in 1993. The movie Template:IMDb-name, on which he worked as visual effects supervisor, provided some unexpected after-the-fact Star Trek connections. Apart from having worked with Ron Thornton and Steve Burg, the studio model of the alien spacecraft, used in he movie, would three years later be loaned out to The Next Generation for use as the Cleponji in "Booby Trap". The model ended up in the possession of the Stipes family.

After his tenure on the Star Trek franchise David Stipes moved to Arizona to accept a position as a teacher at the Art Institute of Phoenix, only sporadically working for the motion picture industry during that time. Around 2010 he moved back to California and returned full time to the motion picture industry having worked since then on the spoof science fiction series Voyage Trekkers (2011), and the movies Blackout (2013) and Mantecoza (2014).

Star Trek credits

Star Trek awards

Emmy Awards

Stipes received the following Emmy Award wins and nominations in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects:

International Monitor Awards

Star Trek interviews

Bibliography

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