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Ray De La Motte (born 13 January 1944; age 80) served as camera operator on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seventh season episode "The Siege of AR-558" under regular camera operator Kris Krosskove, who was filling in as Director of Photography for Jonathan West.

De La Motte began as an assistant cameraman on films such as The Candidate (1972) and All the President's Men (1976). His first work as a camera operator was the 1977 film Oh, God! Since then, he has operated the camera on such films as The Last Walt (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980, featuring Brad Dourif and Terry O'Quinn), The Right Stuff (1983), The Witches of Eastwick (1987, featuring Carel Struycken), Major League (1989, starring Corbin Bernsen), Father of the Bride (1991), True Romance (1993, starring Christian Slater and Saul Rubinek, working with Star Trek Nemesis cinematographer Jeffrey L. Kimball), Mars Attacks! (1996, featuring Paul Winfield), The Limey (1999), and Panic Room (2002). In addition, he was camera operator on Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and Lethal Weapon 4 in (1998), Batman Forever (1995, featuring René Auberjonois) and Batman & Robin (1997, featuring John Glover).

In July 1997, while working on the film Mighty Joe Young, De La Motte was injured when a camera crane broke, sending the camera platform he was on crashing down onto Director of Photography (and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home cinematographer) Don Peterman. De La Motte received minor chest and back injuries, while Peterman suffered minor head injuries and a broken arm. The accident caused production to be delayed for two days.

De La Motte also worked on more television projects, such as HBO's hit mini-series Angels in America and CBS' Numbers. He most recently wrapped up production on Charlie Wilson's War (2007, featuring Erick Avari, Cyia Batten, and Brian Markinson in the cast.

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