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'''Joe Chess''' was a camera operator for ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. He also served as the second unit director of photography for some episodes. In addition, Chess was the cinematographer for the ''Next Generation'' episode {{e|The Host}} and the [[games|video game]] ''[[Star Trek: Klingon]]''.
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'''Joseph "Joe" Chess''' is a camera operator and director of photography who worked as "A" Camera Operator and second unit director of photography on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. He took over for [[Marvin V. Rush]] as director of photography on the episodes {{e|The Host}} and {{e|Emanations}} when Rush worked as director. Chess also worked as cinematographer on the {{y|1996}} [[games|video game]] ''[[Star Trek: Klingon]]''. [[Chess-Wilson]] and [[Joe Chess (Captain)|Captain Joe Chess]], seen on various artwork, were named after him. He left ''Voyager'' after shooting of its first season was complete, but returned to the franchise almost a decade later, acting as camera operator on the final five episodes of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''.
   
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Outside of ''Star Trek'', Chess has worked as a camera operator on such television shows as ''Sliders'', ''The West Wing'', and ''Desperate Housewives''. His film credits include ''Jerry Maguire'', ''Deep Impact'', ''Love & Basketball'', ''Freaky Friday'', and ''Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby''.
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Prior to his work on ''Star Trek'', Chess worked as camera operator on the television series ''Frank's Place'' (1987-1988), the comedy ''The Runnin' Kid'' (1989), and the science fiction comedy ''Meet the Hollowheads'' (1989).
   
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Further work as camera operator and steadicam operator include the television series ''The Client'' (1995-1996), ''Sliders'' (1996-1997), ''Moloney'' (1996-1997), ''Profiler'' (1998-1999), ''Ryan Caulfield: Year One'' (1999), ''The West Wing'' (2000), ''Crossing Jordan'' (2002), ''10-8: Officers on Duty'' (2003-2004), ''Summerland Beach'' (2004), ''Desperate Housewives'' (2004), ''Supernatural'' (2005), and ''Moonlight'' (2007). He also worked on a number of films such as the drama ''Jerry Maguire'' (1996), the drama ''Deep Impact'' (1998), the action film ''Six Days Seven Nights'' (1998), the drama ''Varsity Blues'' (1999), the sport drama ''Love & Basketball'' (2000), the fantasy comedy ''Bedazzled'' (2000), the action comedy ''I Spy'' (2002), the comedies ''National Security'' (2003) and ''Freaky Friday'' (2003), the action thriller ''The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007), the superhero movie ''Iron Man'' (2008), the science fiction thriller ''Surrogates'' (2009), the comedy ''Little Fockers'' (2010), and the science fiction film ''Battle Los Angeles'' (2011).
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Two things in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe were named for him, [[Joe Chess (Captain)]] and
  
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[[Chess-Wilson]].
  
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His work as cinematographer can be seen on the television documentaries ''The Making of 'Dances with Wolves''' (1990), ''Getting the Goods on 'As Good As It Gets''' (1997), and ''The Making of 'A Knight's Tale''' (2001) and on [[David Livingston]]'s short film ''Slice of Life'' (2000, with [[Robert Picardo]], [[Patricia Tallman]], editing by [[Peter Lefevre]], makeup by [[Brad Look]], assistant direction by [[Adele Simmons]], on-line editing by [[John Carroll]], and costume supervision by [[Damaris Cordelia]]).
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== ''Star Trek'' credits ==
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* {{TNG}}
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** {{e|The Ensigns of Command}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera ([[TNG Season 3|Season 3]])
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** {{e|Evolution}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Survivors}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Who Watches The Watchers}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Bonding}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Booby Trap}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Enemy}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Price}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Vengeance Factor}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Defector}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Hunted}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The High Ground}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Deja Q}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|A Matter of Perspective}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Yesterday's Enterprise}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Offspring}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Sins of the Father}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Allegiance}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Captain's Holiday}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Tin Man}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Hollow Pursuits}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Most Toys}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Sarek}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Ménage à Troi}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Transfigurations}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Best of Both Worlds}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera ([[TNG Season 4|Season 4]])
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** {{e|Suddenly Human}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Brothers}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Family}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Remember Me}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Legacy}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Reunion}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Future Imperfect}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Final Mission}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Loss}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Data's Day}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Wounded}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Devil's Due}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Clues}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|First Contact}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Galaxy's Child}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Night Terrors}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Identity Crisis}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Nth Degree}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Qpid}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Drumhead}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Half a Life}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Host}} - Director of Photography
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** {{e|The Mind's Eye}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|In Theory}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Redemption}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Redemption II}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera ([[TNG Season 5|Season 5]])
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** {{e|Darmok}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Ensign Ro}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Silicon Avatar}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Disaster}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Game}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Unification II}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Unification I}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|A Matter of Time}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|New Ground}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Hero Worship}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Violations}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Masterpiece Society}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Conundrum}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Power Play}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Ethics}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|The Outcast}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Cause and Effect}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|The First Duty}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Cost of Living}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|The Perfect Mate}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Imaginary Friend}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|I Borg}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|The Next Phase}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|The Inner Light}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Time's Arrow}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Time's Arrow, Part II}} - Camera Operator ([[TNG Season 6|Season 6]])
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** {{e|Realm of Fear}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Emissary}} - Camera Operator, Second Unit Director of Photography ([[DS9 Season 1|Season 1]])
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** {{e|A Man Alone}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Past Prologue}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Babel}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Captive Pursuit}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Q-Less}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Dax}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Passenger}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Move Along Home}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Nagus}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Vortex}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Battle Lines}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Storyteller}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Progress}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|If Wishes Were Horses}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Forsaken}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Dramatis Personae}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Duet}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|In the Hands of the Prophets}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Homecoming}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera ([[DS9 Season 2|Season 2]])
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** {{e|The Circle}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Siege}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Invasive Procedures}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Cardassians}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Melora}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Rules of Acquisition}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Necessary Evil}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Second Sight}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Sanctuary}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Rivals}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Alternate}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Armageddon Game}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Whispers}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Paradise}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Shadowplay}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Playing God}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Profit and Loss}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Blood Oath}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Maquis, Part I}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Maquis, Part II}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Wire}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Crossover}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Collaborator}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|Tribunal}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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** {{e|The Jem'Hadar}} - Camera Operator: "A" camera
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* {{VOY}}
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** {{e|Caretaker}} - Camera Operator ([[VOY Season 1|Season 1]])
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** {{e|Parallax}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Time and Again}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Phage}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|The Cloud}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Eye of the Needle}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Ex Post Facto}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Emanations}} - Director of Photography
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** {{e|Prime Factors}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|State of Flux}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Heroes and Demons}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Cathexis}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Faces}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Jetrel}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Learning Curve}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Projections}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Elogium}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Twisted}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|The 37's}} - Camera Operator
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* {{ENT}}
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** {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly}} - Camera Operator ([[ENT Season 4|Season 4]])
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** {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Demons}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|Terra Prime}} - Camera Operator
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** {{e|These Are the Voyages...}} - Camera Operator
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* ''[[Star Trek: Klingon]]'' - Director of Photography
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Revision as of 16:28, 31 October 2014

Template:Realworld Joseph "Joe" Chess is a camera operator and director of photography who worked as "A" Camera Operator and second unit director of photography on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. He took over for Marvin V. Rush as director of photography on the episodes "The Host" and "Emanations" when Rush worked as director. Chess also worked as cinematographer on the 1996 video game Star Trek: Klingon. Chess-Wilson and Captain Joe Chess, seen on various artwork, were named after him. He left Voyager after shooting of its first season was complete, but returned to the franchise almost a decade later, acting as camera operator on the final five episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise.

Prior to his work on Star Trek, Chess worked as camera operator on the television series Frank's Place (1987-1988), the comedy The Runnin' Kid (1989), and the science fiction comedy Meet the Hollowheads (1989).

Further work as camera operator and steadicam operator include the television series The Client (1995-1996), Sliders (1996-1997), Moloney (1996-1997), Profiler (1998-1999), Ryan Caulfield: Year One (1999), The West Wing (2000), Crossing Jordan (2002), 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003-2004), Summerland Beach (2004), Desperate Housewives (2004), Supernatural (2005), and Moonlight (2007). He also worked on a number of films such as the drama Jerry Maguire (1996), the drama Deep Impact (1998), the action film Six Days Seven Nights (1998), the drama Varsity Blues (1999), the sport drama Love & Basketball (2000), the fantasy comedy Bedazzled (2000), the action comedy I Spy (2002), the comedies National Security (2003) and Freaky Friday (2003), the action thriller The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), the superhero movie Iron Man (2008), the science fiction thriller Surrogates (2009), the comedy Little Fockers (2010), and the science fiction film Battle Los Angeles (2011).

His work as cinematographer can be seen on the television documentaries The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990), Getting the Goods on 'As Good As It Gets (1997), and The Making of 'A Knight's Tale (2001) and on David Livingston's short film Slice of Life (2000, with Robert Picardo, Patricia Tallman, editing by Peter Lefevre, makeup by Brad Look, assistant direction by Adele Simmons, on-line editing by John Carroll, and costume supervision by Damaris Cordelia).

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