Template:Realworld Ralph McQuarrie (born 13 June 1929; age 94) is best known to the public for his production designs for the Star Wars films. His imagination helped guide the final appearance of Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers, and he also created many of the matte paintings of planets and satellites that appeared in the film. He won an Academy Award "Oscar" for his work on the Ron Howard film Cocoon. He received his Academy Award from Star Trek: The Motion Picture director Robert Wise.
After Star Wars wrapped in 1977, McQuarrie was invited to England to work under Ken Adam to help develop designs for a director Philip Kaufman's planned film Star Trek: Planet of the Titans, which was canceled at the script stage.[1]
McQuarrie also worked on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home through ILM, doing conceptual drawings and designs for 23rd century San Francisco, Starfleet Headquarters, shuttlecrafts, whale tanks, and storyboard concepts for the surreal time travel sequence.[2]
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- RalphMcQuarrie.com - official web site
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