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Richard Tim Vanik (25 June 193117 November 2003; age 72) was a camera operator who worked on several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Vanik worked as assistant camera operator for over thirty years and among his earliest projects are Kitten with a Whip (1964), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Beguiled (1971), Young Frankenstein (1974), Special Delivery (1976), Go Tell the Spartans (1978), and Convoy (1978, with Armando Contreras).

Further credits as camera operator include Buddy Buddy (1981), Annie (1982, with Adam Glick), Little House on the Prairie (1982-1983), Micki & Maude (1984, with Armando Contreras), Cagney & Lacey (1985-1986), Blind Date (1987), Caddyshack II (1988), Tango & Cash (1989, with Adam Glick), Switch (1991), Point of No Return (1993, with Richmond G. Cogswell and Randy Nolen), and Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994).

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