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Title: Dan Curry papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2294
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7.6 linear feet
(12 boxes)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1987-1991
Date (inclusive): 1967-2008
Abstract: Dan Curry, born Daniel F. Curry, is an Emmy Award-winning fine artist and filmmaker. He is best known --- and has won seven
Emmy awards for --- his work as Visual Effects Producer of
Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,
Star Trek: Voyager, and
Star Trek: Enterprise. This collection documents Curry’s work as visual effects producer of these series, as well as his work on other motion picture
and television projects. The bulk of the collection dates from 1987 to 1992, and includes collected screenplays, montage storyboards,
memos, recorded material, and Curry’s personal notes and hand-drawn illustrations.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance through our electronic
paging system, using the "Request items" button.
Creator:
Curry, Dan
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance through our electronic paging system using the "Request items" button.
Conditions Governing Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
[Identification of item], Dan Curry papers (Collection 2294). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
8057851
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Daniel F. Curry and Ubolvan C. Curry in November 2015.
Processed by Sabrina Ponce in the
Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) under the supervision of Courtney Dean, 2016.
Dan Curry, born Daniel F. Curry, is an Emmy Award-winning fine artist and filmmaker. Born in New York City in 1946, he graduated
from Middlebury College in Vermont with a major in Fine Arts and a minor in Theater. Upon completion of his degree, he joined
the Peace Corps and served in Northeast Thailand building small damns and bridges. After his service, he stayed in Asia as
a freelance artist where he accepted numerous film, production design, and architectural commissions, a highlight being a
commission from the King of Thailand to be a production designer for the Royal Ball.
Upon his return to the United States, Curry worked for a time as a biomedical illustrator and a teacher of fine arts at a
small college in New York before attending graduate school at Humboldt State University for a Master’s degree in Fine Arts.
Upon completion of this degree in the late 1970s, Curry began work in the entertainment industry directing and supervising
visual effects, title design, matte painting, and martial arts and weapons design among other elements of the filmmaking process.
He is best known – and has won seven Emmy awards for – his work as Visual Effects Producer of
Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,
Star Trek: Voyager, and
Star Trek: Enterprise. Additionally, he directed an episode of
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993), and occasionally acted in short films and an episode of
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). He continues to work on visual effects for various motion picture and television projects while maintaining an online
gallery of his artwork.
With material dating between 1967 and 2008, this collection documents Dan Curry’s work as visual effects producer of several
Star Trek series, as well as his work on other motion picture and television projects. The bulk of the collection dates from 1987 to
1992, during which time Curry was first visual effects supervisor, then visual effects producer of
Star Trek: The Next Generation. As a result, this collection’s strength lies in the screenplays, montage storyboards, and memos collected by Curry as well
as his personal notes and hand-drawn illustrations pertaining to this series. The collection also contains similar, although
a lesser amount of, material for
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,
Star Trek: Voyager, and
Star Trek: Enterprise. Most of the recorded material in the collection includes element reels, comp reels, and episode cuts of
The Next Generation, but
Voyager and
Enterprise are also represented. Finally, the collection also consists of scripts, screenplays, and other records documenting Curry’s
work on various film and television projects.
This collection is arranged in four series primarily by project type, and therein chronologically. Files were given the title
of the specific
Star Trek episode, motion picture, or television project to which their contents relate. The general arrangement reflects Dan Curry’s
original order where present. The series and subseries of this collection are organized as follows:
- Series 1:
Star Trek, circa 1987-2002
- Subseries 1.1: Star Trek: The Next Generation, circa 1987-1994
- Subseries 1.2: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, circa 1993-1997
- Subseries 1.3: Star Trek: Voyager, circa 1994-2000
- Subseries 1.4: Star Trek: Enterprise, circa 2001-2004
- Series 2: Star Trek VHS Tapes, circa 1967-2005
- Series 3: Motion Picture Projects, circa 1988-1992
- Series 4: Television Projects, 1990-2008
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Curry, Dan -- Archives
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Archives.
Television producers and directors--United States--Archives.
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