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Jeff Khachadoorian (22 October 1963 – 16 September 2022; age 58) was a carpenter, prop maker, and special effects artist and a co-owner of KOW FX, with Jeff Ogg and Andrew Weder. Khachadoorian was the foreman of KOW FX's prop shop while they were building props for Star Trek.
Khachadoorian worked in the prop shop of such films as Armageddon (co-written by J.J. Abrams), Inspector Gadget (1999, featuring René Auberjonois and Andy Dick), and Planet of the Apes (2001, featuring Erick Avari, Anne Elizabeth Ramsay, Freda Foh Shen, Cary-Hiroyuki, and David Warner). He also headed up KOW FX's prop shop for The Island, which, like Star Trek, was written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Jeff Ogg also worked on all of these movies. In fact, the first time they worked together was their very first film project, Jingle All the Way (1996).
Khachadoorian's other film work include prop making Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, sculpting on The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and carpentry on such films as Air Force One (1997, Starship Troopers (1997, featuring Dina Meyer), Pleasantville, Cast Away, and The Core (2005,starring Bruce Greenwood and Alfre Woodard). As part of KOW FX, he did special effects work on such films as Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Constantine (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).
External links[]
- KOW FX(X) – official studio site
- Jeff Khachadoorian at the Internet Movie Database