(written from a Production point of view)
Scott M. Schneider (born 28 October 1966; age 57) is a model maker and digital set designer whose first professional job in the motion picture industry was as model maker in 1987 and 1988 in the employment of Gregory Jein, Inc. At the end of season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, by the time the D'deridex-class studio model was under construction in April 1988 for "The Neutral Zone", he left the company to start working as a freelancer. [1] As a freelance model maker he later on shortly worked again for Gregory Jein, Inc. on the K't'inga-class model, seen in The Next Generation fifth season episode "Unification I" in 1991 and as model maker on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Between August 2011 and April 2012, Schneider worked as vehicle and special digital set designer for Paramount Pictures on Star Trek Into Darkness in Los Angeles. More recently, Schneider worked between July 2014 and September 2014 as Specialist Set Designer on the design development on Star Trek Beyond. [2]
As Concept Set Designer, Schneider returned to the Star Trek television franchise the subsequent year, serving as such for fifteen episodes of the first season of Star Trek: Discovery and has returned for its second season, though he has not received an official credit for his contributions.
According to the motion picture website IMDb, Schneider was signed to reprise his role as set designer for Star Trek: Picard.
Career[]
Schneider was born in San Jose, California. In 2005 he won a Visual Effects Society Award in the category Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Motion Picture for the XF11 crash in the drama The Aviator which he shared with Matthew Gratzner and Leigh-Alexandra Jacob. He received three more VES Award nominations in 2007 in the category Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Broadcast Program for the Dodge Fairy, shared with Matthew Gratzner, in 2008 for his work on the action sequel Live Free or Die Hard, and in 2011 for his work on the thriller Shutter Island, also shared with Matthew Gratzner.
Early in his career, Schneider worked as production assistant for the model shop on The Hunt for Red October (1990, again with Greg Jein, but now hired by Boss Film Studios) and Solar Crisis (1990). Among his many credits as model maker are Edward Scissorhands (1990), Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991, with Mark Stetson), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991, with Matthew Yuricich), Batman Returns (1992, with Craig Barron, Robert Spurlock, and Jim Rygiel), Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992), Jurassic Park (1993), Hocus Pocus (1993, with Craig Barron and Krystyna Demkowicz), Coneheads (1993), On Deadly Ground (1994), The Shadow (1994), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Batman Forever (1995), Waterworld (1995), The Relic (1997), Men in Black (1997), Alien: Resurrection (1997), The X-Files (1998), Blade (1998), Mission to Mars (2000, with John Knoll, Tony Meininger, and Pat Sweeney), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), The Scorpion King (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Seabiscuit (2003), The Forgotten (2004), and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005).
In the more recent years, Schneider worked as digital set designer and miniature effects designer for New Deal Studios on X-Men: The Last Stand (2006, starring Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn and Kelsey Grammer, with Shohreh Aghdashloo, Chelah Horsdal, Julian Christopher, and John Pyper-Ferguson), I Am Legend (2007), Iron Man (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Watchmen (2009), and Inception (2010). He also worked as digital set designer and set designer on Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), I Am Number Four (2011), Cowboys & Aliens (2011, earning him a 2012 Excellence in Production Design Award nomination, shared with among others Scott Chambliss, James Clyne, and Chris Ross), Men in Black 3 (2012), The Avengers (2012, starring Chris Hemsworth), and G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2012).
Scheider was featured in the 2011 documentary Sense of Scale, in which several model makers discussed their craft, and which also featured Ron Gress, Greg Jein, Bruce MacRae, Eugene P. Rizzardi and Pat McClung. Most recent projects as Digital Set Designer include the short horror film The Mill at Calder's End (2014), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015, set design by Tim Croshaw and Sam Page), Tomorrowland (2015, produced and co-written by Damon Lindelof, music by Michael Giacchino, and production design by Scott Chambliss), and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
Star Trek awards[]
- 2014 ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination in the category Fantasy Film, shared with Scott Chambliss, Ramsey Avery, James Clyne, Lauren Polizzi, Kasra Farahani, Michael E. Goldman, Harry E. Otto, Andrew E.W. Murdock, Jason Baldwin Stewart, Natasha Gerasimova, Steve Christensen, Andrea Dopaso, John Eaves, Nathan Schroeder, Ryan Church, Christopher Ross, Victor Martinez, Steven Messing, Karl Strahlendorf, John Chichester, Tex Kadonaga, Kevin Cross, Andrew Reeder, Anne Porter, Jane Wuu, Richard F. Mays, Allen Coulter, Karl Martin, Lorrie Campbell, Easton Smith, Tammy Lee, Tim Croshaw, Clint Schultz, and Karen Manthey