Gary Dean Hutzel was an American visual effects supervisor from Ann Arbor, Michigan who worked on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Battlestar Galactica, among others.
11 Facts About Gary Hutzel
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Gary Hutzel was nominated more than 20 times for Emmy Awards, winning on four occasions.
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Gary Hutzel studied mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan for a period, but decided that he wanted to pursue a career in films and moved to California, where he studied photography at the Brooks Institute.
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Gary Hutzel then began to freelance for CBS, working on The Twilight Zone.
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Gary Hutzel continued to work on the show for the following five seasons, before moving to work on the spin-off series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine where he was the visual effects supervisor for all seven seasons.
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Gary Hutzel produced renderings for several non-canon Star Trek novels, although he was known as being reluctant to use computer generated imagery and preferred to work with physical models where possible.
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Gary Hutzel was hired by writer Ronald D Moore to work on the rebooted Battlestar Galactica television series.
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Gary Hutzel then worked as visual effects supervisor for the television series Defiance.
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Gary Hutzel was nominated for more than 20 nominations for Emmy Awards during the span of his career.
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Gary Hutzel won four in total, two for his work on Battlestar Galactica and one each for The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine.
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Gary Hutzel was survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons.