Albert Whitlock

Albert J. Whitlock was a British-born matte painting artist, who created all the matte paintings used in Star Trek: The Original Series. His creations include the panoramas of Rigel VII for, Delta Vega for and Eminiar VII for.

Whitlock had a long and distinguished career in England and Hollywood, which ranged from the 1930s to the 1980s. He worked with on a number of the director's most famous films, including The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and The 39 Steps (1935). Later he also worked on some of Hitchcock's American films, including The Birds (1963). He relocated to the United States in the 1950s, to work on a number of features. Until his retirement, Whitlock provided background art for many major motion pictures, including Dune (1984, with Patrick Stewart). He received an Academy Award (Oscar) for the 1974 film Earthquake, for which he created more than 70 individual matte paintings. The movie starred Geneviève Bujold and featured George Murdock, Gene Dynarski, Jerry Hardin, Charles Picerni and George Sawaya in the cast.

Other awards Whitlock received were an Oscar nomination for Tobruk (1967, shared with Howard A. Anderson), an additional win for The Hindenburg (1975), a Saturn Award nomination for The Wiz (1978), and a Emmy Award for A.D. (1984, shared with among others Syd Dutton).

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