Edward L. Williams

Edward "Eddie" L. Williams worked in the visual effects department of three of the Star Trek spin-off series. He began as a Visual Effects Associate on the sixth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. By the end of that show's seventh and final season, he was alternating between Visual Effects Associate and Visual Effects Coordinator. He was also an uncredited visual effects coordinator on, the pilot for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. For the Star Trek: Voyager pilot episode, Williams shared an Emmy Award in in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Visual Effects, shared with Dan Curry, David Stipes, Joe Bauer, Michael Backauskas, Scott Rader, Don Greenberg, Adam Howard, Don Lee, Robert Stromberg, John F.K. Parenteau, Joshua D. Rose, and Joshua Cushner

After TNG wrapped production in, Williams joined DS9 as Visual Effects Series Coordinator, beginning with the third season episode. He held this position on the series until at least the end of the sixth season, sometimes filling in as an episode's Visual Effects Coordinator throughout season four. During his time on DS9, he was simultaneously working as Visual Effects Series Coordinator on Star Trek: Voyager's first two seasons. He occasionally served as Visual Effects Supervisor for both series.

In addition, Williams was the Visual Effects Supervisor for the video game Star Trek: Borg.

Outside of Star Trek, Williams also did miniature design work for the acclaimed 1988 mini-series War and Remembrance. He and his fellow staff members in the effects department won an Emmy Award in 1989 in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects for that production. Williams' other credits include Visual Effects Production Supervisor on the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate (working with the likes of Richard Greenberg and Adam Howard), Visual Effects Producer on the TV movies Live from Baghdad (2002, working with Thomas Mahoney) and Mayday (2005) and Visual Effects Supervisor for the TV movies The Pentagon Papers (2003, working with Tom Mahoney and Scott Rader) and See Arnold Run (2005).

Star Trek credits

 * Season 6 - Visual Effects Associate (26 episodes)
 * - Visual Effects Associate (Season 7)
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Edward L. Williams