Jim Mees
Jim Mees | |
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Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series (1990) |
Jim Mees (August 10, 1955 – March 29, 2013), was an American
Biography
Mees was born in
After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in design. In 1982, he gained his first job on a television series with the CBS series Gloria. He went on to work with a dozen more television series including three Star Trek series, The Next Generation, Voyager and Enterprise. Patrick Stewart said of Mees' 14 years working on the Star Trek franchise, "He made you feel hopeful about the future because you could see that good taste was still present in features of design 400 years from now and hadn't been completely overwhelmed by technology."[2] Mees complained of Ronald D. Moore writing scenes in which characters would pull open wall panels on the Enterprise: because the Enterprise was a stage set instead of a real ship, anything shown behind a panel would have to be designed and built separately. As a result of these complaints, these removable panels were subsequently referred to in scripts as "Mees panels".[2]
Outside of Star Trek, he also worked on shows such as Who's the Boss?, Gilmore Girls, Cold Case and Bones.[1] Mees also created the stage designs for music artists such as Diana Ross and The Beach Boys.[4] He worked on two films, Second Serve and Maniac.[1]
Mees was awarded an
Death
He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2012. Mees died on March 29, 2013, aged 57, at his home in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Salemi, Michelle (April 4, 2013). "Jim Mees, 'Star Trek' Series Set Decorator, Dies at 57". Daily Variety. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Mai-Duc, Christine (April 4, 2013). "'Star Trek' set designer Mees dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ a b "Mees, Jim". Star Trek.com. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ a b ""Set Decorator Jim Mees Dies"". Contact Music. April 4, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Award Database". Emmys.com. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
External links
- James Mees at Memory Alpha
- Jim Mees at IMDb