Michael “Mike” Minor was an illustrator and art director on Star Trek: The Original Series, The Beastmaster (1982) and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).Distinguished art director Michael Minor worked on several feature films during the ’70s and ’80s Minor frequently worked in television and for his art direction has received an Emmy. He collaborated wit VFX house Coast productions run by Phil Kellinson, where he executed some matte paintings. Minor was also an expert on the use of hanging foreground miniatures.
Filmography:
1987 The Puppetoon Movie
1985 The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (Documentary)
1983 The Winds Rise (TV Mini-Series)
1983 Spacehunters (special visual effects art director: Fantasy II Film Effects)
1982 Airplane II (matte artist)
1982 The Powers of Matthew Star (TV Series) (main titles
1982 The Big Easy (TV Movie)
1982 Human Highway
1982 Star Trek II
1982 The beastmaster (consultant: special visual effects)
1981 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (as Mike Minor)
1980 Fukkatsu no hi / Day od resurrection (matte painting) / (model designer: Sky Spy)
1979 Meteor (visual effects – uncredited)
1979 Star treck ( production Illustrator)
1975 The Treasure of Jamaica Reef
1974 Flesh Gordon (special photographic effects – uncredited)
1972 Pink Angels
1972 Squares
1971 Guess What Happened to Count Dracula?
1970 Wilbur and the Baby Factory
1974 Flesh Gordon (special photographic effects – uncredited)
1968 Star Treck(TV Series) (designer, visual effects )