Walter M. Jefferies
Walter Matthew Jefferies (born August 12, 1921 in Lebanon , Pennsylvania , † July 21, 2003 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American production designer .
Life
Jefferies took an interest in aviation and served as a copilot on the Boeing B-17 , Consolidated B-24 and North American B-25 in Europe and Africa during World War II . He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Air Medal for his services . After the war, Jefferies got a job as an illustrator in the Library of Congress .
After doing some freelance illustrations for smaller film studios , he was hired as a set designer at Warner Bros. in the mid-1950s . His brother Philip M. Jefferies found him this position. 1966 marked Jefferies' breakthrough when writer and producer Gene Roddenberry hired him as chief production designer for his new television series, Starship Enterprise . His design of the Enterprise is still considered a model for all Star Fleet spaceships seen on Star Trek . After working on Star Trek , he worked for Dallas , Cobra, Take Over You, and Our Little Farm .
Jefferies, who was married to Mary Ann Jefferies, succumbed to heart failure at the age of 81 from his long battle with cancer .
Star Trek
One of his services to Star Trek is the introduction of ship registration numbers: Ships in the Star Trek universe are each given their own registration number, usually starting with "NCC" and a serial number. NCC has no meaning, Jefferies took the letters from the aircraft registration code. N stood for airplanes from the USA , C for civil aviators, and he added the third C because it sounded better.
Jefferies was honored with the introduction of the Jefferies tubes , connecting tubes on Star Trek spaceships, in which you can usually get on your knees from one deck to the next or from one department to the next. They were introduced in Starship Enterprise: The Next Century . Also in 2004 in the fan fiction series Star Trek: Phase II, the character of Captain Matthew Jefferies was named after him.
Private life
His two brothers Philip M. Jefferies (1925–1987) and John D. Jefferies Sr. (1936–2010) also worked as production designers. They both helped him work on the pilot episode of Starship Enterprise .
Web links
- Walter M. Jefferies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jefferies, Walter Matt. Startrek.com, January 4, 2018, accessed January 4, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jefferies, Walter M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jefferies, Walter Matthew (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lebanon , Pennsylvania , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 2003 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |