Matt Jefferies
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Jefferies, circa 2002
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| Born |
Walter Matthew Jefferies August 12, 1921 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died |
July 21, 2003 (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | artist, set designer, writer |
| Website | www |
Walter Matthew "Matt" Jefferies (August 12, 1921 – July 21, 2003) was an American aviation and mechanical artist, set designer, and writer. He is best known for his work on the Star Trek television series, where he designed the original Starship Enterprise.
Jefferies was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.His father was chief engineer at a power plant in Virginia. He had a younger brother named John who worked with him as his chief draftsman. He served in Europe in World War II, was inside of B-17, B-24, B-25 bombers and had four years as a flight test engineer. He had three brothers, John, Richard and Philip, the latter two of whom would become production designers.
He was a member of the Aviation Space Writers' Association and one of the original members of the American Aviation Historical Society. Jefferies restored and flew period airplanes as a hobby. He owned a Waco YOC aircraft and stored it at Santa Paula Airport , California for many years. His Waco, NC17740, c/n 4279, built 1935, is now owned by the Virginia Aeronautical Historical Society and is displayed at the Virginia Aviation Museum, Richmond, Virginia.
Besides creating interiors and exterior of the Enterprise, Jefferies was responsible for designing props (including phasers), sets, the Klingon logo and D-7 battle cruiser. Years later, his concept sketches were revisited and used to design the starship Enterprise, the Olympic class U.S.S. Pasteur, the Daedalus-class and pre-Federation Vulcan ships.
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