Herman Zimmerman

From Memory Alpha, the free Star Trek reference

Herman F. Zimmerman (born 19 April 1935; age 74) is a longtime Star Trek production designer, who began work with the franchise with the premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987. He went on to work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the four TNG movies. He and Rick Sternbach designed Deep Space 9.

Zimmerman was nominated for four Emmy Awards for his work on DS9. His first nomination, for the pilot episode, "Emissary", was shared with art director Randy McIlvain and set decorator Mickey S. Michaels. His next three nominations – for "Trials and Tribble-ations", "Far Beyond the Stars" and "Prodigal Daughter" – were shared with McIlvain and set decorator Laura Richarz.

[edit] In-jokes

Since TNG, many references were named after him :

• H. Zimmerman, a spaceframe engineer listed on the Enterprise NX-01 dedication plaque (ENT set artwork)
• Herman Zimmerman, a Starfleet captain (TNG and DS9 set artworks)
• Lewis Zimmerman, a Starfleet holographic engineer who created the Emergency Medical Hologram (DS9: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"; VOY: "Projections", "The Swarm", "Life Line")
• Chez Zimmerman, a restaurant in Deep Space 9's Promenade (DS9 set artworks)
• An image of him and his father is featured in the Picard family album as a photograph of Jean-Luc Picard's ancestors (Star Trek Generations)

[edit] Star Trek interviews

• DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature "Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning"/ "Designing Deep Space Nine" (interview from 7 June 2002)
• DS9 Season 1 DVD special feature "Deep Space Nine Scrapbook Year One"/ "Building the Station" (interview from 1 October 1992)

[edit] External link

• Herman Zimmerman at the Internet Movie Database