(written from a Production point of view)
Michael J. Hood is a special effects and prop manufacturer, designer, and animator who worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and the two Star Trek films Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. During his time on Voyager, Hood was an employee of Precision Effects, Ltd. and created the costume for Satan's Robot for the episodes "Night", "Bride of Chaotica!", and "Shattered". He previously worked on the creature suits for the Devidians on the Next Generation episodes "Time's Arrow" and "Time's Arrow, Part II". Other projects he worked on Star Trek are the Borg costumes and Cardassian armor. For the theme park attraction Star Trek: The Experience in Las Vegas he supervised the construction of the 30 ft. USS Enterprise-A model.
Among the television series he created costumes and props for are Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, V (as employee of Greg Jein, Inc.), Ultraman, seaQuest DSV, Earth 2, VR Troopers, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He assisted in creating the theme park attractions of "Ghostbusters" and "Terminator 2: 3-D" in Orlando, Florida, Disneyland attractions in Tokyo, Europe and the United States, and artwork for several Planet Hollywood restaurants. For Madonna's The Girlie Show Live Down Under, he created the show's props.
His film work while employed at Greg Jein, Inc. include National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), D.A.R.Y.L. (1985), and La Bamba (1987). For Digital Domain he worked on Chain Reaction (1996), The Fifth Element (1997), and Titanic (1997). Other film credits are Eliminators (1986, starring Andrew Prine and Denise Crosby), Masters of the Universe (1987, with Frank Langella, Meg Foster, Robert Duncan McNeill, and Christina Pickles), The Abyss (1989), Total Recall (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), Demolition Man (1993, with Bob Gunton and Bill Cobbs), Stargate (1994, with Leon Rippy, Erik Holland, Erick Avari and Frank Welker), The Flintstones (1994), Casper (1995), and Mortal Kombat (1995, with Cary-Hiroyuki, Lloyd Kino and Frank Welker).
In more recent years, Hood was employed at Stan Lee Media, Inc. (2000-2001), EarthLink, Inc. (2002-2007), Applied Minds, Inc. (2008), and Gary Goddard Entertainment (2008-2010).
External links[]
- FutureMike.com – official site
- Michael Hood at the Internet Movie Database
- Michael Hood at Mandy.com