Jim Thorpe
Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
James "Jim" Thorpe is a camera electrician who worked as lamp operator on the first half of the fifth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Jim Thorpe can be seen on a directory placard in the episode "Violations" and in okudagrams from Star Trek: Voyager.
Thorpe worked as electrician, grip, and gaffer on the television drama Betrayed by Innocence (1986), the drama That's Life! (1986), the mystery thriller Flowers in the Attic (1987), the fantasy film Lady in White (1988), the fantasy film The Lords of Magick (1989), the television drama Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes (1994), the crime drama Letters from a Killer (1998, directed by David Carson), the thriller Wanted (2000), and the action film No Rules (2005).
Star Trek episodes
- TNG:
- "Redemption II" – Lamp Operator (uncredited, Season 5)
- "Darmok" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Ensign Ro" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Silicon Avatar" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Disaster" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "The Game" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Unification II" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Unification I" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "A Matter Of Time" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)