Phil Jacobson
Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
Philip "Phil" Jacobson is an electrician within the Camera and electrical department who worked as lamp operator and assistant chief lighting technician on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Enterprise. P. Jacobson, a name seen on set artwork in the episode "Demons", was named after him.
Prior to his work on Star Trek, Jacobson worked as electrician and best boy on the horror thriller Tourist Trap (1979, with camera operator Lowell Peterson), the action film The Great Skycopter Rescue (1980), the thriller Circle of Power (1981), and the thriller Roar (1981). In 2010 he worked as electrician on the talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Star Trek episodes
- TNG:
- "The Offspring" – Lamp Operator (uncredited) (Season 3)
- "Suddenly Human" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited) (Season 4)
- "Clues" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "First Contact" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Galaxy's Child" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Night Terrors" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Identity Crisis" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The Nth Degree" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Qpid" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The Drumhead" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Half a Life" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The Host" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician/2nd Unit Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The Mind's Eye" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician/2nd Unit Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "In Theory" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician/2nd Unit Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Redemption" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Redemption II" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited, Season 5)
- "Darmok" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Ensign Ro" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Silicon Avatar" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Disaster" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The Game" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Unification II" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Unification I" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "A Matter Of Time" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "New Ground" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Hero Worship" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Violations" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The Masterpiece Society" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Conundrum" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Power Play" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Ethics" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The Outcast" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Cause And Effect" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The First Duty" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Cost Of Living" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The Perfect Mate" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Imaginary Friend" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "I Borg" – Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- ENT:
- "Broken Bow" – Lamp Operator (uncredited) (Season 1)
- "Fight or Flight" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Strange New World" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Unexpected" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Terra Nova" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "The Andorian Incident" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Breaking the Ice" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Civilization" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Fortunate Son" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Cold Front" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Silent Enemy" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Dear Doctor" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Sleeping Dogs" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Shadows of P'Jem" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Shuttlepod One" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Fusion" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Rogue Planet" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Acquisition" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Oasis" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Detained" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Vox Sola" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Fallen Hero" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Desert Crossing" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Two Days and Two Nights" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Shockwave" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)