Rich Thorne
Richard "Rich" Thorne is a production executive and visual effects supervisor who worked as creative director of the visual effects company Digital Magic during its work on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek Generations. His name appeared on an okudagram in the TNG fifth season episode "Violations". As Chief Operating Officer, Thorne was part of the original The Post Group team in the early stages of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Thorne worked as production executive and visual effect supervisor on projects such as The Twilight Zone (1985-1986), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), The Arrival (1996), Alien Resurrection (1997), Dr. Dolittle (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Fight Club (1999), Anna and the King (1999), X-Men (2000, starring Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romijn), Monkeybone (2001), Planet of the Apes (2001), Daredevil (2003), X2 (2003), Garfield: The Movie (2004), I, Robot (2004), Alien vs. Predator (2004), Elektra (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), and The Big Year (2011).
Beside his work as second unit director on Anna and the King (1999), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Daredevil (2003), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), and Dragonball Evolution (2009), Thorne also worked as director on several episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger (1997-1999), Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006), and the documentary Remember His Name (2010).
In 2002 Thorne directed the drama Mother Ghost for which he received several awards at the Ojai Film Festival, the Marco Island Film Festival, the Long Beach International Film Festival, and the Great Lakes Film Festival. More recently he worked as executive producer on the short comedy Virtually Yours (2011) and as writer and producer on the movie Adventure Christmas (2011).