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Gerald Gurian is an industrial engineer from Las Vegas [1] and the author of the To Boldly Go - Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage series of rare, behind-the-scenes photography books that document the filming of the original Star Trek television series (NBC, 1966 - 1969) which starred William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. The Season One 218 page volume was released in March, 2016 and presented over 300 restored NBC publicity shots; studio "trims" and "outtakes" from the filming of the episodes; as well as candid still photos/negatives taken on the Original Series sets [2] and the Season Two 232 page volume, released in September, 2016, presented an additional 400 rare image restorations in a similar full color format, that arranged the photographs into separate chapters dedicated to individual episodes of the series, presented in chronological production order, with numerous accompanying text descriptions on the filming of the related scenes.[3] Published by Minkatek Press, the source of the imagery seen in these volumes was the author's own extensive rare Star Trek photograph collection that was amassed over a 40+ year period, and which includes the entire Desilu film cell reference collection of Original Series Art Director and Production Designer Matt Jefferies.[4] Gurian is also the publisher of the Star Trek fansite startrekpropauthority.com, which currently features over 600+ articles documenting various filming props, screen worn costumes, starship miniatures and production artifacts from across the entire Star Trek feature film and television franchise - but with a special emphasis on The Original Series of the '60s. In September, 2016, Gurian appeared in the Smithsonian Channel documentary Building Star Trek, which was released in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the franchise.[5] His insights on Star Trek have been reported by international media, such as The Telegraph in the UK [6] and USA Today,[7] and, in his role as a Star Trek historian and archivist, Gurian is quoted extensively throughout the Season Three volume of author Marc Cushman's These Are The Voyages - TOS Saturn-award winning trilogy on the making of the first Star Trek television series. Academy Award and multiple Emmy Award winning production artist Doug Drexler, who wrote the foreword to the Season Two volume in the To Boldly Go book series, referred to Gurian as "the Library of Congress for on stage Star Trek" (pg. x).[8]
Career
As taken from the biographical summary printed on the back cover of the To Boldly Go book series:
Gerald Gurian, born in Toronto, Canada, earned a B.A.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1985 and then spent the next 25 years in manufacturing systems design - most recently serving as a Senior Simulation Engineer with General Motors in Detroit, where he received a prestigious Boss Kettering Award in 2007, the company's highest internal recognition for technical innovation.[9] Since 2008, Gerald has been the author & publisher of startrekpropauthority.com - a site dedicated to documenting the Art and Production History of the Star Trek franchise, with a special emphasis on The Original Series. In 2002, he authored a section in the book Trekkers: True Stories By Fans For Fans (ECW Press, edited by Nikki Stafford), and in 2012 helped to authenticate an early 1st season TOS Captain Kirk gold velour tunic that sold at auction in Los Angeles for just under $100,000 [10] - a Shatner costume sales record. Gerald was also a significant contributor of rare Star Trek imagery to the book Star Trek: The Original Series 365 by Paula M. Block (Sept. 2010, Abrams Books). And from 2013 through 2014, he provided hundreds of rare images from his personal collection to the Saturn Award winning Jacobs/Brown Press three book series These Are The Voyages: TOS by Marc Cushman.[11] In March 2016, Gerald became a Star Trek reference work author in his own right with the release of To Boldly Go - Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage: Season One.
References
- ^ "Oscars: the award for the most valuable prop goes to..."
- ^ Liptak, Andrew. "To Boldly Go Provides a Rare Look Behind the Scenes of Star Trek". Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ^ Trendacosta, Katharine. "A Fascinating Look at Life Behind the Scenes of Star Trek's Second Season". Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ^ "Special Report by Gerald Gurian: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Rare Images of Marc Cushman's "These Are The Voyages: TOS - Season One" and Beyond". www.startrekpropauthority.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ^ Grogan, Mick (2016-09-04), Building Star Trek, retrieved 2016-10-03
- ^ "Oscars: the award for the most valuable prop goes to..." Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ "Far-fetched gizmos of 'Star Trek' are today's tech toys". Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ "Gerald Gurian's "To Boldly Go: Season Two"! (Book Foreword) by Doug Drexler". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ Abuelsamid, Sam. "GM mild hybrid system wins two "Boss" Kettering awards". Autoblog. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ "Star Trek Series William Shatner "Cpt. Kirk" Tunic: Lot 909 - Live Auctioneers". new.liveauctioneers.com. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- ^ "Book Review: 'These Are the Voyages - The True History of Star Trek: The Original Series, Season Three' by Marc Cushman". Retrieved 2016-10-04.