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Richard D. James

  • Production Designer
  • Art Director
  • Set Decorator
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Richard D. James was a production designer and art director, known for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Local Hero (1983). He died on 11 November 2024 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
DiedNovember 11, 2024
DiedNovember 11, 2024
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 9 nominations total

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Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.7
TV Series
  • Production Designer
Robert Beltran, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Jeri Ryan, Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Star Trek: Voyager
7.9
TV Series
  • Production Designer
Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero (1983)
Local Hero
7.3
  • Art Director(as Richard James)
  • 1983
Getting Even (1986)
Getting Even
4.5
  • Production Designer(as Richard James)
  • 1986

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Production Designer

  • Robert Beltran, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Jeri Ryan, Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
    Star Trek: Voyager
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1995–2001
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1988–1994
  • Little Girl Lost (1988)
    Little Girl Lost
    6.6
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1988
  • Breaking Home Ties (1987)
    Breaking Home Ties
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1987
  • Getting Even (1986)
    Getting Even
    4.5
    • Production Designer (as Richard James)
    • 1986

Art Director

  • The Beast of War (1988)
    The Beast of War
    7.3
    • Art Director (as Richard James)
    • 1988
  • ABC Weekend Specials (1977)
    ABC Weekend Specials
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1985
  • Stormin' Home (1985)
    Stormin' Home
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1985
  • Cher, Kurt Russell, and Meryl Streep in Silkwood (1983)
    Silkwood
    7.1
    • Art Director (as Richard James)
    • 1983
  • Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero (1983)
    Local Hero
    7.3
    • Art Director (as Richard James)
    • 1983
  • Johnny the Dog in A Christmas for Boomer (1979)
    A Christmas for Boomer
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • Art Director (as Richard James)
    • 1979
  • Joey Aresco, Ilene Graff, and Harrison Page in Supertrain (1979)
    Supertrain
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1979
  • Noah Hathaway, Lorne Greene, Dirk Benedict, Richard Hatch, Maren Jensen, and Laurette Spang in Battlestar Galactica (1978)
    Battlestar Galactica
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1978
  • Battlestar Galactica (1978)
    Battlestar Galactica
    6.8
    • Art Director (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • Monty Hall in Let's Make a Deal (1963)
    Let's Make a Deal
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Art Director (as Richard James)
    • 1971–1977
  • ABC Late Night (1973)
    ABC Late Night
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1975
  • Split Second
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Art Director
    • 1972
  • The Choice Is Yours
    TV Special
    • Art Director (as Richard James)
    • 1970
  • Charlton Heston and Judith Anderson in Elizabeth the Queen (1968)
    Elizabeth the Queen
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1968
  • Carousel (1967)
    Carousel
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Art Director
    • 1967

Set Decorator

  • Charlton Heston and Judith Anderson in Elizabeth the Queen (1968)
    Elizabeth the Queen
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Set Decorator (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Carousel (1967)
    Carousel
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Set Decorator
    • 1967

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Richard L. James
  • Died
    • November 11, 2024
    • Dallas, Texas, USA(complications from an infection)

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  • Trivia
    Graduated from R.L. Paschal High School. While later attending Texas Tech University, he learned about production and art direction working at the Casa Mañana Theater in his hometown.

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