Herman F. Zimmerman (born 19 April 1935) is an art director and

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. He is probably best known for his work on '' Star Trek''.

Career

Zimmerman initially aspired to be an actor and enrolled at

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to study acting and directing. He then changed his major to theatre production, in order to take an assistantship in technical theatre. Zimmerman then became an Associate Professor of Drama at Northwestern University for 5 years, where he was a

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and Scene Designer for the university's theatre. Zimmerman began working for

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in 1965, as an assistant art director on '' Days of Our Lives''. Zimmerman has worked on a project with the Institute for Creative Technologies in Southern California, called the "Experience Learning System", which was commissioned by the US Army. Throughout the 1970s, Zimmerman served as an art director on several of

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s' shows, including ''

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'', '' Land of the Lost'', '' Far Out Space Nuts'', '' The Lost Saucer'', and '' Donny and Marie''.

''Star Trek''

Zimmerman began working in the ''Star Trek'' franchise when he was hired to work on '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. Zimmerman also worked on 6 of the ''Star Trek'' feature films; ''

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'', '' The Undiscovered Country'', '' Generations'', '' First Contact'', ''

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'' and '' Nemesis''. Zimmerman was also the art director for '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' for which he received four Emmy nominations. Zimmerman's final work for the ''Star Trek'' franchise was the set of ''

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''.

Awards and nominations

Zimmerman won the

Art Directors Guild Awards 1996 1st ADG Awards 1997 ---- Feature Film: The English Patient The 1st Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards, honoring the best production designers in film, television and media of 1996, were held in 1997. Winners and nom ...

's ''Excellence in Production Design Award - Television'' for his work on ''Deep Space Nine''. Zimmerman's first Emmy nomination, for the pilot episode, "

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", was shared with art director Randy McIlvain and set decorator Mickey S. Michaels. Zimmerman's next three nominations – for "

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", " Far Beyond the Stars" and " Prodigal Daughter" – were shared with McIlvain and set decorator Laura Richarz.

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* 1935 births Living people American people of German descent American production designers American art directors Northwestern University School of Communication alumni {{US-tv-bio-stub