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  Matt Jefferies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jefferies' father was chief engineer at a power plant in Virginia.
Jefferies restored and flew period airplanes as a hobby.
In June 2003, Jefferies was the guest of honor at the presentation of a documentary about him prepared for the special edition of the Star Trek: Generations DVD.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matt_Jefferies   (482 words)

  
 Ex Astris Scientia - Where are the Jefferies Tubes?
Jefferies tubes are named in honor of the late Matt Jefferies who designed the original Enterprise and conceived an access tunnel in which Scotty had to perform delicate repairs several times.
So most likely all Jefferies tubes on the Sovereign class are mostly located between the decks and only some smaller portions near the access hatches are on the bottom of the decks, although the lack of deck plans would allow a complete system of deck-level Jefferies tubes too.
Summarizing, while the Jefferies tubes are a fine idea to provide access to distributed ship systems while not consuming too much volume (not to mention the dramatic impact of crew members crawling through them), it was never made clear where in the ship they are actually located.
www.ex-astris-scientia.org /articles/jefferies.htm   (1719 words)

  
 Matt Jeffries Tribute Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Born August 12, 1921, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Matt was obsessed with flight from an early age.
Matt loved nothing more than the freedom that flight afforded oneself and would spend much of his spare time in and around planes.
Matt is survived by his wife Mary Ann Jefferies and two brothers, John and Richard.
www.usspanthercity.org /jefries_obit.htm   (533 words)

  
 Blog of Death: Matt Jefferies
Walter "Matt" Jefferies, the art director for the original Star Trek series, died on July 21.
Jefferies' contributions to the Star Trek franchise are the subject of a new documentary, which will be included on the "Star Trek: Generations" collector's edition DVD.
Matt Jefferies and I have two things in common - he was a military pilot (his plane was the B-17, while my airplane was the EP-3E) and we both loved aviation to death.
www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000152.html   (300 words)

  
 FSD : Starship Concept Art : Designing the starship Enterprise
When Matt Jefferies started work on Star Trek's first pilot, "The Cage," literally nothing was in place.
Jefferies was given the job of designing the Enterprise and its bridge, while the original production designer, Franz Bachelin, and his assistant, Pato Guzman, handled the rest of the sets.
Jefferies was also responsible for the Enterprise's famous registry number.
www.lcarscom.net /fsd/art/1701.html   (932 words)

  
 Jefferies tube - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jefferies tubes, in the Star Trek fictional universe, are small tunnels or corridors that provide access to critical starship systems.
The term "Jefferies tube" was originally an inside joke among the original Star Trek production staff, a reference to Original Series art director Matt Jefferies, the man who designed the original starship Enterprise.
The term quickly caught on among fans, becoming an official part of the show's lexicon, and has begun being used informally in some real-world situations to refer to similar access passages.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jefferies_tube   (193 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Biography
After struggling through a variety of concepts for several weeks, Jefferies settled on the saucer-and-nacelle shape that he knew was unique and instantly recognizable to an audience, and proceeded to sell that concept to Roddenberry and the network.
Jefferies also designed the bridge, and in fact, for six months before the show launched, he and Roddenberry were the only ones on the staff.
Jefferies died on July 21, 2003, of congestive heart failure after overcoming a battle with cancer.
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/library/creative/bio/483.html   (714 words)

  
 www.trekplace.com
Beneath Jefferies' signature on the sketch is the marking "6-77", suggesting that the sketch may have been made in June 1977.
This ship was designed by Matt Jefferies for a television series project developed by Gene Roddenberry after the run of the original Star Trek.
Based on Matt Jefferies' painting, restored by Michael Okuda, the image has been described as being based on an enlarged portion of a set photo of the display area of the recreation deck from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
www.trekplace.com /article13.html   (2432 words)

  
 Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Walter "Matt" Jefferies, the art director who designed the original Star Trek starship Enterprise for series creator Gene Roddenberry, died in the early hours of July 21, the official StarTrek.com Web site reported.
Jefferies' career and contributions to the Trek franchise are the subject of a new documentary, recently screened at Paramount for family and friends and to be included on the forthcoming Star Trek: Generations collector's edition DVD expected next year, the TrekWeb site reported.
Jefferies was also the inspiration for the franchise's ubiquitous "Jefferies Tubes" on Trek starships.
www.scifi.com /scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-07/22/10.00.tv   (255 words)

  
 TrekToday - Original 'Enterprise' Designer Matt Jefferies Dies
Jefferies had recently been told by doctors he was winning the fight, and only last month appeared to be full of energy during a special tribute at the Paramount lot (story).
"Matt Jefferies' quiet modesty belied the genius of his work, which set the path for all of us who are lucky enough to follow in his very large footsteps," said Okuda, who currently serves on Enterprise as technical consultant and scenic art supervisor.
Jefferies' name will live on forever in the Trek universe in the form of the Jefferies tubes, the the engineering maintenance conduits giving full access to every location on a starship.
www.trektoday.com /news/210703_04.shtml   (946 words)

  
 What's New   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Today we at the DITL salute the memory of a true legend, for it is with great regret that we must report that Matt Jefferies has passed away.
On screen, his contribution to Trek was acknowledged in the famous "Jefferies Tubes" - the access-ways which we occasionally see engineers crawling along to reach some vital bit of machinery, often lined with piping labelled GNDN for "Goes Nowhere, Does Nothing".
But perhaps no greater testament to Jefferies can exist than the fact that even today, nearly 40 years after the original series, Star Trek continues to field vessels which are variations of his original USS Enterprise.
www.ditl.org /datwhatsnew.php?200309   (258 words)

  
 Matt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matt Jefferies, aviation and mechanical artist, set designer and writer
Matt, alternative spelling of Matte, meaning a surface with a non-glossy finish
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Matt   (95 words)

  
 SECTION31.COM - Dreaming on a Nightmare Budget   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Jefferies turned his attention to many small details as well, so many that one wonders how he found the time even to sketch them, let alone flesh them out, given the urgent schedule under which Star Trek was produced.
Matt Jefferies was the most decent and devoted human being on the production team.
Matt Jefferies was both; it is significant that, just before his death, a hospital wing, dedicated to those incapable of caring for themselves, was named for him.
www.section31.com /column.php?id=11   (1459 words)

  
 STARTREK.COM : Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Walter Matthews "Matt" Jefferies, the art director who designed the original U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 for Gene Roddenberry in the 1960's, passed away early Monday morning, July 21, of congestive heart failure.
IN HIS OWN WORDS: Click on the "Matt Jefferies Video Interview" link on the left for an exclusive interview Matt gave in 2001, talking about his career and how he conceived the design of the Enterprise.
It was just a month ago that Jefferies' friends and family held a special surprise tribute for Jefferies on the Paramount lot (related story).
www.startrek.com /startrek/view/news/article/1616.html   (641 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Star Trek Enterprise designer dies
Walter "Matt" Jefferies, the art director who designed the original Enterprise vessel for the first Star Trek series has died, the official website of the sci-fi series has announced.
As a tribute to the designer's creation, access tunnels in the Enterprise were named "Jefferies tubes" and have featured in many different episodes and films.
Michael Okuda, technical consultant on Enterprise, said: "Matt Jefferies' quiet modesty belied the genius of his work, which set the path for all of us who are lucky enough to follow in his very large footsteps.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3086645.stm   (248 words)

  
 AMT MAtt Jefferies D7 - HobbyTalk
Regardless, without Jefferies signature or the signature of the AMT president or designer I don't see the point...
Jefferies' estate or anyone else in the chain of representatives could have made up the whole story before selling it to "Profiles in History." And of course, Profiles in History could also be making it up.
Yes, there should at least be some sort of official affadavit confirming that the model was at least in Jefferies' possession (part of the estate).
www.hobbytalk.com /bbs1/showthread.php?t=96994   (985 words)

  
 FSD : Starship Concept Art : Designing the Ti'Mur
When Jefferies was designing the original USS Enterprise NCC-1701 he experimented with a distinctive shape that consisted of a long, thin ship with a large, hoop-shaped engine.
Jefferies had rejected it as impractical, but Drexler says he was intrigued by it.
"One echoed some of the shapes seen in the Vulcan lander; the other foreshadowed the giant sphere of the USS Pasteur NCC-58925 which was inspired by another Matt Jefferies concept for the Enterprise that he'd labeled the USS Independence.
www.lcarscom.net /fsd/art/timur.html   (988 words)

  
 History of the Starship Enterprise movie model   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
”With the Adam/McQuarrie Enterprise* abandoned, Roddenberry asked Jefferies to update the famous Starship to reflect the refit that would be part of the new series back-story.
Jefferies redesign changed the engine nacelles from tubes to thin flat-side modules and tapered their supports.
Unlike the first redesign of the Enterprise, Jefferies new version was built this time by Don Loose, who had build the original ship for TOS.
home.comcast.net /~woozletrek/moviemodelhistory.htm   (1114 words)

  
 Jefferies Obit | MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
July 22, 2003 9:48 AM RIP: Walter "Matt" Jefferies - designer of the original U.S.S. Enterprise and contributor of much of what made Star Trek what it is today.
Jefferies may not have designed anything which really existed but he was very influential in the field of industrial design.
Jefferies may have been the first to visualize how wireless communications, wireless data, pda's, and gps's would work in a practical setting.
www.metafilter.com /mefi/27149   (2073 words)

  
 Leif Ericson: Model
Jefferies also designed the spacecraft Botany Bay from the Star Trek episode "Space Seed".
Matt Jefferies Around 1975 Matt Jefferies was hired by George Pal to work on a TV series based on THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (website by John Gosling).
For the TV series, Jefferies actually had the Pegasus upside down in relation to the Leif Ericson, in order to make the connection less obvious.
www.projectrho.com /SSC/model.html   (1590 words)

  
 OTTENS » forgotten trek » concept art » Designing the original Enterprise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As art director on the original series, Walter Matthew "Matt" Jefferies was given the assignment to design the Enterprise itself.
Somewhere between the cartoons of the past and the reality of the present, Matt Jefferies had to give at a design of the future.
When Roddenberry asked Jefferies to design the space ship for the show, it was only natural that the first concepts looked like a flying saucer.
www.robsacc.nl /ottens/forgottentrek_conceptart-original_enterprise.html   (1023 words)

  
 The IDIC Page - The AMT Klingon Battlecruiser "Prototype" Model
Jefferies created dozens of rough drawings, until he finalized the design on November 20, 1967.
Jefferies did a full engineering drawing of the ship, including the Klingon fleet emblem and logotype, and AMT followed it very closely (using some contractor's discretion).
After the cancellation of Star Trek in 1969, the studio model went to Matt Jefferies, who donated his model to the NASM in 1973.
members.aol.com /IDICPage/AMTprototype.html   (1080 words)

  
 SciFi - Star Trek
According to Matt, the Enterprise design was arrived at by a process of elimination.
Matt and Pato would create a pile of sketches, Gene would be called in, he would pick a few elements he liked from the sketches, and the process would start all over again.
By the third time around, they were down to about two dozen sketches, one of which was the beginning of the design that was finally chosen for the Enterprise.
users.stargate.net /~jsilla/scifi-startrek.htm   (2607 words)

  
 eBay Live Auctions item 1834314676 (Ends ) - Capt. Kirk's Bridge Command Chair
Constructed at the Desilu Culver Studios in November of 1964, this world-renowned chair was first used by actor Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike in the first pilot, The Cage and remained the focal point of the bridge throughout the entire series as Captain James T. Kirk’s seat of command.
Although construction of the Enterprise sets was an orchestrated team effort, Special Effects Supervisor Jim Rugg and Matt Jefferies were the two primary personnel involved in its design and construction.
Jefferies certifies that it is the original chair that he helped design and build.
www.strafe.com /art/chair   (1069 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: The Designer of The U.S.S. Enterprise Dead At Age 82
Walter "Matt" Jefferies, the man whose graceful design of the U.S.S. Enterprise for the TV series Star Trek in 1964 was a science fiction landmark, passed away on Monday at age 82.
He worked on shows ranging from Ben Casey to Little House on the Prairie, but he'll forever be known for the original Enterprise, which rests today in the Smithsonian, and has influenced the design of the main spacecraft in each successive version of the show, including the current Enterprise TV series.
Jefferies' style on Trek perfectly bridged the gap between Hollywood's pulpy 1950s designs (such as Forbidden Planet and This Island Earth) and the more technologically sophisticated shapes that Stanley Kubrick ushered in with 2001: A Space Odyssey, and George Lucas carried on with his Star Wars movies.
blogcritics.org /archives/2003/07/24/171015.php   (544 words)

  
 U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701
The workhorse version of the ship is the 11 foot long model which was used for 90 percent of the effects work and therefore rightly claims to be the "true" Enterprise.
Because Art Director Matt Jefferies has had a long standing relationship with the world of aviation he would turn to his friend Volmer Jensen to build the big model.
Jensen operated a nearby workshop in the LA area and is famous for having designed one of the earliest and most popular home built aircraft, the "Seabee".
www.cloudster.com /Sets&Vehicles/STEnterprise/EnterpriseTop.htm   (403 words)

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