Designed the look of the 'plasma ring' explosion that opens
Star Trek VI - Das unentdeckte Land (1991), and which has since become a
staple of science fiction films (it is also featured in the poster art
of the film). He returned to the design task for the 1997 Special
Edition of
Star Wars: Episode IV - Eine neue Hoffnung (1977) with
George Lucas'
suggestion of augmenting the original Alderaan and Death Star explosions, and then
again in
Star Wars: Episode II - Angriff der Klonkrieger (2002)
with the 'seismic charges' that Obi-Wan Kenobi ('Euan McGregor') eludes
in the planet Geonosis asteroid field.