Matthew Yuricich
Matthew J. Yuricich  is the brother of Richard Yuricich and was the matte artist for .

He began creating matte paintings in  and his first work was in The Day the Earth Stood Still, directed by The Motion Picture director Robert Wise. Between the making of that first film and his Star Trek assignment, he also worked on Forbidden Planet, Ben Hur, North by Northwest, Logan's Run, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and after that assignment, most notably, on Blade Runner. He won an Academy Award for Logan's Run and an Oscar nomination for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. For Star Trek, he worked as part of Entertainment Effects Group under Douglas Trumbull's supervision. (The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, p. 211)

Further reading
"The Magical Techniques of Movie and TV Special Effects, Part VIII: The Matte Artist, an interview with Matthew Yuricich", David Houston, , issue 13, May 1978, pp. 54-61

External links

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