Ralph McQuarrie
- Acting
- June 13, 1929 · Gary, Indiana, USA
- March 3, 2012
Biography
Ralph Angus McQuarrie (/məˈkwɒriː/; June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012) was a conceptual designer and futurist responsible for many of the designs and aesthetics featured in the original trilogy. He also provided concept illustrations fort he original Battlestar Galactica and the illustration of the Ark of the Covenant seen in a Bible near the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark. He often went by the initials "RMQ," which he used as his signature. McQuarrie was tuckerized via a cameo in The Empire Strikes Back as General Pharl McQuarrie.
Known for
Filmography
- LIGHT & MAGIC · Self
- Star Trek: Discovery · Conceptual Design
- The Characters of Star Wars · Self
- Ralph McQuarrie: Illustrator · Self
- The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' · Self
- The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' · Self
- Nightbreed · Concept Artist, Title Designer
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home · Visual Effects
- Cocoon · Visual Effects
- Return of the Jedi · Concept Artist
- The Empire Strikes Back · General McQuarrie (uncredited), Visual Effects
- The Star Wars Holiday Special · Art Designer
- VD Questions and VD Answers · Animation