About Jim Mees
Jim Mees (August 10, 1955 – March 29, 2013), was an American set designer who worked on a variety of television series as well as music tours and films. He was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Series in 1990 for his work on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Sins of the Father", and was nominated on four other occasions. == Biography == Mees was born in Mahopac, New York on August 10, 1955. He became friends with designer Vera Neumann, whom he later credited as being the inspiration behind his design career. He first met her at the age of 12 and later gained a job with her, drawing images which were turned into designs for clothing. He gained a bachelor's degree in theatre and lighting design from Carnegie Mellon University in 1977. During his final year, he was selected by the Seattle Repertory Theater to work on George Abbott's final Broadway production Music Is. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in design. In 1982, he gained his first job on a television series with the CBS series Gloria. He went on to work with a dozen more television series including three Star Trek series, The Next Generation, Voyager and Enterprise.
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