Star Trek Magazine – July 2019

R

alph Winter knows a thing or two

about building and nurturing a

franchise. Th e veteran producer

proved instrumental in ushering in a

new era of superhero feature fi lms with

2000’s X-Men and its sequels. But long

before mutant mania hit, Winter helped

steer the Star Trek universe, beginning

as an uncredited post-production

supervisor on Star Trek II: Th e Wrath

of Khan. He subsequently served as an

associate producer on Star Trek III: Th e

Search for Spock, an executive producer

on both Star Trek IV: Th e Voyage Home

and Star Trek V: Th e Final Frontier, as

well as a producer on Star Trek VI: Th e

Undiscovered Country.

A Cinematic Trek

“I had built a relationship with

[producer and writer] Harve Bennett,

WINTER’SWINTER’S

TALETALE

Producer Ralph Winter was intimately involved

in themaking of four Star Trek fi lms, among

themStar Trek III: The Search for Spock and

StarTrek V: The Final Frontier. As those two

filmscelebratetheir 35th and 30th anniversaries respectively,

Wintertellsthestory of the development of the two projects,

andthedifficulties in particular of The Final Frontier.

Words:BryanCairns

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