Ian Christenberry worked as lighting technician, lamp operator, and assistant chief lighting technician in the camera and electrical department of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Star Trek: Insurrection. He was also chief lighting technician on the video game Star Trek: Klingon. Ian Christenberry, seen on various set artwork, was named after him.
Prior to his work on Star Trek, Christenberry worked as assistant camera operator on Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984, with camera operator Krishna Rao), the drama Always (1985), and The Hidden (1987).
Among the projects he worked as lighting technician and electrician on are the television series Tales from the Darkside (1987-1988), Dark Tower (1987, with Krishna Rao), Wayne's World (1992, with Patric J. Abaravich, Richard Briere, Armando Contreras, and Elizabeth Radley), Speechless (1994), and Entourage (2004).
Star Trek credits[]
- TNG:
- "New Ground" – Lamp Operator (Season 5, uncredited)
- "Hero Worship" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Violations" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "The Masterpiece Society" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Conundrum" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Power Play" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Ethics" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "The Outcast" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Cause And Effect" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "The First Duty" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Cost Of Living" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "The Perfect Mate" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Imaginary Friend" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "I Borg" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- VOY:
- Star Trek films
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – Lighting Technician
- Star Trek: Insurrection – Lighting Technician
- ENT:
- "Broken Bow" – Lamp Operator (Season 1, uncredited)
- "Fight or Flight" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Strange New World" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Unexpected" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Terra Nova" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "The Andorian Incident" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Breaking the Ice" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Civilization" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Fortunate Son" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Cold Front" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Silent Enemy" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Dear Doctor" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Sleeping Dogs" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Shadows of P'Jem" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Shuttlepod One" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Fusion" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Rogue Planet" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Acquisition" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Oasis" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Detained" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Vox Sola" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Fallen Hero" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Desert Crossing" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)
- "Two Days and Two Nights" – Lamp Operator/Assistant Chief Lighting Technician (uncredited)
- "Shockwave" – Lamp Operator (uncredited)