Douglas Netter was the executive producer for Babylon 5 for its first four seasons. Between the fourth and fifth seasons, he founded and appointed himself CEO of Netter Digital, a CGI special effects company. Netter Digital then replaced Foundation Imaging as the Special Effects studio for the series, doing all the CGI work for the final season of that show, as well as several of the B5 Made-For-TV movies, and did all the effects for it's short-lived spinoff, Crusade. Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Netter Digital was a CGI Special Effects company created by Douglas Netter in 1997. ... CGI may mean: CGI Group Inc. ... Foundation Imaging was a pioneering CGI Special Effects Studio in the early 1990s. ... CGI may mean: CGI Group Inc. ... This article is about the medieval crusades. ...
With the untimely cancellation of Crusade in 1999, Netter Digital lost its only client. Unable to promptly replace it with other customers, the company went out of business in 2000. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
DouglasNetter is an accomplished television executive and producer.
During that time, he produced over 75 feature films, numerous television programs and was instrumental in the construction of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
Netter also executive produced the award-winning mini-series "The Sacketts," based on Louis L'Amour's novels.