American director and special effects expert (1899–1984), director of The War of the Worlds, who served as associate producer on The Cage, the first Star Trek pilot.
Byron Haskin was an American cinematographer, special effects man and director whose career began in the silent era. He ran the effects department at Warner Bros. before directing films such as Treasure Island, The War of the Worlds and Robinson Crusoe on Mars, and he directed several episodes of The Outer Limits.
Gene Roddenberry brought him on to The Cage in 1964 as associate producer, chiefly for his knowledge of optical effects, which the pilot needed for the Talosian illusions, the transporter and the shots of the Enterprise.
Haskin did not continue with the project after the first pilot. His work is nonetheless seen in The Menagerie, which reused most of the footage from The Cage.