Lauren Polizzi Lauren E . Polizzi is an Art Director who worked under production designer Scott Chambliss on and as Art Director on the sequel . On " Into Darkness " , Polizzi worked on the Daystrom Conference Room set , including the elevator and meeting area and the surface of the planet Nibiru . Her work on ' s " Star Trek Into Darkness " earned her an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination in in the category Fantasy Film which she shared with Scott Chambliss , Ramsey Avery , James Clyne , Kasra Farahani , Michael E . Goldman , Harry E . Otto , Andrew E . W . Murdock , Jason Baldwin Stewart , Natasha Gerasimova , Steve Christensen , Andrea Dopaso , John Eaves , Nathan Schroeder , Ryan Church , Christopher Ross , Victor Martinez , Steven Messing , Karl Strahlendorf , John Chichester , Tex Kadonaga , Kevin Cross , Andrew Reeder , Anne Porter , Jane Wuu , Richard F . Mays , Allen Coulter , Karl Martin , Scott Schneider , Lorrie Campbell , Easton Smith , Tammy Lee , Tim Croshaw , Clint Schultz , and Karen Manthey . Personal and early career . Polizzi was born in Los Angeles and was among a group of teenagers who were cast to be extras for a television project while at high school . Impressed by the sets built for this television series she decided to achieve a career in the entertainment industry . She attended the University of California in Los Angeles and graduated with a degree in theater arts . Since 2000 , she has been working as a senior lecturer in Advanced Set Design and Art Direction at the American Film Institute . Career . Film and television . Polizzi started her career as production assistant in the early 1980s when she worked on the horror film " The Dorm That Dripped Blood " ( 1982 ) and the drama " Nickel Mountain " ( 1984 , art direction by Nancy Mickelberry ) . Her credits as set designer include films such as the music drama " Great Balls of Fire ! " ( 1989 , starring Winona Ryder ) , the drama " Gross Anatomy " ( 1989 ) , the action comedy " V . I . Warshawski " ( 1991 ) , the fantasy comedy " Death Becomes Her " ( 1992 ) , ' s blockbuster " Jurassic Park " ( 1993 ) , the fantasy drama " Heart & Souls " ( 1993 , with Alfre Woodard ) , the drama " Forrest Gump " ( 1994 ) , the comedy " Sgt . Bilko " ( 1996 ) , the science fiction blockbuster " Independence Day " ( 1996 ) , the comedy " Edtv " ( 1999 ) , the sequel " Ocean ' s Twelve " ( 2004 ) , the fantasy comedy " Bedtime Stories " ( 2008 , production design by Linda DeScenna ) , the comedy " Date Night " ( 2010 ) , and the biopic " J . Edgar " ( 2011 ) . As assistant art director , Polizzi worked on the drama " The Oasis " ( 1984 , starring Richard Cox , Ben Slack , and Mark Metcalf ) , the science fiction horror film " Species " ( 1995 ) , the drama " Amistad " ( 1997 ) , the action drama " Mercury Rising " ( 1998 ) , and the science fiction remake " The Time Machine " ( 2002 , screenplay by John Logan ) . Among her credits as art director are the fantasy sequel " The Lost World : Jurassic Park " ( 1997 ) , the sixth season of " " ( 1998 - 1999 ) , the fantasy comedy " How the Grinch Stole Christmas " ( 2000 ) , the crime comedy " Be Cool " ( 2005 ) , the sequel " Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull " ( 2008 ) , the science fiction sequel " Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen " ( 2009 ) , the comedy " Dinner for Schmucks " ( 2010 ) , the science fiction thriller " Cowboys & Aliens " ( 2011 , screenplay by Roberto Orci , Alex Kurtzman , and Damon Lindelof , production design by Scott Chambliss , and set design by Karen Manthey ) , and the drama " Saving Mr . Banks " ( 2013 ) . More recently , Polizzi worked as Art Director on the television movie " Exit Strategy " ( 2014 , written and produced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci ) , and the sequels " The Hunger Games : Mockingjay – Part 1 " ( 2014 ) and " The Hunger Games : Mockingjay – Part 2 " ( 2015 ) . Awards . Polizzi received her first ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination in 1998 for her work on the drama " Amistad " . The following year she was part of the team which won the award in the category Television Series for her work on " " . Beside her nomination for " Into Darkness " , Polizzi received four more nominations in 2001 for " How the Grinch Stole Christmas " , in 2009 for " Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull " , in 2012 for " Cowboys & Aliens " , and in 2014 for " Saving Mr . Banks " . Other awards include a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1999 in the category Outstanding Art Direction for a Series for " The X - Files " , an Online Film & Television Association Award nomination in 2001 in the category Best Production Design for " How the Grinch Stole Christmas " , and a Satellite Award nomination in the category Best Art Direction & Production Design in 2013 for her work on " Saving Mr . Banks " . Tetsuo " Tex " Kadonaga is a visual effects artist and digital set designer who worked as digital set designer on ' s and its sequel . External links . On 2009 ' s " Star Trek " , Kadonaga designed the digital sets aboard the " Narada " including the bridge , the cargo bay and the torture chamber . On " Into Darkness " , he worked closely with James Clyne and Kasra Farahani on the 3D models of the bridge including its consoles and the corridor consoles , the " Vengeance " exterior look , the initial concept model of the K ' normian trading ship interior , and the garbage barge look for the climatic fight sequence . For this work , Kadonaga received an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination in the category Fantasy Film in which he shared with Scott Chambliss , Ramsey Avery , James Clyne , Lauren Polizzi , Kasra Farahani , Michael E . Goldman , Harry E . Otto , Andrew E . W . Murdock , Jason Baldwin Stewart , Natasha Gerasimova , Steve Christensen , Andrea Dopaso , John Eaves , Nathan Schroeder , Ryan Church , Christopher Ross , Victor Martinez , Steven Messing , Karl Strahlendorf , John Chichester , Kevin Cross , Andrew Reeder , Anne Porter , Jane Wuu , Richard F . Mays , Allen Coulter , Karl Martin , Scott Schneider , Lorrie Campbell , Easton Smith , Tammy Lee , Tim Croshaw , Clint Schultz , and Karen Manthey . According to the IMDb , Kadonaga worked as Set Designer on the sequel under production designer Scott Chambliss . Career . 1980s – 2009 . Kadonaga graduated with an Industrial Design Major from the Ontario College of Art in Ontario , Canada in 1988 and with a Production Design Major from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena , California in 1990 . Throughout the 1990s he worked for the effects companies Commotion , Inc . and Landmark Entertainment Group before he joined Rhythm & Hues as CG Artist , Art Director and Designer in 1993 . Since 2002 he is also working as Art Director for Electronic Arts located in Redwood City , California . As part of Rhythm & Hues he worked on concept art for the " " shuttle in , but the contract was awarded to another visual effects company . Other projects as 3D modeler , art director , and artist as part of Rhythm & Hues include the adventure " Babe " ( 1995 , with James Cromwell ) and its sequel " Babe : Pig in the City " ( 1998 ) , the comedy " The Associate " ( 1996 , with Whoopi Goldberg ) , the fantasy comedy " Mystery Men " ( 1999 ) , the science fiction comedy " What Planet Are You From ? " ( 2000 ) , the science fiction thriller " The Sixth Day " ( 2000 ) , the comedies " Cats & Dogs " ( 2001 ) and " Scooby - Doo " ( 2002 ) , the action sequel " The Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift " ( 2006 ) , the adventure comedy " Night at the Museum " ( 2006 ) , the comedy sequel " Evan Almighty " ( 2007 ) , the comedy remake " Land of the Lost " ( 2009 ) , and the fantasy film " Cirque du Freak : The Vampire ' s Assistant " ( 2009 ) . Early in his career , Kadonaga worked at Arcca Animation on the television series " Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future " ( 1987 - 1988 ) . His credits as art director include the video games " Race for Atlantis " ( 1998 ) , " The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers " ( 2002 ) , and " Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 " ( 2004 ) . 2010 – today . Kadonaga worked as costume modeler on the science fiction sequel " TRON : Legacy " ( 2010 ) and as digital set designer on the drama " 2012 " ( 2009 ) , ' s science fiction blockbuster " Avatar " ( 2009 ) , the comic adaptation " Thor " ( 2011 , starring Chris Hemsworth ) , the science fiction film " Cowboys & Aliens " ( 2011 ) , the drama " Real Steel " ( 2011 ) , the thriller " The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo " ( 2011 ) , and the fantasy film " Oz : The Great and Powerful " ( 2013 ) . In 2010 he received an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award from the Art Directors Guild in the category Fantasy Film for his work on " Avatar " . He shared this award with fellow " Trek " artists Robert Stromberg , Dorian Bustamante , Ryan Church , James Clyne , Paul Ozzimo , Daphne Yap , C . Scott Baker , Scott Herbertson , Joseph Hiura , Karl J . Martin , Andrew Reeder , and Gregory Jein . In 2012 he received another nomination in the category Fantasy Film for his work on " Cowboys & Aliens " and won an ADG Award in the category Contemporary Film for his work on the mystery drama " The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo " . More recent credits as Set Designer include the animated movie " Legends of Oz : Dorothy ' s Return " ( 2013 ) and the science fiction film " Tomorrowland " ( 2015 , written and produced by Damon Lindelof , music by Michael Giacchino , and production design by Scott Chambliss ) . official site