David Takemura David A . Takemura is a ( VFX ) artist , coordinator and supervisor who worked on , , , , and . He was also the visual effects supervisor for . His work on " Star Trek " earned Takemura two Emmy Award wins ( both of which were in 1992 ) , along with an additional three nominations , complemented by a Visual Effects Society Award in 2005 . A graduate of the University of Southern California , with a Bachelor ' s degree in Business Administration ( Marketing / Advertising ) , David Takemura ' s career took on an entirely different path , when he " " heard that they were in pre - production for the Star Trek : The Next Generation pilot episode . After interviewing with Bob Justman , I became one of the two production assistants " [ the other being Dana White ] " that started with the show that first season . Most of our responsibilities revolved around the office : answering phones , copying scripts , getting lunches , etc . " " His position on the new show was Takemura ' s first jobafter graduation . When the first season went into full swing , Peter Lauritson promoted him to post - production assistant / visual effects associate and assigned him to the two teams of Gary Hutzel / Robert Legato and Dan Curry / Ronald B . Moore , where he was able to learn the tricks of the trade . " " David worked with both teams in various capacities and was instrumental in making it all happen " " , an appreciative Curry stated . ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol 23 , # 5 , p . 62 ) Takemura ' s opportunity for advancement came when " Deep Space Nine " went into production in 1993 . The visual effects team of Hutzel and Legato were assigned to the new production , and , in order to fill the gap left behind by their departure for the remaining two seasons of " The Next Generation " , David Stipes , with whom Takemura was paired , was hired as visual effects supervisor and Takemura was promoted to visual effects coordinator . Upon the conclusion of the sixth season of " The Next Generation " , Takemura transferred to " Deep Space Nine " to start working on that series ' second season , where he was paired up with Glenn Neufeld in the same position . During the fourth season of that series , Takemura was given the opportunity to flex his muscles as visual effects supervisor on two early episodes , and , a position he was permanently promoted into at the end of that season , and which he held for the remainder of his tenure at the franchise . David Takemura was one of the few senior visual effects staffers of the television franchise who was also given a chance to serve as such on one of the . In Takemura ' s case it was , after Ron B . Moore declined the offer , where he served as the visual effects supervisor responsible for the scenes of the Borg torpedo attack on the town , the corridor phaser fight with the Borg , Geordi - Vision and Geordi ' s bionic eyes , the 1940s holodeck , and the landing of the Vulcan Ship at the end of the movie . Takemura , like Ron B . Moore , was one of the very few " Star Trek " staffers in any function ( including , amongst others , Rick Berman , Peter Lauritson and Michael Okuda ) , to have officially served for the full eighteen years of the " Berman era " of the television franchise ; but also having worked on " all " its series at one time or another , unlike Moore who missed out on " Deep Space Nine " . His name appeared in an okudagram reference in the second season episode , where he was listed as a noted comedian . He later had an explosive , Takemurium lite , named after him in an okudagram in the fourth season episode , as well as a noted doctor , a Starfleet officer , and D . Takemura whose names can be seen in various episodes . In he and John Knoll were interviewed by Larry Nemecek for the article " Light & Magic " in the " " . After an absence of twelve years , Takemura rejoined the " Star Trek " television franchise in 2017 in a senior VFX position , that of ( Senior ) Visual Effects Coordinator for fifteen episodes of the first season of " Star Trek : Discovery " , in the process becoming one of the few most senior veteran television production staffers to do so . In doing so , and together with " Star Trek " newcomer Ante Dekovic , Takemura filled the position left vacant by former " Star Trek " collegue Mitch Suskin who left the series in the pre - production stage in February 2017 . Career outside " Star Trek " . While the " Star Trek " live - action franchise was still in production , Takemura also worked during its summer hiatus as visual effects supervisor on the television science fiction film " Star Patrol " ( 2000 , with Lee Stringer ) , the fantasy film " Harry Potter and the Sorcerer ' s Stone " ( 2001 ) , the television series " Birds of Prey " ( 2002 - 2003 ) , the television comedy " Christmas Vacation 2 : Cousin Eddie ' s Island Adventure " ( 2003 ) , and the short film " Air " ( 2004 ) . After the " Star Trek " live - action franchise was suspended indefinitely , he worked on the drama " English as a Second Language " ( 2005 , with Paul Hill and John Hirota ) , the pilot episode of " Secrets of a Small Town " ( 2006 , with John F . Gross ) , and the television series " Ghost Whisperer " ( 2006 ) . He also worked on the mystery thriller " What Lies Beneath " ( 2000 ) and the action remake " Charlie ' s Angels " ( 2000 ) . In 2007 Takemura joined the visual effects team of Ronald D . Moore ' s remake of the " Battlestar Galactica " franchise as a visual effects coordinator . His work includes the television movie " Battlestar Galactica : Razor " ( 2007 ) , the mini series " Battlestar Galactica : The Face of the Enemy " ( 2008 - 2009 ) , the television series " Battlestar Galactica " ( 2008 - 2009 ) , the video production " The Plan " ( 2009 ) , and the spin - off series " Caprica " ( 2009 - 2010 ) and " Battlestar Galactica : Blood and Chrome " ( 2011 ) . In 2008 Takemura won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series for the " Battlestar Galactica " episode " He That Believe in Me " , shared with Gary Hutzel , Doug Drexler , Kyle Toucher , Pierre Drolet , Derek Ledbetter , and Sean M . Jackson . In 2013 he was nominated for an Emmy Award for " Blood and Chrome " , a nomination he again shared with Drexler , Hutzel , Toucher . Ledbetter , as well as with David R . Morton . Takemura worked as director , writer and producer on the 1998 film " World Inside Me " with J . R . Quinonez and on the 2006 short drama " Good Bad Karma " with Jef Ayres . Other projects as visual effects producer include the television series " Saving Grace " ( 2007 ) and " Moonlight " ( 2007 - 2008 ) and as visual effects coordinator the pilot episode of the " Knight Rider " remake ( 2008 ) , the television thriller " Virtuality " ( 2009 ) , and the action film " Drive Angry 3D " ( 2011 ) . In 2012 Takemura again rejoined former " Star Trek " colleagues Drexler and Hutzel to work as visual effects coordinator on the science fiction series " Defiance " , helping the team to win another , 2013 Emmy Award nomination , though he himself was not among the nominees . " Star Trek " awards . David Takemura received the following award wins and nominations : Emmy Award . As Visual Effect Associate / Coordinator , Takemura received the following Emmy Award s and nominations in the category " Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Visual Effects " :