Joe Podnar Joe Podnar is a make - up and special effects make - up artist who worked on three " Star Trek " television series and three " Star Trek " feature films . During his time on " Star Trek " , Podnar earned five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Makeup for a Series : Podnar ' s first credited work was as animatronics assistant and location crew member for the company Mechanical and Makeup Imagieries Inc . on the science fiction comedy " The Garbage Pail Kids Movie " ( 1987 ) on which he worked with Camille Calvet and Karin Hanson . He then worked as scenic artist for the horror film " Cellar Dweller " ( 1988 ) and in the special effects department for the horror thriller " To Die For " ( 1988 , with Wayne Toth ) and the horror sequel " Friday the 13th Part VII : The New Blood " ( 1988 , with Karin Hanson , Richard Snell , Martin Becker , and Joe Lombardi ) . Beside his work as an actor on the horror film " The Jitters " ( 1989 ) and in the make - up department for the horror comedy " The Sleeping Car " ( 1989 , along with Richard Snell and Wayne Toth ) and the horror sequel " Watchers II " ( 1990 , with Dean Jones ) , he worked in the special make - up effects department for the company Magical Media Industries , Inc . on the horror films " A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 : The Dream Master " ( 1988 , with Martin Becker , Camille Calvet , Roger Borelli , Mark Garbarino , Leonard MacDonald , Wayne Toth , Bart Mixon , Scott Wheeler , and Brian Wade ) , " Bride of Re - Animator " ( 1990 , with Ron Althoff , Jim Davidson , Anthony Doublin , Alan McFarland , Robert Stromberg , Wayne Toth , and Brian Wade ) , and " Freddy ' s Dead : The Final Nightmare " ( 1991 , with Dayne Johnson , Wayne Toth , and Marlene Stoller ) . Further credits as make - up artist and special effects make - up artist include the drama " Inside Out " ( 1991 ) , the action film " F / X2 " ( 1991 , with Donna Cicatelli - Lewis ) , the comedy " Kung Fu Rascals " ( 1992 ) , the drama " Inside Out II " ( 1992 ) , the television horror film " Danger Island " ( 1992 , with Earl Ellis and Bart Mixon ) , the science fiction film " Oblivion " ( 1994 ) , the fantasy film " Leapin ' Leprechauns " ( 1995 ) , the science fiction thriller " Screamers " ( 1995 , with Jim Bandsuh and Ken Niederbaumer ) , the horror film " Sometimes They Come Back . . . Again " ( 1996 , with Earl Ellis and Bart Mixon ) , the science fiction sequel " Oblivion 2 : Backlash " ( 1996 ) , ' s fantasy comedy " How the Grinch Stole Christmas " ( 2000 , with Karen Asano - Myers , Terry Baliel , Barney Burman , Zoltan Elek , Earl Ellis , Jane Galli , Kevin Haney , Joel Harlow , Karen Iverson , Jamie Kelman , Michael Key , Heather Koontz , Toby Lamm , Mark Landon , Steve LaPorte , Margie Latinopoulos , Norma Lee , Patricia Miller , Bart Mixon , Geneva Nash Morgan , Gilbert A . Mosko , Kenny Myers , Ve Neill , Greg Nelson , Alex Proctor , Bernd Rantscheff , Craig Reardon , Jill Rockow , Sandra Rowden , Kim Santantonio , Elaina P . Schulman , Mark Shostrom , Robin Slater , Mike Smithson , Richard Snell , Justin Stafford , Rick Stratton , Thomas E . Surprenant , Brian A . Tunstall , Karen Westerfield , June Westmore , Monty Westmore , Art Anthony , and Adam Brandy ) , the horror film " Dead Above Ground " ( 2002 , with Michael Westmore and Natalie Wood ) , ' s fantasy adventure " Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl " ( 2003 ) , the horror thriller " Venom " ( 2005 , with Ed French , Brad Look , and Bob Smithson ) , the fantasy comedy " The Santa Clause 3 : The Escape Clause " ( 2006 ) , ' s action adventure " Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull " ( 2008 ) , and the horror thriller " The Midnight Meat Train " ( 2008 , with Ed French , Ruth Haney , Margie Latinopoulos , Bart Mixon , Christopher Payne , and Clinton Wayne ) . " Star Trek " credits . < div class = " appear " >