Patrick Clancey Patrick Clancey is a visual effects artist whose work as an employee during the " Star Trek " years at The Post Group ( 1986 - 1989 , 1995 - 2001 ) and Digital Magic ( 1990 - 1994 ) , included episodes of and . Pat Clancey ( Starfleet ) , a name on a dedication plaque , was named after him . Clancey also worked as digital compositor on the television documentary " Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special " . His work on " Star Trek " earned him the following Emmy Award nominations and win : Clancey was born in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada and graduated from the Carmel High School in 1974 and from the University of OJT in 1978 . Since July 2002 he has been working as optical compositor for the company Efilm . Clancey also received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 1990 in the category Outstanding Achievement in Videotape Editing for his work on the CBS comedy series " Pee - wee ' s Playhouse " and Emmy Award nominations in 2000 in the categories Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special and Outstanding Multi - Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special for " The 72nd Annual Academy Awards " and in 2003 in the category Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special for his work on the television thriller " Point of Origin " , shared with Danny Mudgett . Clancey started his career as an editor in the 1970s when he worked on " The Alan Hamel Show " ( 1976 - 1977 ) and " The Rolf Harris Show " ( 1978 ) . In the 1980s he moved into the visual effects department and worked as visual effects compositor on television series such as " Max Headroom " , " Mission : Impossible " , " Freddy ' s Nightmares " , " The Flash " , and " Lois & Clark : The New Adventures of Superman " . Among his first film credits are the science fiction sequel " Back to the Future , Part II " ( 1989 ) and the animated movie " Simply Mad About the Mouse " ( 1991 ) . The following years , Clancey was employeed by The Post Group and contributed to projects such as the blockbuster " Titanic " ( 1997 ) , the drama " The Man in the Iron Mask " ( 1998 ) , the comedy " Pushing Tin " ( 1999 ) , the drama " Brokedown Palace " ( 1999 ) , and the action thriller " Swordfish " ( 2001 ) . Since then , Clancey has worked on over 200 film projects including the action comedy " Charlie ' s Angels : Full Throttle " ( 2003 ) , the science fiction sequel " Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines " ( 2003 , starring Kristanna Loken ) , the horror film " Dawn of the Dead " ( 2004 ) , the comic adaptation " Hellboy " ( 2004 , starring Ron Perlman ) , the comic adaptation " Spider - Man 2 " ( 2004 , starring Kirsten Dunst ) , the crime thriller " Ocean ' s Twelve " ( 2004 ) , the comedy " Monster - in - Law " ( 2005 ) , the war drama " Jarhead " ( 2005 ) , ' s mystery thriller " The Da Vinci Code " ( 2006 ) , the drama " World Trade Center " ( 2006 ) , the fantasy film " Eragon " ( 2006 ) , the fantasy comedy " Night at the Museum " ( 2006 ) , ' horror film " Planet Terror " ( 2007 ) , the science fiction thriller " I Am Legend " ( 2007 ) , the science fiction sequel " AVPR : Aliens vs Predator – Requiem " ( 2007 ) , the comic adaptation " Iron Man " ( 2008 ) and its sequel " Iron Man 2 " ( 2010 ) , the comedy " Sex and the City " ( 2008 ) and its sequel " Sex and the City 2 " ( 2010 , both starring Kim Cattrall ) , the adventure " Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull " ( 2008 ) , the drama " Frost / Nixon " ( 2008 , starring Frank Langella ) , the comic adaptation " X - Men Origins : Wolverine " ( 2009 ) , the mystery thriller " Angels & Demons " ( 2009 ) , the comedy sequel " Night at the Museum 2 : Battle of the Smithsonian " ( 2009 ) , ' s war drama " Inglourious Basterds " ( 2009 ) , the action adventure " 2012 " ( 2009 ) , the vampire blockbusters " New Moon " ( 2009 ) and its sequel " The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn – Part 1 " ( 2011 ) , the remake of " The A - Team " ( 2010 ) , the romance " Water for Elephants " ( 2011 ) , the comic adaptations " Thor " ( 2011 , starring Chris Hemsworth ) , " X - Men : First Class " ( 2011 ) , and " Captain America : The First Avenger " ( 2011 ) , the science fiction western " Cowboys & Aliens " ( 2011 , written by Roberto Orci , Alex Kurtzman , and Damon Lindelof ) , the science fiction prequel " Rise of the Planet of the Apes " ( 2011 ) , the horror film " The Thing " ( 2011 ) , and the comedy " Good Deeds " ( 2012 , written , directed , and starring Tyler Perry ) .