Michael Pangrazio Michael " Mike " A . Pangrazio is a motion picture visual effects artist , specialized as matte painter , who has contributed to three " Star Trek " feature films . As a member of Industrial Light & Magic ' s ( ILM ) matte department , Barron worked as an uncredited matte artist supervisor on , and as credited as such on . While at Matte World he worked on the backdrop matte painting of Camp Khitomer for , again credited as matte artist supervisor . Career outside " Star Trek " . Pangrazio ' s start in the motion picture industry was less than auspicious . Fresh out of high school he worked as scenic artist for a television network , which was a euphemistic term for " bucket boy " , as he was charged with cleaning paint buckets , dirty brushes and other menial tasks . He subsequently performed these tasks for a small Hollywood effects studio , before he met Joe Johnston ( an ILM staffer of " Star Wars " fame ) . It was through him that he was hired in 1978 at ILM . Lacking any kind of experience , he was taken under the wings of Ralph McQuarrie , who taught him the craft of matte painting , learning the trade in about three years . ( " " , p . 154 ) A prolific worker , at ILM , Pangrazio worked on such films as " Star Wars : Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back " ( 1980 ) , " Raiders of the Lost Ark " , " Dragonslayer " ( both 1981 ) , " E . T . the Extra - Terrestrial " , " Poltergeist " , " The Dark Crystal " ( all four 1982 ) , " Star Wars : Episode VI – Return of the Jedi " ( 1983 ) , " The Never Ending Story " , " Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom " , the television movie " Ewok Adventures – Caravan of Courage " ( winning him a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award , shared with among others ) , " Starman " " ( those 1984 ) , " The Goonies " , " Explorers " , " Young Sherlock Holmes " , the science fiction feature " Enemy Mine " ( those 1985 ) , " Labyrinth " , " The Golden Child " in 1986 , " Harry and the Hendersons " , " Empire of the Sun " in 1987 , with the 1988 fantasy feature " Willow " as his last work for ILM . In 1988 he followed Craig Barron , with whom he had worked closely during the ILM years , when the latter left ILM , and co - founded their own company Matte World ( together with Effects Producer Krys Demkowicz ) . It was there that Pangrazio made the painting of Camp Khitomer as seen in " The Undiscovered Country " . Apart from this he worked upon a slew of other productions the company was involved with , including such features as " The Last Temptation of Christ " ( 1988 ) , " Avalon " ' , " Darkman " , " Arachnophobia " , " RoboCop 2 " , " Gremlins 2 : The New Batch " ( 1990 ) , " All I Want for Christmas " , " Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves " , " Flight of the Intruder " ( 1991 ) , " Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York " , " Dracula " , " Captain Ron " , " Batman Returns " , " Far and Away " , " Leaving Normal " ( 1992 ) , " Ghost in the Machine " , " Demolition Man " , " Malice " , " Hocus Pocus " , " Hot Shots ! Part Deux " , " A Far Off Place " , " Sommersby " ( 1993 ) , " Clear and Present Danger " , " The Shadow " , and " City Slickers II : The Legend of Curly ' s Gold " ( 1994 ) . A television show the company and Pangrazio worked upon was " By Dawn ' s Early Light " ( 1990 ) , that won him a second Primetime Emmy Award , shared with , among others , Craig Barron . Around 1995 , Pangrazio left Matte World and has not been active in the motion picture industry for about a decade , before returning in the employ of The Orphanage visual effects company , for whom he worked upon the productions " Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow " , " Catwoman " , " The Day After Tomorrow " , " Hellboy " ( 2004 ) , " Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire " , " The Orphanage " , and " Sin City " ( 2005 ) . In 2005 , Pangrazio joined Weta Digital and remained a prolific contributor in the , by now digital matte painting department , having contributed as visual arts director to productions such as " King Kong " ( 2005 , for which he was co - nominated for a 2006 Visual Effects Society Award ) , " Eragon " , " X - Men : The Last Stand " ( 2006 ) , " The Water Horse " , " 4 : Rise of the Silver Surfer " , " Bridge to Terabithia " ( 2007 ) , " The Day the Earth Stood Still " ( 2008 ) , " The Lovely Bones " ( 2009 ) , " The Warrior ' s Way " ( 2010 ) , and " Prometheus " ( 2012 ) . As of 2012 , Pangrazio is still in the employ of Weta Digital .