Lee Stringer Lee Stringer is a artist , employed from 1999 through 2001 at Foundation Imaging , who has worked as visual effects animator on , the first season of , and as animator on the " " . The most signature contribution Stringer made to the " Director ' s Edition " , has been his co - build with Robert Bonchune of the CGI " Enterprise " model . " " To help create this , Foundation Imaging was charged with creating and completing many visual effects shots and scenes . A version highly detailed computer model of the USS " Enterprise " was required . Starting with two CGI models provided by VFX Supervisor Daren Dochterman and Jose Perez , I was responsible with creating the Primary Hull ( Saucer ) , the Bridge and Warp Nacelle s ( Engines ) . Helped by having unlimited access to the original filming miniature , the finished model replicates the look and details of the filmed version to blends the new elements and shots seamlessly into the film , " " Stringer clarified on his contribution . Stringer has been interviewed in the " Redirecting The Future " - special on the DVD of the " Director ' s Edition " . Shortly after completing the " Director ' s Edition " commission , Foundation Imaging closed its doors , and most former employees of the company moved over to newly formed effects company Eden FX , to continue working on " Star Trek : Enterprise " . However , Stringer opted not to follow his former co - workers into the employ of Eden FX , instead seeking his fortunes elsewhere . Nevertheless , he did afterwards make a few contributions to the successful " " calendar series as co - illustrator . Despite having left the franchise , Stringer was on two occasions shortly reacquainted with " Star Trek " ; in 2004 , while employed at Threshold Digital Research Labs , he worked as digital artist on the " " film " Borg Invasion 4D " , alongside Fabio Passaro , and under the supervision of Adam Lebowitz , who reprised the same role he had at Foundation ( and who , like Stringer , had opted not to join Eden FX ) . A later unofficial contribution Stringer made , was his work as visual effects supervisor on the fan - made internet series " Star Trek : New Voyages " episode " World Enough and Time " in 2007 . Career outside " Star Trek " . Hailing from Great Britain , Stringer first worked worked in IT operations and support for JP Morgan Bank in London , before changing career direction , brought on by the fact that his , " " interest in filmmaking , miniatures and effects began at an early age watching the Gerry Anderson series " Thunderbirds " and " Space 1999 " while growing up in Great Britain " " . Stringer started his motion picture career in the visual effects department as model maker with credits on the science fiction series " Space Ghost Coast to Coast " , the science fiction film " Twilight of the Dogs " ( 1995 ) , the science fiction film " First Encounter " ( 1997 ) , and the video game " F - Zero X " ( 1998 ) . During that period , Stringer operated his own company " Digital EFX " . After having moved to the United States , Stringer joined Foundation Imaging in June 1999 . He then worked as CGI animator , apart from " Star Trek " , on the animated series " Roughnecks : The Starship Troopers Chronicles " ( 1999 ) and as digital artist on the television series " Angel " , Jonathan Frakes ' television movie " Star Patrol " ( 2000 , with visual effects supervisor David Takemura ) , David E . Duncan ' s science fiction film " The Privateers " ( 2000 , starring Karl Urban ) , the video game " Twisted Metal : Black " ( 2001 ) , and the fantasy film " Shu shan zheng zhuan " ( 2001 ) . During his tenure at Foundation , he also served , alongside Randy Sharp , as instructor at its Foundation Institute , the instructional facility where the skills of new and existing employees alike were honed and furthered . Pursuant the closure of Foundation Imaging he worked for Zoic Studios ( 2002 - 2005 ) and Scarlet Digital ( 2004 - 2005 ) and accrued during that period credits in the visual effects department that included the television movie " Dan Dare , Pilot of the Future " ( 2001 ) , the action film " The Extreme Team " ( 2003 ) , the science fiction pilot " The Robinsons : Lost in Space " ( 2004 ) , the science fiction television movie " NYPD 2069 " ( 2004 ) , the animated series " Captain Scarlet " ( 2005 ) , ' s science fiction film " Serenity " ( 2005 ) , the short film " Teddy Scares " ( 2006 ) , and the documentary series " Nova ScienceNow " ( 2007 ) . Stringer earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special for his work on the television thriller " Superfire " in 2002 , shared with his former Foundation boss Ron Thornton , Jonathan Rothbart , Sherry Hitch , and John Allardice and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series for the " Firefly " episode " Serenity " in 2003 , shared with Kristen Branan , Emile Edwin Smith , Kyle Toucher , and Jarrod Davis . In between , from 2005 - 2007 , Stringer took on a teaching position as Director of Special Projects at the Digital Animation and Visual Effects School , Orlando , Florida . Yet , the most notable project he has worked on at Zoic , was Ronald D . Moore ' s remake of the science - fiction television series classic " Battlestar Galactica " ( 2004 - 2009 ) , specifically his work on the " hero " - ship itself . This work earned him two additional Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series in 2004 and 2005 which he shared with , aside from Gary Hutzel , Jarrod Davis and Gabriel Köerner , a host of former Foundation co - workers that included , Emile Edwin Smith , Kevin Quattro , Kyle Toucher , Adam " Mojo " Lebowitz , and Aram Granger . In 2004 he was nominated for a Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Televised Program , Music Video or Commercial , shared with Gabriel Köerner and Jose Perez , and won a Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries , Movie or a Special , shared with Gary Hutzel , Kristen Branan , and Emile Edwin Smith . From 2005 onward , Stringer worked as free - lancer , and in 2007 he wrote and directed the short film " Tofu the Vegan Zombie in Zombie Dearest " on which he worked as editor followed by an occupation as director on the short fantasy film " Creepers " ( 2007 ) . He worked as CGI supervisor in the employment of Lucasfilm Animation , Singapore , on the animated series " Star Wars : The Clone Wars " ( 2009 ) . More recently he worked on the television productions " Trenches " ( 2010 ) , " Terra Nova " ( 2011 – Pixomondo Visual Effects ) and " Exit Strategy " ( 2012 ) . As CGI / visual effects supervisor he has worked on the movies " Iron Sky " and " Renee " ( both 2012 ) .