Neville Page Neville Page is a concept designer in the entertainment industry . He served as the lead creature / character designer on ' s , directed and produced by J . J . Abrams . He also appeared as a Romulan crewmember in the film . He was previously the lead creature designer on the 2008 film " Cloverfield " , which was also produced by Abrams . He collaborated again with Abrams on " Super 8 " ( featuring motion capture by Bruce Greenwood and vocalizations from Nolan North as the film ' s monster ) and on . He also redesigned the Gorn for the " " video game . Page returned for but went uncredited for his early work on Krall and Jaylah . He is also working on , producing Klingon designs for it with Glenn Hetrick & their Alchemy Studios . He is also credited as lead creature designer . Page was born in Britain and moving to the United States with his family in 1970 . He began his career in Hollywood as an actor in 1985 , when he was seventeen years old . He graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with an Associate of Arts in Theater in 1989 and embarked on a professional acting career , but soon questioned his ability to provide for a family . He ultimately decided on a career in art and design while attending the Art Center College of Design , from which he graduated with honors in 1990 , receiving a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design . Four years later , Page began teaching at the Art Center campus in Vevey , Switzerland . When the campus closed down in 1996 , he returned to the United States and continued teaching at the main Art Center campus in Pasadena , California . He was even given the position as Assistant Chair of Product Design of the college . He continues to teach at the college , and also lectures at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Los Angeles , California . Page has been a concept designer and illustrator on such films as " Planet of the Apes " ( 2001 , featuring Erick Avari , Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa , and David Warner ) , " Minority Report " ( 2002 , starring Neal McDonough ) , and " The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe " ( 2006 ) . He also collaborated with Rhythm & Hues on the two " X - Men " sequels , " X2 " and " X - Men : The Last Stand " ( both starring Patrick Stewart and Famke Janssen ; the former was directed by Bryan Singer and featured Bruce Davison ; the latter co - starred Kelsey Grammer ) . He was a creature supervisor & designer for ' s " Avatar " , which , like " Star Trek " , features Zoe Saldana . He then worked on " The Incredible Hulk " as an art director and effects designer , and served as a creature designer on the feature film adaptation of the DC Comics graphic novel , " Watchmen " ( featuring Matt Frewer and Stephen McHattie ) . As a 3D specialist , Page worked on creating the title creatures for " Piranha 3 - D " , a remake of the ' s 1978 cult classic , as well as the aliens in the DC Comics film adaptation " Green Lantern " ( 2011 ) and Ridley Scott ' s " Prometheus " ( 2012 , co - written by Damon Lindelof ) . Outside of the film industry , Page has designed and sculpted toys for the companies of Mattel and Jakks Pacific . He has also done design work for the automotive companies , BMW and Toyota . He continues to be involved as a design consultant for the entertainment , toy , and automotive industries . He is also developing his own line of educational art products .