Les Bernstien Leslie " Les " Bernstien is a visual effects artist who worked as motion control operator on , , and the pilot episode . In addition he worked as visual effects cameraman on the episode . Bernstien earned two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series for his work on " Star Trek " . In for the " Deep Space Nine " episode , shared with Glenn Neufeld , David Takemura , Erik Nash , Joshua Cushner , Adam Howard , Patrick Clancey , and Don Lee , and in for the " Voyager " episode , shared with Dan Curry , Ronald B . Moore , Elizabeth Castro , Bruce Branit , John F . Gross , Fred Pienkos , Jeremy Hunt , and Paul Hill . In 1999 he directed , wrote , produced , worked as matte artist and additional photographer on the short thriller " Night Train " . This film earned him the Director ' s Week Award at the Fantasporto and featured " Trek " actor Dan Shor . Ten years later he worked as director , writer , producer , and cinematographer on the documentary " Tijuana Moods " . As visual effects artist he worked on feature films and television series from the early ' 80s on . He started as technican animator on the fantasy comedy " Ghost Busters " ( 1984 ) , followed by credits as visual effects supervisor on the documentary " X : The Unheard Music " ( 1986 ) and the science fiction comedy " The Trouble with Dick " ( 1987 ) . Further credits , mostly as visual effects director of photography , include ' s fantasy comedy " Beetle Juice " ( 1988 ) , the fantasy sequel " Ghostbusters II " ( 1989 ) , the comedy " Dave " ( 1993 ) , the comic adaptation " The Shadow " ( 1994 ) , the comedy " The Santa Clause " ( 1994 ) , the horror special " Tales from the Crypt : Demon Knight " ( 1995 , with Rocco Gioffre and Todd Masters ) , the comic adaptation " Batman Forever " ( 1995 ) , the comedy " Down Periscope " ( 1996 ) , the science fiction thriller " The Arrival " ( 1996 ) , the science fiction sequel " Escape from L . A . " ( 1996 ) , the horror comedy " Bordello of Blood " ( 1996 ) , the comedy " Jungle 2 Jungle " ( 1997 ) , the drama " Dante ' s Peak " ( 1997 ) , the science fiction film " Contact " ( 1997 ) , the drama " City of Angels " ( 1998 ) , the science fiction blockbuster " Armageddon " ( 1998 ) , ' s action fantasy " Small Soldiers " ( 1998 ) , the action film " Fight Club " ( 1999 ) , and the fantasy comedy " Stuart Little " ( 1999 ) . In addition he worked for Buena Vista Visual Effects on the fantasy comedy " Honey I Blew Up the Kid " ( 1992 ) and on the short comedy " Trail Mix - Up " ( 1993 ) and for VIFX on the science fiction thriller " Ghost in the Machine " ( 1993 , with Cheryl Budgett , Peter Crosman , Rhonda C . Gunner , Richard E . Hollander , Gregory L . McMurry , Zeke Morales , and John C . Wash ) . More recent credits as visual effects artist and motion control operator include the remake " Vanilla Sky " ( 2001 ) , the fantasy sequel " Stuart Little 2 " ( 2001 ) , the action comedy " Charlie ' s Angels : Full Throttle " ( 2003 ) , the fantasy film " The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen " ( 2003 ) , ' s drama " The Passion of the Christ " ( 2004 ) , the horror sequel " Blade : Trinity " ( 2004 ) , the science fiction film " The Island " ( 2005 ) , ' s action film " Poseidon " ( 2006 ) , the fantasy comedy " Click " ( 2006 ) , ' s adventure " Apocalypto " ( 2006 ) , the fantasy comedy " Night at the Museum " ( 2006 ) , the comedy " Beverly Hills Chihuahua " ( 2008 ) , the horror thriller " The Unborn " ( 2009 ) , and the action film " Fast & Furious " ( 2009 ) . Most recently he worked as lead motion control operator on the animated film " Walking with Dinosaurs 3D " ( 2013 ) .