Scott Chambliss Scott E . Chambliss is a Hollywood film and television Production Designer who has worked as such on and for producer and director J . J . Abrams . His work on " Star Trek " has earned him two award nominations from the Art Directors Guild of America and the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association , as well as an additional Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy & Horror Films nomination Saturn Award . For " Star Trek : Into Darkness " , Chambliss received again an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination . On 27 September 2009 , Scott Chambliss , together with fellow designers John Jefferies , Joe Jennings , and Herman F . Zimmerman , were honored for their " Star Trek " contributions in a media event called the " " Star Trek " Designers Talk Trek History At Art Directors Guild Event " at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood , and in which all designers discussed indepth their work on the franchise . The event was moderated by another " Star Trek " alumnus , Daren Dochterman . Career . Chambliss began his career as an associate set designer on several Broadway productions . He then became an assistant art director on the films " Scenes from a Mall " ( 1991 ) and " Malcolm X " ( 1992 , featuring Albert Hall , Tim Kelleher , James MacDonald , Christopher Plummer , Kate Vernon , and Craig Wasson ) . As production designer , Chambliss worked on such films as " Chain of Desire " ( 1992 , starring Seymour Cassel and Malcolm McDowell ) , " The Celluloid Closet " ( 1995 , featuring Whoopi Goldberg ) and " Krippendorf ' s Tribe " ( 1998 , featuring Stephen Root and David Ogden Stiers ) . He was also production designer for such television series " Gideon ' s Crossing " and " Brothers & Sisters " . He first worked with J . J . Abrams on " Felicity " in 2001 . Prior to his work on " Star Trek " , Chambliss worked with Abrams on the hit television series " Alias " as well as the 2006 Paramount Pictures release " Mission : Impossible III " . Chambliss has received four Excellence in Production Design Award nominations from the ADG and three Emmy Award nominations for his work on " Alias " , winning one from each ( an Emmy in 2002 and an ADG award in 2003 ) . His Emmy Award win and nominations were shared with set decorator Karen Manthey , who also worked with Chambliss on " Star Trek " , as well as " Krippendorf ' s Tribe " and " Mission : Impossible III " . In 2010 , Chambliss worked on the action film " Salt " , starring . Robert Elswit was the director of photography on this film . In 2011 Chambliss designed the feature film adaptation of the graphic novel " Cowboys and Aliens " . This film was co - written and produced by Alex Kurtzman , Roberto Orci , and Damon Lindelof , and earned Chambliss yet another ADG Award nomination in 2012 . His current project is Brad Bird ' s science fiction film " Tomorrowland " ( 2014 ) , co - written and produced by Damon Lindelof and music by Michael Giacchino . Chambliss was Tom Villard ' s partner at the time of Villard ' s death in 1994 . " Star Trek " awards . ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards nominations . Chambliss received ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominations as Production Designer in the category Fantasy Film Saturn Award . Chambliss received a Saturn Award nomination in the category Best Production Design