Glenn Neufeld Glenn Jeremy Neufeld was a ( VFX ) Supervisor on during the show ' s first four seasons . Neufeld was brought in during November 1992 , halfway through the production of the first season of the new " Star Trek " television series , in order to alleviate the work pressure on VFX supervisors Gary Hutzel and Robert Legato at a time when the episode alternating two - team VFX format , employed so successfully for the predecessor series , was not yet hammered out satisfactorily . His first recorded credit was the fourteenth episode of the season , . After the departure of Legato and starting with the second season , Neufeld paired up with David Takemura , who transferred from " The Next Generation " to form the second standing VFX team for " Deep Space Nine " . For that season ' s effects heavy episode , Neufeld brought in his immediately former employer , Video Image , to help out VisionArt Design & Animation with the CGI for the episode . At the end of the fourth season , in May 1996 , Neufeld decided to leave the franchise and move on , , his last recorded credit . Having had only worked on movie productions before , Neufeld found working on a highly time - pressured television production , like " Star Trek " challenging at first , as he , only half - jokingly , admitted , " " I honestly can ' t think of any effects job that ' s demanding as this one . Since we only have a few weeks to deliver our effects the question is . how much quality do I sacrifice to meet the schedule ? My attitude is none , but then I find myself asking , what happened to my life ? I thought I had a life here . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol 25 # 6 / Vol 26 # 1 , p . 100 ) Though the practice of using Styrofoam camera test model s for establishing , evaluating and devising studio model shots or footage had already been firmly established prior to him being hired on the franchise , it was Neufeld who in particular embraced the technique . For the second season " Deep Space Nine " episode , in which a fleet of Skrreea n refugee ships arrive at Deep Space 9 , he took the technique to a whole new level , by taking the very unusual step of actually using the rudimentary models as filming models . " " We had to to create all the ships they arrive in , " " he clarified , " " The script read " There are more than ships at the station than we have ever seen before , a ship in every docking port and hundreds more lined up waiting to dock . " As soon as you read something like that , you know you ' re in for a lot of late nights . " " Realizing there was no practical way to have each ship individually shot and edited in post - production , Neufeld , " " ( . . . ) called in our foam fleet . We put them on C - stands , arranged them and shot them six to ten at a time . We ' d made marks on the monitor to show where they were , then we ' d rearrange them , move the camera further back to make them smaller and shoot them again . When we were finally finished we had this of ships going off in the distance . " " How unusual his approach was at the time , was realized by him when he got a call from post - production editing , " " They told me the negative was covered in scratches , and I thought , my goodness , my shot ' s been ruined . It turned out to be the background ships . Some of them were so small that the people at the lab thought they were dirt . " " ( " Cinefantastique " , Vol 25 # 6 / Vol 26 # 1 , p . 100 ) According to his resume , Neufeld had been responsible for over 1000 individual effects and had contributed to more than fifty episodes . His work on the franchise has earned him and his team two Emmy Award nominations . Career outside " Star Trek " . The middle child of movie producer , Glenn Neufeld was born in his fathers birthplace and graduated from Columbia University , City of New York with a 1982 BA in Theater Direction . He joined his father on the West Coast and graduated with a 1984 BA degree in Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of California , Los Angeles as well . Still , even before graduating in New York , Neufeld had already decided to follow in his father ' s footsteps by aspiring a career in the motion picture industry and has as production assistant , already contributed to the productions " The Frisco Kid " as early as 1979 and as still photographer , property master and assistant art director on the low - budget 1983 horror movie , " Frightmare " . This film featured " Star Trek " veterans Jeffrey Combs and Scott Thomson in the cast . After his graduation , Neufeld then served as production assistant in the 1985 adventure film " The Aviator " and even had a supporting role in the film . Neufeld is credited as Associate Producer for the films " Transylvania 6 - 5000 " ( 1985 , starring Ed Begley , Jr . ) and " No Way Out " ( 1987 , starring Iman ) . He was also an assistant post - production supervisor on the latter film . Afterward , Neufeld joined the company Video Image , during which time he worked on films like " The Hunt for Red October " ( 1990 , featuring Gates McFadden and on which a slew of " Star Trek " VFX staffers worked , most notably those of Gregory Jein , Inc . ) and " Batman Returns " ( 1992 ) . While working on DS9 , Neufeld took time off from the series to work as Visual Effects Supervisor on the 1996 comedy " Jingle All the Way " for 20th Century Fox , as well as writing the script for the un - produced Paramount Pictures movie project , " Gypsy Trade " . The latter earned him the right to join the Writers Guild Of America , West . Since leaving DS9 , Neufeld has contributed or supervised visual effects work for such Paramount Pictures releases as " The General ' s Daughter " ( 1999 , starring James Cromwell and Clarence Williams III ) , " The Sum of All Fears " ( 2002 , featuring James Cromwell and Bruce McGill ) , and " The Core " ( 2003 , starring Bruce Greenwood and Alfre Woodard ) . The majority of the movie productions Neufeld had worked upon up until that point in time , were not only Paramount Pictures productions , but also productions on which his father served as co - producer Most recently , Neufeld was the VFX supervisor on the 2007 fantasy film " Mr . Magoriam ' s Wonder Emporium " , released by 20th Century Fox , as well as the productions " The Expendables " ( 2010 ) , " The Mechanic " and " Drive Angry " ( both 2011 ) , " Stolen " ( 2012 ) and " Big Thunder " ( 2013 ) . Emmy Awards . For his work on " Star Trek " Glenn Neufeld has received the following Emmy Award nominations as Visual Effects Supervisor in the category Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects :