Peter Lauritson Peter James Lauritson was involved in the " Star Trek " franchise between , when debuted , and , when ended . From the start Lauritson , as ( co - ) producer , occupied one of the senior managerial production staff positions , but was also given the opportunity to acquire hands - on skills over the years as ( second - unit ) director on three television episodes and two movies . While all producers had a say in all the managerial aspects of the productions , it was Lauritson who was the producer to whom the – after Edward K . Milkis left early in the first season of the " Next Generation " – , editing , sound and art departments usually answered to , him signing off on legal and financial aspects regarding propositions of theses departments , while colleague Rick Berman usually had the final say regarding the actual use of these departments ' propositions . On the backside of the below - mentioned trading card , he has himself described his responsibilities as follows , " " I am in charge of all post - production aspects of the show . This includes : film transfers to videotape , sound effects , visual effects , music , sound mixing , and final delivery of the finished episode . I supervise a staff of fourteen people . " " The workload however , increased substantially after more than one " Star Trek " production were added to the array , starting in 1993 with the addition of , and the decision was made to elevate Visual Effects Supervisor Dan Curry to the newly conceived rank of visual effects producer , to alleviate the work pressure on Lauritson . Lauritson ' s work on the franchise earned him a Hugo Award in 1993 as director , supplemented with a 1994 Emmy Award nomination for " The Next Generation " as producer . Lauritson had already had an earlier brush with the franchise when he performed some preliminary ( uncredited ) pre - production work in 1981 on . When he heard six years later that a new " Star Trek " television series was being developed , he offered his services so he could take advantage of recent developments in post - production technology on the new show , upon which he was subsequently hired . In addition he had a small cameo role as a still image of Thomas Raymond on a computer display in the TNG episode . Lauritson also received special thanks in the end credits of the video game " " , and has over the course of his tenure on the franchise been interviewed for several magazines including , , ; and . Lauritson was honored by SkyBox International with an individual card entry , no . 34 , in their 1993 specialty " " trading card set . His name was referenced throughout the run of the " Star Trek " series . In the process Peter Lauritson has become one of the very few " Star Trek " staffers in any function ( the exclusive assembly including among others Rick Berman , Ronald B . Moore , David Takemura and Michael Okuda ) , to have officially served uninterrupted for the full eighteen years on the entire run in the " Berman - era " of the modern television franchise , having worked on all series at one time or another , with the four " Next Generation " movies added to his " Star Trek " resume . Career outside " Star Trek " . Prior to his involvement with the television franchise , Peter Lauritson had worked at Paramount Television for eight years as head of the television post - production department , and it was during this time he had his brush with " The Wrath of Khan " . Following the end of " Star Trek : Enterprise " , Lauritson worked as post - production supervisor on the television drama " Sixty Minute Man " ( 2006 ) and as associate producer on the television series " The Starter Wife " ( 2007 ) and " The Mentalist " ( 2008 - 2009 ) . " Star Trek " awards . Peter Lauritson has received the following award win and nomination : Emmy Award nomination . As Supervising Producer , Lauritson received the following Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Drama Series :