Michael Westmore Michael " Mike " George Westmore was the makeup designer , makeup artist , and makeup supervisor on all of the " Star Trek " spin - offs set in the prime universe , and created the majority of species that first appeared in , , and . He was also the makeup artist for the four " Next Generation " movies , , , , and , as well as three " Star Trek " video game s , " " , " " and " " . Westmore was nominated for an Academy Award for the makeup for . He had already won the award for 1985 ' s " Mask " ( shared with makeup artist Zoltan Elek ) . Spanning the years 1988 - 2005 , Westmore was nominated for an Emmy Award every year the spin - off television series franchise was in production , the only " Star Trek " staffer to do so . Receiving on several occasion two nominations in a particular year , his total was 24 nominations , of which he won five . Apart from his " Star Trek " work , he also garnered in those years additional Emmy Award nominations for the television series and movies " Highway to Heaven " , " David " ( both in 1988 ) , " Babe Ruth " ( 1992 ) , and " Geppetto " ( 2000 ) , bringing his grand total of nominations to 28 . In addition , Westmore has the distinction of becoming one of the very few " Star Trek " staffers in any function , to have officially served uninterrupted for the full eighteen years on the entire production run of the modern television franchise , having worked on all series and movies produced during that era ( excepting and , due to his commitments to " The Next Generation " ) at one time or another . On the first five DVD ' s of " Deep Space Nine " , " Michael Westmore ' s Aliens " is a special feature in which he talks about his favorite alien s in the that series . There is also an extended interview with Westmore in the " " DVD . In addition to those interviews , he was one of the authors of " " and " " . Career outside " Star Trek " . Hailing from Los Angeles , California , Michael Westmore was born in an extended family of which many members were working in the motion picture industry . Westmore ' s father , , was a hair stylist and makeup artist on the classic film ( 1939 , featuring Phyllis Douglas and cinematography by Ernest Haller ) . Westmore ' s daughter , McKenzie Westmore , is an actress and has appeared in three " Star Trek " productions . His son , Michael Westmore , Jr . , worked on " Star Trek " as an editor and prosthetic technician . His aunt , Pat Westmore worked as a hair stylist on . His brother , Monty Westmore and sister - in - law , June Westmore also worked on " Star Trek " as makeup artists . Many other members of the are famous makeup artists . Outside of the " Star Trek " saga , Westmore was the makeup artist for several films including ( 1974 ) , ( 1980 , with Chuck Hicks and Gil Perkins ) , ( 1976 , with Michael Dorn ) , ( 1979 , with David L . Ross ) , ( 1982 ) , ( 1990 , with set decoration by John M . Dwyer ) and ( 2001 , with Anton Yelchin , cinematography by Matthew F . Leonetti and music by Jerry Goldsmith ) . He also designed the Sleestak costumes for . Westmore was the makeup artist on Nicholas Meyer ' s 1983 TV movie ( having also earned him an Emmy Award nomination ) , co - starring Bibi Besch and photographed by Gayne Rescher . In his early days , he was Butch " Eddie " Patrick ' s makeup artist on " The Munsters " . " Star Trek " awards . With 31 award wins and nominations for his work on the franchise , Michael Westmore is by far the most honored " Star Trek " staffer in any category , or function for that matter , in the history of the franchise . Yet , it is the number two most honored production staffer , with 22 wins and nominations , Dan Curry , who holds the record with the most actual wins ; nine versus five for Westmore . Westmore has received the following awards and nominations in the various Makeup categories :