Sherry Hitch Sherry Lynn Hitch , on occasion credited as " Sherry L . Hitch " , is a artist who worked , while employed at Foundation Imaging , as digital compositor on , and . Aside from the television franchise , she has lent her talents to four . She , as digital compositing and cleanup artist , was part of Foundation Imaging ' s team that worked on the DVD release of . Upon closure of Foundation Imaging in 2001 , directly after the work on " The Director ' s Edition " was completed , Hitch followed many of her former co - workers for a very short spell at Eden FX , garnering the " additional 3D matte elements " - credit for , but left immediately afterwards , opting instead to join Pixel Magic . Further " Star Trek " credits included , as part of Industrial Light & Magic , Digital Compositing on , and being a Lead Artist for . 1999 was a particular fruitful year for Hitch , as her work on " Star Trek " earned her two Emmy Award nominations for the " Voyager " fifth season episode , and the " Deep Space Nine " final episode . Career outside " Star Trek " . Sherry Hitch started out in the motion picture industry in 1992 as an intern on the long running television series " The Young and the Restless " , before landing her first professional job at newly formed Foundation Imaging , where she became one of the earliest employees of the fledgling effects company . At that company , she , beside her work on " Star Trek " , has worked as digital compositor / compositing animator on the television series " Babylon 5 " ( 1995 - 1996 ) , " Hypernauts " ( 1996 ) , " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " , " You Wish " , " Mystic NIghts of Tir Na Nog " , " Providence " , " Roughnecks : The Starship Troopers Chronicles " , and " Dawson ' s Creek " ( 2000 ) . Film credits as digital artist include the comedy " Santa with Muscles " ( 1996 , with Mike Donahue ) , the action thriller " The Jackal " ( 1997 , with Syd Dutton , Mark Kenaston , Kevin McIlwain , Richard Patterson , Mark Sawicki , Emile Edwin Smith , Catherine Sudolcan , Bill Taylor , Ron Thornton , Mike Wassel , David S . Williams , Jr . , Rob Bonchune , and Kevin Quattro ) , the animated film " SuZero " ( 1998 ) , the short science fiction film " Today ' s Life " ( 2000 ) , the action comedy " The Specials " ( 2000 ) , and the fantasy film " Shu shan zheng zhuan " ( 2001 ) . As part of the production team of the company Pixel Magic she worked on David Richard Ellis ' s horror sequel " Final Destination 2 " ( 2003 ) , the comic adaptation " Daredevil " ( 2003 ) , the action film " The Extreme Team " ( 2003 ) , and the action comedy " Agent Cody Banks " ( 2003 ) . In 2002 Hitch was part of the visual effects team that earned her another Emmy Award nomination for " Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special " for the television thriller " Superfire " , along with fellow " Star Trek " alumni and former Foundation co - workers Ron Thornton , John Allardice , Jonathan Rothbart , and Lee Stringer . Since 2003 she is working for ILM as digital artist / digital compositor . Her work for ILM can be seen on films such as ' s action adventure " Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl " ( 2003 ) , ' s war drama " Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World " ( 2003 ) , the fantasy film " Van Helsing " ( 2004 ) , the science fiction prequel " The Chronicles of Riddick " ( 2004 ) , the science fiction film " Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow " ( 2004 ) , ' science fiction film " Star Wars : Episode III – Revenge of the Sith " ( 2005 ) , ' s science fiction remake " War of the Worlds " ( 2005 ) , the fantasy film " The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe " ( 2005 ) , the fantasy sequel " Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man ' s Chest " ( 2006 ) , the fantasy comedy " Evan Almighty " ( 2007 ) , ' s action sequel " Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull " ( 2008 ) , ' s science fiction film " Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen " ( 2009 ) , ' s science fiction blockbuster " Avatar " ( 2009 ) , and more recently on the fantasy adventure " The Last Airbender " ( 2010 ) . Emmy Awards . Hitch received as Digital Compositor / CGI Artist the following Emmy Award nominations in the category " Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series " :