Pat Sweeney
Patrick "Pat" Sweeney is a visual effects artist who worked on several Star Trek projects. He started his Trek connection as effects camera operator for Industrial Light & Magic on  in  on which he shot the motion control element of the Klingon Bird-of-Prey. In  he worked as Visual Effects Director of Photography for ILM on the  pilot episode . Together with fellow ILM artist  he filmed the explosions and fire sequences on the Old Bandi City model on  and was interviewed for the TNG Season 1 DVD special feature "The Beginning". In  Sweeney was the Visual Effects Director of Photography on the feature film  and in  he worked as additional Visual Effects Photographer on . His most recent Trek connection was in , as Visual Effects Director of Photography for Kerner Optical on J.J. Abrams' .

External links 
 
 Patrick Sweeney ✴ Director of Photography – official site
 Patrick Sweeney at LinkedIn.com

Special and Visual effects staff
ILM production staff