Latham previously worked with Star Trek director and producer J.J. Abrams (among many other members of the Star Trek production team) as an Additional Location Manager on the 2006 Paramount Pictures release, Mission: Impossible III. Latham and other members of the M:i:III location department (including Star Trek location manager Becky Brake and assistant location managers Rob Swenson and Scott Trimble) were given a California on Location Award for their work on the film.