In 1997 he was part of the makeup department which earned an Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Makeup for a Series for the fifth season Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Apocalypse Rising" . Apone shared this nomination with Michael Westmore, Camille Calvet, Karen Iverson, Ellis Burman, Jr., R. Stephen Weber, David Quashnick, Dean Jones, Mark Bussan, Brad Look, Belinda Bryant, James MacKinnon, Perri Sorel, Mary Kay Morse, John Maldonado, Lisa Collins, and Karen Westerfield.