Bill Gocke

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Gocke appears in the original "Unification II" (left), but is digitally erased in the Blu-ray release (right)

William "Bill" F. Gocke (born 2 June 1949; age 75) is a former sound boom operator and now sound mixer who worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Enterprise.

Gocke, Bill Gocke, and Gocke's House of Mirrors, names seen on okudagrams and set artwork, were named after him. Additionally, he is the person seen as a reflection on a small glass pyramid in the episode "Unification II". Gocke's reflection was removed in the Blu-ray Disc release Unification in 2013.

In 1993 he was part of the sound team which received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Series for the Deep Space Nine first season episode "Emissary", shared with Christopher Haire, Richard L. Morrison, and Doug Davey.

Prior to his work on Star Trek, Gocke worked as boom operator on Yes, Giorgio (1982), A Soldier's Story (1984), Beverly Hills Cop (1984, with Alfred T. Ferrante, Cecelia Hall, and George Watters II), The Legend of Billie Jean (1985), and Rocky IV (1985).

Following his connection with Star Trek, Gocke worked as production sound mixer on the television series 24 between 2001 and 2010 and on the television movie 24 (2008). For his work on 24, Gocke received seven Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series between 2002 and 2010 and won two Emmy Awards in the same category in 2004 and 2005. Between 2003 and 2010 he also received six Cinema Audio Society Award nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series for his work on 24 and won two awards in 2004 and 2009.

More recently, Gocke worked as sound mixer on The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011, starring Amy Pietz).

Star Trek credits

• TNG:
  • "Suddenly Human" – Boom Operator (uncredited, Season 4)
  • "Clues" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "First Contact" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Galaxy's Child" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Night Terrors" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Identity Crisis" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "The Nth Degree" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Qpid" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "The Drumhead" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Half a Life" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "The Host" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "The Mind's Eye" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "In Theory" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Redemption" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Redemption II" – Boom Operator (uncredited, Season 5)
  • "Darmok" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Ensign Ro" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Silicon Avatar" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Disaster" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "The Game" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Unification II" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Unification I" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "A Matter Of Time" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "New Ground" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Hero Worship" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Violations" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "The Masterpiece Society" – Sound Mixer/ Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Conundrum" – Sound Mixer/ Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Power Play" – Sound Mixer
  • "Ethics" – Sound Mixer
  • "The Outcast" – Boom Operator/Sound Mixer (uncredited)
  • "Cause And Effect" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "The First Duty" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Cost Of Living" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "The Perfect Mate" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "Imaginary Friend" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
  • "I Borg" – Boom Operator (uncredited)
• ENT: "Broken Bow" – Sound Mixer (uncredited)

External link

• Bill Gocke at the Internet Movie Database