Bill Gocke
Gocke appears in the original "Unification II" (left), but is digitally erased in the Blu-ray release (right)
William "Bill" F. Gocke (born2 June1949; age 75) is a former sound boom operator and now sound mixer who worked onStar Trek: The Next Generation,Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, andStar Trek: Enterprise.
Gocke,Bill Gocke, andGocke's House of Mirrors, names seen onokudagrams 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 theBlu-ray Disc releaseUnification in 2013.
In1993 he was part of the sound team which received anEmmy Award nomination for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Series for theDeep Space Ninefirst season episode "Emissary", shared withChristopher Haire,Richard L. Morrison, andDoug Davey.
Prior to his work onStar Trek, Gocke worked as boom operator onYes, Giorgio (1982),A Soldier's Story (1984),Beverly Hills Cop (1984, withAlfred T. Ferrante,Cecelia Hall, andGeorge Watters II),The Legend of Billie Jean (1985), andRocky IV (1985).
Following his connection withStar Trek, Gocke worked as production sound mixer on the television series24 between 2001 and 2010 and on the television movie24 (2008). For his work on24, 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 on24 and won two awards in 2004 and 2009.
More recently, Gocke worked as sound mixer onThe Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011, starringAmy 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)