Changes: Bill Wistrom

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Template:Realworld Bill Wistrom (20 December 1935 – 10 March 2010; age 74) served as Supervising Sound Editor for all four of the live-action Star Trek spin-off series, beginning the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He left TNG after "Chain of Command, Part II" to work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and left that series after the first three seasons to work on all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager. He then became Supervising Sound Editor for all four seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise.

In addition to his work on canon productions, Wistrom was the Supervising Sound Editor for the video games Star Trek: Borg and Star Trek: Klingon. He also received special thanks in Star Trek: First Contact.

Wistrom was a sound editor for over fifty years. He started his career at Paramount Studios, working on the Alfred Hitchcock films To Catch a Thief, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He also edited the sound effects for such classics as The Court Jester, The Ten Commandments, The Nutty Professor, and El Dorado.

In 1959, Wistrom began working steadily on the western TV series Bonanza, the first major television series filmed at Paramount. From 1967 through 1971, he worked simultaneously on Bonanza and another western series, The High Chaparral (on which Henry Darrow and Robert F. Hoy were regulars). He remained with Bonanza until the series ended in 1973.

Wistrom worked on many other television projects after Bonanza, including The Waltons, Kojak, several Columbo specials, and numerous TV movies. He also continued to do films, including The Wind and the Lion, The Muppet Movie, and Raise the Titanic. From 1981 through 1987, he was the Supervising Sound Editor on Falcon Crest (starring Robert Foxworth), but left that series to apply his trade on TNG.

Wistrom chose to retire after Paramount canceled Enterprise in 2005. In 2008 MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors) honored Wistrom with its Career Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments over the course of his six decade career. On 10 March 2010, Winstrom died at the age of 74.

Emmy Awards

Wistrom has earned a total of seventeen Emmy Award nominations, ten of which were for his work on the various Star Trek shows. Of those seventeen nominations, he won six – including four for his work on TNG. All awards and nominations were shared with the sound editing department he was working with at the time.

Friendly Fire (1979 TV movie) - Won
Evita Peron (1981 TV movie) - Nominated
Inside the Third Reich (1982 TV movie) - Won
The Capture of Grizzly Adams (1982 TV movie) - Nominated
Falcon Crest episode "Ashes to Ashes" (1984) - Nominated
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984 TV movie) - Nominated
Fresno, Part VI (1986) - Nominated
TNG:
- "11001001" - Won
- "Q Who" - Won
- "Yesterday's Enterprise" - Won
- "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" - Won
- "Power Play" - Nominated
DS9: "Emissary" - Nominated
VOY:
- "Equinox, Part II" - Nominated
- "Endgame" - Nominated
ENT: "Broken Bow" - Nominated

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 Wistrom was a sound editor for over fifty years. He started his career at [[Paramount Studios]], working on the Alfred Hitchcock films ''To Catch a Thief'', ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'', and ''Vertigo''. He also edited the sound effects for such classics as ''[[The Court Jester]]'', ''The Ten Commandments'', ''The Nutty Professor'', and ''El Dorado''.
-In 1959, Wistrom began working steadily on the western TV series ''Bonanza'', the first major television series filmed at Paramount. From 1967 through 1971, he worked simultaneously on ''Bonanza'' and another western series, ''The High Chaparral'' (on which on which [[Henry Darrow]] and [[Robert F. Hoy]] were regulars). He remained with ''Bonanza'' until the series ended in 1973.
+In 1959, Wistrom began working steadily on the western TV series ''Bonanza'', the first major television series filmed at Paramount. From 1967 through 1971, he worked simultaneously on ''Bonanza'' and another western series, ''The High Chaparral'' (on which [[Henry Darrow]] and [[Robert F. Hoy]] were regulars). He remained with ''Bonanza'' until the series ended in 1973.
 Wistrom worked on many other television projects after ''Bonanza'', including ''The Waltons'', ''Kojak'', several ''Columbo'' specials, and numerous TV movies. He also continued to do films, including ''The Wind and the Lion'', ''The Muppet Movie'', and ''Raise the Titanic''. From 1981 through 1987, he was the Supervising Sound Editor on ''Falcon Crest'' (starring [[Robert Foxworth]]), but left that series to apply his trade on ''TNG''.