(written from a Production point of view)
Gerald "Gerry" Sackman (born 28 February 1959; age 65) is a music editor who worked on all seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the first ten episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's third season, and all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager.
During his time on Star Trek, Sackman received several Emmy Award nominations and wins for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series:
- 1988 Emmy Award for the episode "11001001", shared with Bill Wistrom, Wilson Dyer, Mace Matiosian, James Wolvington, and Keith Bilderbeck
- 1989 Emmy Award for the episode "Q Who", shared with Bill Wistrom, James Wolvington, Mace Matiosian, Wilson Dyer, and Guy Tsujimoto
- 1990 Emmy Award for the episode "Yesterday's Enterprise", shared with Bill Wistrom, James Wolvington, Wilson Dyer, Mace Matiosian, and Rick Freeman
- 1991 Emmy Award for the episode "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II", shared with Bill Wistrom, James Wolvington, Mace Matiosian, Wilson Dyer, Masanobu Tomita, and Dan Yale
- 1992 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Power Play", shared with Bill Wistrom, James Wolvington, Wilson Dyer, Masanobu Tomita, and Dan Yale
- 1993 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Time's Arrow, Part II", shared with Bill Wistrom, James Wolvington, Miguel Rivera, Masanobu Tomita, Guy Tsujimoto, Jeff Gersh, and Dan Yale
- 1994 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Genesis", shared with Mace Matiosian, Ruth Adelman, Miguel Rivera, Masanobu Tomita, Guy Tsujimoto, Jeff Gersh, Jerry Trent, and Audrey Trent
- 2000 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Equinox, Part II", shared with Bill Wistrom, James Wolvington, Ashley Harvey, Dale Chaloukian, Jeff Gersh, and Masanobu Tomita
- 2001 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Endgame", shared with Bill Wistrom, James Wolvington, Ashley Harvey, Masanobu Tomita, and Dale Chaloukian
In addition to his work on the Star Trek franchise, Sackman was also a sound editor on a number of television movies, including When Billie Beat Bobby (2001, featuring Bob Gunton, Patrick Kerr, Michael Cavanaugh, Paul Collins, Tom Ormeny, Leonard Kelly-Young, Scott Klace, and Andrei Sterling) and two 2003 Eloise movies for Disney (Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime), both featuring David Sparrow. Other credits include the television romance Florida Straits (1987), the comedy series One on One, the television drama Damaged Care (2002), the television thriller The Pentagon Papers (2003, with Rick Winquest), the drama The Ultimate Gift (2006, with Mark McKenzie and Steven L. Smith), and The Nine episode "Inside Man" (2008, with John Rodd).
Star Trek credits[]
(This list is currently incomplete.)
- TNG: – Music Editor
- "11001001" (Season 1)
- "When The Bough Breaks"
- "Home Soil"
- "Coming of Age"
- "Heart of Glory"
- "The Arsenal of Freedom"
- "Symbiosis"
- "Skin Of Evil"
- "We'll Always Have Paris"
- "Conspiracy"
- "The Neutral Zone"
- Season 2 (22 episodes)
- Season 3 (26 episodes)
- Season 4 (26 episodes)
- Season 5 (26 episodes)
- Season 6 (26 episodes)
- Season 7 (26 episodes)
Star Trek interviews[]
- TNG Season 3 DVD special feature "Memorable Missions" ("Deja Q"), interviewed on 31 January 2002
- TNG Season 4 DVD special feature "Inside the Star Trek Archives" ("Editors win Emmys"), interviewed on 31 January 2002