Mark Stoeckinger Mark Stoeckinger is an American Academy Award - nominated and Emmy Award - nominated sound editor . He was a Supervising Sound Editor on ' s , along with Alan Rankin . He and Rankin have worked together on numerous films since 1993 , and both previously worked with " Star Trek " director and producer J . J . Abrams on the 2006 Paramount Pictures release , " Mission : Impossible III " . Both Stoeckinger and Rankin have received an Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Sound Editing for their work on " Star Trek " . Stoeckinger , who was born in Los Angeles , graduated from the University of Southern California ' s School of Cinema - Television in 1982 . He began working professionally as a Hollywood sound editor in 1984 . His credits throughout the 1980s included films " Code of Silence " ( which starred Bert Remsen ) , " Clue " ( starring Christopher Lloyd and Michael McKean ) , " Clara ' s Heart " ( starring Whoopi Goldberg ) , and " National Lampoon ' s Christmas Vacation " ( featuring Miriam Flynn ) . He also provided sound effects editing for a number of television productions . In 1985 , he and many other sound editors ( including Cameron Frankley , whom Stoecking worked with on the 1980s films " Heartbreakers " and " Code of Silence " , and Stephen M . Rowe ) were nominated for an Emmy Award for their work on the 1985 mini - series " Space " . Stoeckinger later served as Supervising Sound Editor on the television series " Miami Vice " during its fifth and final season ( 1988 - 89 ) . He also supervised sound effects editing on the HBO horror anthology series " Tales from the Crypt " during the show ' s second season in 1990 ; this show featured the voice of John Kassir as the Crypt Keeper . The first major film Stoeckinger worked on as Supervising Sound Editor was the 1989 action thriller " Tango & Cash " , which featured " Star Trek " alumni Teri Hatcher , Marc Alaimo , Michael J . Pollard , Roy Brocksmith , Richard Fancy , Phil Rubenstein , and Clint Howard in the cast . His subsequent films as Supervising Sound Editor , Sound Effects Supervisor , or Supervising Sound Designer have included " L . A . Story " ( featuring Iman and Patrick Stewart ) , " Grumpy Old Men " ( featuring Christopher McDonald ) , " Color of Night " ( starring Scott Bakula and Brad Dourif ) , " Gone Fishin " ' ( co - written by J . J . Abrams ) , " Bulworth " ( featuring Paul Sorvino ) , and " The Negotiator " ( featuring Tim Kelleher ) . Stoeckinger was nominated for an Academy Award as Supervising Sound Editor on the 1997 action film " Face / Off " . He again worked with that film ' s director , John Woo , on the films " Mission : Impossible II " and " Windtalkers " . The latter film featured Christian Slater in the cast . Stoeckinger received nominations from Motion Picture Sound Editors ( MPSE ) and the Satellite Awards for his work on " Mission : Impossible II " . Stoeckinger also won a Golden Reel Award from MPSE as part of the sound editing team on the Academy Award - winning film " Gladiator " , co - written by John Logan . Stoeckinger received two Golden Reel nominations and a Golden Satellite nomination as Supervising Sound Editor on the acclaimed film " The Last Samurai " , also written by John Logan . In addition , Stoeckinger received Golden Reel nominations for his work on the Paramount films " We Were Soldiers " , " The Italian Job " , and " Mission : Impossible III " , as well as the 20th Century Fox blockbuster " The Day After Tomorrow " . Some of his other recent film credits include additional sound on " Kill Bill , Vol . 1 " and sound editing supervision on " How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days " , " Be Cool " ( starring The Rock ) , and the acclaimed " Gone Baby Gone " .