Joseph G. Sorokin

In 1991, he was offered the position of President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), but declined the offer because he had retired in 1990.

In 1970, he had to temporarily leave Los Angeles and the studios for Atlanta due to personal considerations. While in Atlanta, he attended Woodrow Wilson College of Law, graduating in 1977 with a J.D. He returned to LA in 1980, and he then started working on the television series, "Dallas" with the producer, David Jacobs. Shortly after, he went to work on the long running, successful series "Knot's Landing," which he supervised for 10 years.

His most famous achievement in sound editing was for the television series, "Star Trek," for which he created the original, unique sound effects in 1966. When he was first asked by Gene Roddenberry to create the unusual sound effects for the show, Roddenberry gave him a stack of papers with suggestions as to what he wanted but little else to go on. He initially thought the idea was crazy, but said years later that he never realized it would become such a hit.

He began on the historic television series, "Amos 'N' Andy" at Hal Roach Studios, filmed for CBS. One day, while still working for Hal Roach in the 1950's, Joseph met Laurel and Hardy while walking to the commissary. He wanted to have a photo taken with the two of them, but couldn't find a camera on the studio lot. Oliver Hardy said, "That's alright son, we can do it next time." Shortly after that, Oliver Hardy died. Years later, he said he always regretted not being able to have a photo taken with the legendary pair.