James "Jim" W. Wolvington is a sound editor and supervising sound effects editor who worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek Nemesis,. After serving as sound effects supervisor for TNG: "Time's Arrow, Part II", Wolvington moved on to become supervising sound effects editor for the first two seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine followed by all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager. He was also supervising sound effects editor for the Star Trek: Enterprise pilot episode "Broken Bow".
Wolvington's work on Star Trek earned him the following Emmy Award wins and nominations for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series:
- 1988 Emmy Award for the episode "11001001", shared with Wilson Dyer, Mace Matiosian, Bill Wistrom, Gerry Sackman, and Keith Bilderbeck
- 1989 Emmy Award for the episode "Q Who", shared with Bill Wistrom, Mace Matiosian, Wilson Dyer, Guy Tsujimoto, and Gerry Sackman
- 1990 Emmy Award for the episode "Yesterday's Enterprise", shared with Bill Wistrom, Mace Matiosian, Wilson Dyer, Gerry Sackman, and Rick Freeman
- 1991 Emmy Award for the episode "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II", shared with Bill Wistrom, Mace Matiosian, Wilson Dyer, Masanobu Tomita, Dan Yale, and Gerry Sackman
- 1992 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Power Play", shared with Bill Wistrom, Wilson Dyer, Masanobu Tomita, Dan Yale, and Gerry Sackman
- 1993 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Time's Arrow, Part II", shared with Bill Wistrom, Miguel Rivera, Masanobu Tomita, Guy Tsujimoto, Jeff Gersh, Dan Yale, and Gerry Sackman
- 1993 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Emissary", shared with Bill Wistrom, Ashley Harvey, Miguel Rivera, Jeff Gersh, Sean Callery, Steffan Falesitch, and Stephen M. Rowe
- 2000 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Equinox, Part II", shared with Bill Wistrom, Ashley Harvey, Dale Chaloukian, Jeff Gersh, Masanobu Tomita, and Gerry Sackman
- 2001 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Endgame", shared with Bill Wistrom, Ashley Harvey, Masanobu Tomita, Dale Chaloukian, and Gerry Sackman
- 2002 Emmy Award nomination for the episode "Broken Bow", shared with Bill Wistrom, Ashley Harvey, Masanobu Tomita, Dale Chaloukian, Shaun Varney, Stephen M. Rowe, Hilda Hodges, and Katherine Rose
Prior to Star Trek, Wolvington was a sound editor on the television series Ripley's Believe It or Not and Max Headroom (starring Matt Frewer), the mini-series Fresno, and the 1986 film Where the River Runs Black. He shared Emmy nominations for his work on an episode of Ripley's in 1985 and a segment of Fresno in 1987 (with Bill Wistrom, Steve Pederson, Brad Sherman, and Jon E. Johnson) and shared an Emmy win for his work on an episode of Max Headroom in 1987 (with Brad Sherman, Doug Grindstaff, and Richard Corwin). He also shared an Emmy win for his sound editing on the 1986 TV movie Unnatural Causes (starring Alfre Woodard and with sound crew Mace Matiosian and Jon E. Johnson) and an Emmy nomination for the 1991 TV movie Ironclads (starring Virginia Madsen and with Mace Matiosian).
Other credits as sound editor include Night of the Creeps (1986, with Hilda Hodges), Where the River Runs Black (1986, with Mel Metcalfe, Terry Porter and Bill Wistrom), Ski Patrol (1990, with Doug Davey, Wilson Dyer, Alfred T. Ferrante, Christopher Haire, Jon E. Johnson, Mace Matiosian, Miguel Rivera, Masanobu Tomita, Guy Tsujimoto, Richard L. Morrison, and Bill Wistrom), and FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992).
Star Trek credits[]
(This list is currently incomplete.)
- TNG:
- "Encounter at Farpoint" – Supervising Sound Editor
- "The Naked Now" – "The Neutral Zone" – Sound Editor (Season 1, 24 episodes)
- Season 2 – Sound Editor (22 episodes)
- Season 3 – Sound Editor (26 episodes)
- Season 4 – Sound Editor (26 episodes)
- Season 5 – Sound Editor (26 episodes)
- "Time's Arrow, Part II" – Sound Effects Supervisor (Season 6)
- "Schisms" – Sound Effects Supervisor (uncredited)