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Jeffrey Perkins(II)

  • Sound Department
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Russell Williams II, Bill W. Benton, and Jeffrey Perkins in The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991)
Jeffrey has been fascinated by sound for motion pictures since he was a young boy. He made my first sound short at the age of 12 using an 8mm Eumig magnetic sound on film projector that he purchased with his dad. His career today is a natural progression from a very expensive hobby.

Jeffrey attended film school at Ryerson University in Toronto where he grew up. Twenty-two days after graduation, he had a job as a film projectionist in the post-production department of a Toronto television commercial production company.

He moved to Los Angeles to work at the hub...with the best in the industry. Jeffrey considers himself very fortunate to have apprenticed under several extremely talented mentors including Richard Portman and Robert L. Hoyt and since that start has re-recorded over 140 feature films and countless episodic television shows. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for "Dances with Wolves (1990)" and has Emmy, BAFTA, CAS and MPSE nominations. In 2009, he fulfilled a major goal of mine - working for a major Hollywood Studio, Warner Bros Studios.
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 15 nominations total

    Known for

    Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves (1990)
    Dances with Wolves
    8.0
    • Sound Department
    • 1990
    Christian Bale and Taye Diggs in Equilibrium (2002)
    Equilibrium
    7.3
    • Sound Department
    • 2002
    Kathleen Quinlan and Kurt Russell in Breakdown (1997)
    Breakdown
    7.0
    • Sound Department
    • 1997
    Jason Cottle, Nick Gomez, Gonzalo Menendez, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Alex Veadov, Ailsa Marshall, Ajay James, Ernest Manson, Callaghan, Weimy, Dave, Derrick Van Orden, Duncan Smith, Mikey, Jesse Cotton, Ray Mendoza, Rorke Denver, Billy, and Katelyn in Act of Valor (2012)
    Act of Valor
    6.4
    • Sound Department
    • 2012

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    • SEAL Team (2017)
      SEAL Team
      7.9
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2019–2024
    • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.3
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2023–2024
    • Daryl Edwards, Matt Long, Luna Blaise, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Holly Taylor, Melissa Roxburgh, Parveen Kaur, and Ty Doran in Manifest (2018)
      Manifest
      7.0
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2018–2023
    • House of the Unholy (2023)
      House of the Unholy
      5.8
      Short
      • sound mixer
      • 2023
    • Queen Sugar (2016)
      Queen Sugar
      7.8
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2016–2022
    • Xosha Roquemore and Alano Miller in Cherish the Day (2020)
      Cherish the Day
      6.4
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2020–2022
    • Kaci Walfall in Naomi (2022)
      Naomi
      4.9
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2022
    • Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks, Jason Schwartzman, and Allison Tolman in Fargo (2014)
      Fargo
      8.8
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2020
    • Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu in Elementary (2012)
      Elementary
      7.9
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2012–2019
    • The Code (2019)
      The Code
      6.3
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2019
    • Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari, and Jennifer Bartels in American Woman (2018)
      American Woman
      6.3
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2018
    • Oliver Hudson, Jenna Fischer, Van Crosby, Sander Thomas, and Olivia Keville in Splitting Up Together (2018)
      Splitting Up Together
      6.8
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2018
    • Behind Enemy Lines
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2017
    • Elliott Gould, Katherine Heigl, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, Dreama Walker, and Kobi Libii in Doubt (2017)
      Doubt
      5.9
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2017
    • Famous in Love (2017)
      Famous in Love
      6.7
      TV Series
      • re-recording mixer
      • 2017

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      • Jeffery Perkins

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    • What is Jeffrey Perkins known for?
      Dances with Wolves, Breakdown, Equilibrium, and Act of Valor
    • How many awards has Jeffrey Perkins won?
      1 award
    • How many award nominations has Jeffrey Perkins received?
      16 nominations

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