Mark Smith (sound engineer)

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Mark Smith
Occupation Sound engineer
Years active1987-2006

Mark Smith is an American sound engineer who won an Oscar for Best Sound for the film The Last of the Mohicans . [1] He worked on nearly 100 films and television shows from 1987 to 2006.

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  1. "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 22, 2011.