Jeffrey Perkins

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Jeffrey Perkins
OccupationSound engineer
Years active1984-present

Jeffrey Perkins is an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Dances with Wolves . [1] He has worked on more than 120 films since 1984.

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  1. "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 20, 2011.