Chris Jenkins is an American

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a sound recording, recording or a Concert, live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization (audio), equalization, Dynamic range ...

. He has won three

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...

for Best Sound and was nominated for two others in the same category. He has worked on more than 150 films since 1979.

Selected filmography

Jenkins has won three Academy Awards for Best Sound and was nominated for another two: ;Won * ''

Out of Africa ''Out of Africa'' is a memoir by the Danish people, Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the eighteen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then called East Africa Protectorate, British East Africa ...

'' (1985) * ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is an 1826 historical romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder'', ...

'' (1992) * '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015) (with Ben Osmo and Gregg Rudloff) ;Nominated * ''

Dick Tracy ''Dick Tracy'' is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on Sunday, October 4, 1931, in the '' Detroit Mirror'', and was distributed by the Chicago T ...

'' (1990) * '' Wanted'' (2008)

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American audio engineers Best Sound Mixing Academy Award winners Best Sound BAFTA Award winners Primetime Emmy Award winners {{US-audio-engineer-stub