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A2
Professional resume
Stephen
Perkins.
Production Sound Mixer
Sound Supervisor
Profile
Production Sound Mixer and Sound Supervisor with 23 years of on-set experience, including 18+ years specializing in production audio. A full-service rental-house background and long experience alongside directors, producers, camera, lighting, grip, and sound teams bring practical production awareness to every job.
23+Years in technical production
1,700+Documented production days
48U.S. states worked
Professional experience
Production Sound Mixer
& Sound Supervisor.
Self-employed production sound services · 2008–Present
Houston, Texas · Local statewide · Available worldwide- Completed 1,700+ digitally documented production days—typically 12 hours or longer—across television, commercials, corporate and branded content, documentaries, sports, and field productions.
- Personally built, configured, and operated systems supporting up to 32 simultaneous wireless channels, six IFB feeds, 32 isolated recorded tracks, and audio/timecode distribution to nine cameras.
- Supervised audio departments of up to six crew members, coordinating bag mixers and an A2 while maintaining primary-system signal flow, RF reliability, recording, communications, and backup coverage.
- Delivered production audio across 48 U.S. states and internationally throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia.
Earlier technical operations
Technical Supervisor
& Field Operations.
Production technical operations · 2003–2008
Multi-department field deployments- Built out production vehicles with integrated camera, sound, lighting, power, and monitoring systems; supervised up to eight Assistant Camera personnel and field deployments involving as many as 10 complete camera and audio packages.
- Managed gear-truck loading and unloading, video-village setup, deployment and return inventories, domestic and international equipment travel, expendables, and loss-and-damage inspections.
- Configured and quality-checked shoulder-mounted, vehicle-mounted, and action cameras; audio systems; lenses; field monitors; lighting and grip packages; menu settings; cabling; power; and operational readiness.
Technical foundation
Rental House
Audio Technician.
Imagecraft · 2006–2007
Package preparation, fabrication & QC- Prepared and quality-checked camera, audio, and lighting packages for supervisor sign-off.
- Built field-monitoring patch racks, Pelican battery systems, portable inline lighting dimmers, and custom XLR/BNC cabling from established shop templates.
- Used a multimeter to verify voltage and switching behavior and performed systematic incoming and outgoing inventory and readiness checks.
Core expertise
Set-ready
skills.
- Location sound mixing
- Sound supervision & crew leadership
- Multi-camera wireless workflows
- Talent wireless & IFB monitoring
- Timecode, camera hops & smart slate
- Documentary & remote field recording
- Unscripted television production
- Commercial & corporate production
- Camera, lighting & video-village familiarity
- Production travel & gear logistics
Equipment
Professional
package.
- Sound Devices 688
- 8 channels of Lectrosonics wireless
- Boom
- 6 Lectrosonics R1a IFBs
- Timecode and camera hops for up to 3 cameras
- Smart slate
Software & tools
Technical
fluency.
- Pro Tools
- Logic Pro
- Wave Agent
- Lectrosonics Wireless Designer
- FreqFinder
- Microsoft 365
- Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
- Google Workspace
Education
Sul Ross State
University.
Bachelor’s Degree in CommunicationsSul Ross State University · 2003
Alpine, Texas
Recent experience
Selected
credits.
Recent production work across sound mixing and supervision. The complete career record is available on the full Credits page.
Old 97’s
Sound Mixer
Cheers to the Dead — Pilot
Sound Mixer
Beyond the Bayou
Sound Mixer
Ring by Spring Break — Season 1
Sound Mixer (ENG)
Project Brisket — OpenAI
Corporate Sound Mixer / Boom Operator
Craig Ferguson: American On Purpose
Sound Mixer
Farmer Wants a Wife — Season 4
Sound Mixer
Last Cowboy Standing — Season 2
Sound Mixer
Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up — Season 2
Audio Mixer
Farmer Wants a Wife — Season 3
Sound Mixer
The Real Housewives of Potomac — Season 9
Sound Supervisor
BBQ Brawl — Season 5
Sound Mixer
Farmer Wants a Wife — Season 2
Sound Mixer
The Real Housewives of Miami — Season 6
Sound Supervisor
The Real Housewives of Miami — Season 5
Sound Supervisor
Ghost Hunters — Season 2
Sound Mixer
Real Girlfriends in Paris — Season 1
Sound Supervisor
Renovation Impossible
Sound Mixer
Pistol
Sound Mixer
The Bradshaw Bunch — Season 2
Sound Supervisor
At Home with the Robertsons — Season 1
Sound Mixer
Our Craft Nation
Sound Mixer
Pig Royalty — Season 1
Sound Mixer
Availability
Houston local.
Worldwide ready.
Available locally across Texas and passport-ready for domestic and international productions.
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