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Mike Akins

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Special Effects
  • Stunts
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Mike Akins is known for We Were Soldiers (2002), The General's Daughter (1999) and Major Payne (1995).
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    • Known for

    Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002)
    We Were Soldiers
    7.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Michael Akins)
    • 2002
    John Travolta in The General's Daughter (1999)
    The General's Daughter
    6.4
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1999
    Major Payne (1995)
    Major Payne
    6.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Michael Akins)
    • 1995
    Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
    Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
    6.4
    • Camera and Electrical Department(as Michael W. Akins)
    • 1995

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • The Lost & Found Family (2009)
      The Lost & Found Family
      6.2
      • key grip
      • 2009
    • Jeffrey Jones, Big Boi, Tony Cox, Faizon Love, Susan Ward, and Andy Milonakis in Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
      Who's Your Caddy?
      2.3
      • key grip: second unit
      • 2007
    • False River (2005)
      False River
      5.9
      • dolly grip
      • 2005
    • Skyler Day and Bill Butler in The Adventures of Ociee Nash (2002)
      The Adventures of Ociee Nash
      6.1
      • key grip (as Michael Akins)
      • 2002
    • Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002)
      We Were Soldiers
      7.2
      • assistant chief rigging electrician: Georgia (as Michael Akins)
      • 2002
    • The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
      The Rosa Parks Story
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • grip
      • 2002
    • Rustin (2001)
      Rustin
      6.0
      • dolly grip
      • 2001
    • Terrence Howard, Carmen Ejogo, and Jeffrey Wright in Boycott (2001)
      Boycott
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • best boy grip (as Michael Akins)
      • 2001
    • John Travolta in The General's Daughter (1999)
      The General's Daughter
      6.4
      • grip: Savannah
      • 1999
    • The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
      The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • additional grip (as Michael Akins)
      • 1999
    • Kenneth Branagh, Tom Berenger, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Daryl Hannah, and Embeth Davidtz in The Gingerbread Man (1998)
      The Gingerbread Man
      5.7
      • grip (as Michael Akins)
      • 1998
    • Andersonville (1996)
      Andersonville
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • grip
      • 1996
    • Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
      Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
      6.4
      • rigging grip: South Carolina (as Michael W. Akins)
      • 1995
    • Major Payne (1995)
      Major Payne
      6.3
      • second company grip (as Michael Akins)
      • 1995
    • Bill Paxton, Ice Cube, Ice-T, and William Sadler in Trespass (1992)
      Trespass
      6.3
      • best boy grip
      • 1992

    Special Effects

    • Patrick Swayze in Black Dog (1998)
      Black Dog
      5.5
      • special effects technician
      • 1998

    Stunts

    • Kenneth Branagh, Tom Berenger, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Daryl Hannah, and Embeth Davidtz in The Gingerbread Man (1998)
      The Gingerbread Man
      5.7
      • stunts (as Michael Akins)
      • 1998

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Michael W. Akins

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