Nugent Slaughter
Nugent Slaughter (born March 17, 1888 in Virginia , † December 27, 1968 in Oroville , California ) was an American film technician .
Life
Nugent Slaughter was employed as a film technician during the period of silent films and early sound films and was responsible, among other things, for the special effects for the first sound film The Jazz Singer (1927).
At the first Academy Awards in 1929 , he was nominated for his overall performance for the Oscar for Best Engineering Effects, which was only awarded that year . However, the award went to Roy Pomeroy .
Web links
- Nugent Slaughter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Slaughter, Nugent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Virginia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1968 |
| Place of death | Oroville , California |