Nugent Slaughter
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Nugent Slaughter was born in Virginia
, United States
. He provided the special effects and sound mixing
for the 1927 movie, The Jazz Singer
. His efforts in this project earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Engineering Effects.
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He provided the special effects and sound mixing
Audio mixing (film and television)
Audio mixing for film and television is a process during the post-production stage of a moving image program by which a multitude of recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels...
for the 1927 movie, The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer (1927 film)
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of the "talkies" and the decline of the silent film era. Produced by Warner Bros. with its Vitaphone sound-on-disc system,...
. His efforts in this project earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Engineering Effects.