Nigel Noble (born 1943) is an English sound mixer,

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and producer. He won an

Academy Award 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 ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

for ''

Close Harmony A chord is in close harmony (also called close position or close structure) if its notes are arranged within a narrow range, usually with no more than an octave between the top and bottom notes. In contrast, a chord is in open harmony (also ca ...

'' in the category of Best Documentary Short Subject. Seven years later his film '' Voices of Sarafina!'' was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section at the

1989 Cannes Film Festival The 42nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 11 to 23 May 1989. West German filmmaker Wim Wenders served as jury president for the main competition. American filmmaker Steven Soderbergh won the '' Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for his ...

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1981) * '' A Stitch for Time'' (1987) * '' Voices of Sarafina!'' (1988) * ''Porgy and Bess; An American Voice (1998)'' * ''Os Carvoeiros (2000) (The Charcoal People)'' * ''Gangs Escaping the Life (2001)'' * ''Portraits of Grief (2002)'' * ''The Beauty Academy of Kabul (2005)'' * ''They Killed Sister Dorothy (2008)'' * ''The Porch Light Project (2013)''

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* 1943 births Living people English audio engineers English film directors English film producers People from Blackpool English documentary filmmakers Directors of Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners {{UK-film-director-stub