The North Star (1943)

Special effects cinematographer who worked uncredited on THE GARDEN OF ALLAH (1936) and GONE WITH THE WIND (1939). Prior to that he entered American film as an uncredited assistant camera for REBOUND (1931) at RKO-Pathé. Slifer's special effects work in films includes THE NORTH STAR (1943), UP IN ARMS, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY and THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE (all 1944), SPELLBOUND (1945), DUEL IN THE SUN and THE PARADINE CASE (both 1946), PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (1948), HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (1952), THE DIAMOND QUEEN (1953) and THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965).  Nominated for Special Effects 1943: THE NORTH STAR - Photographic (w. R. O. Binger)  Nominated for Special Effects 1948: PORTRAIT OF JENNIE - Visual (w. Paul Eagler, Joseph McMillan Johnson & Russell Shearman) 2 nominations