Sam Chwat(1953-2011)

Sam Chwat was born on 29 March 1953 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Cape Fear (1991), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) and Monster's Ball (2001). He was married to Susan Lazarus Chwat. He died on 3 March 2011 in Manhasset, New York, USA.

Known for

7.3

6.3

7.0

7.3

Rango
7.3
- dialect coach: Ms. Breslin, emotion capture unit
- 2011
Holy Rollers
5.9
- dialect coach: New York Speech Improvement Services
- 2010
The Hoax
6.6
- dialect coach
- 2006
Bonneville
6.1
- dialect coach: Victor Rasuk
- 2006
Nicholas Nickleby
7.1
- dialogue coach: US
- 2002
Queen of the Damned
5.3
- dialect coach: Aaliyah
- 2002
Monster's Ball
7.0
- speech & dialect coach
- 2001
Let It Be Me
5.6
- dialect coach
- 1995
The Basketball Diaries
7.3
- dialogue coach
- 1995
Fresh
7.5
- speech & dialect coach
- 1994
Rich in Love
6.1
- dialogue coach
- 1992
Hit the Dutchman
5.6
- dialog coach
- 1992
Cape Fear
7.3
- speech and dialect coach: N.Y. Speech Improvement Services
- 1991
Sleeping with the Enemy
6.3
- dialogue coach
- 1991

Trivia
He was a speech therapist who started out helping clients with lisps, stutters, and neurological issues. A Hispanic supermarket executive consulted him, concerned that his accent was hindering his chances for promotion. Subsequently, Chwat began to specialize in helping clients lose or gain accents.

Quotes
You can afford to find accents charming as long as you're part of the power structure that has the accent of the ruling class. (in a 2006 interview with the New York Post)

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