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David Samuelson was born in London in 1924, the eldest son of pioneer film producer, G.B. Samuelson. He entered the British Film Industry in 1941 and has been a projectionist, a cutting room assistant, a film cameraman, a facilities company executive, a consultant on the technology of film making, a computer program writer, and an author on the subject of film production technology. Samuelson is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a Fellow of the British Kinematograph, Sound and Television Society, and a Life Fellow of SMPTE. He was awarded the Society's Special Commendation Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motion Picture Technology in 1978 and in 1984, the Presidential Proclamation Award of the SMPTE for continued support of the industry on an international level and his long standing contributions as a writer and a lecturer. AMPAS presented him with a Scientific and Technical Award for the Development of the Louma Camera Crane and Remote Control System for Motion Picture Production in 1980 and an Academy Technical Achievement Award for the Development of the Cinematographers Computer Programs in 1987. As a film cameraman he has filmed in more than 40 countries.