Report from the American Society of Cinematographers Technology Committee

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 122, No. 6, pp. 46–53
Abstract: From its inception in 2003, the ASC Technology Committee has been guided by its primary mission to engage and influence motion imaging technology developments in ways that better serve and protect the filmmaker's creative intent and the role of the cinematographer in realizing a creative vision.
Publication Date: 2013-09-01
DOI: 10.5594/j18314
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/j18314
Author(s): Curtis Clark
bio
Curtis Clark, ASC, studied theater at the Art Institute of Chicago's Goodman School of Drama and cinematography at the London Film School. He began his career by shooting numerous documentary films in Britain before transitioning to shooting feature films. — Following on the success of his short film, The Arrival, Clark recently completed his highly praised short film Eldorado. — A member of the ASC Board of Governors, Clark is chairman of the ASC Technology Committee. Since its inception in 2003, the Committee under Clark's leadership has achieved a series of notable successes including its collaborative work with Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) to produce standardized evaluation material for assessing the performance of digital projectors and other elements of DCI standards-based digital cinema systems. — The ASC Technology Committee, at Clark's instigation, embarked on the development of a groundbreaking project to create cross platform data exchange for primary RGB digital color correction referred to as the ASC CDL (Color Decision List). The ASC CDL was recognized by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences with a prestigious 2012 Prime Time Emmy Engineering Award.
David Reisner
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David Reisner uses his industry-leading expertise in motion picture image quality, color, workflow, Digital Intermediate (DI), and digital imaging in production, post-production, and exhibition to defend creative flexibility and create best practices. — He was a principal in creating the ASC Color Decision List (ASC CDL), now used in the production of about 80% of feature motion pictures. Reisner was also a principal in creation/design of the ASC-PGA Camera Assessment Series, the ASC-DCI StEM (Standard Evaluation Material) test movie, and the ISDCF 3D luminance demonstration. He was vice-chair of the SMPTE working groups that drafted the key digital cinema image standards, and a member of the AMPAS ACES working groups. — Reisner is founding secretary of the ASC Technology Committee, an ASC associate member, and an active Member of the Visual Effects Society. — Reisner designed one of the first digital music synthesizers, the first VLIW CPU, the first popular portable video player, an early Internet music and movie distribution service, and co-designed the first lightweight portable computer. He has trained killer whales and shot magazine covers and book jackets.
David Stump
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David Stump, ASC, has worked on numerous motion pictures and television productions as director of photography, as visual effects director of photography, as visual effects supervisor, and as stereographer, (including both live action work and 2D to 3D conversion work), earning an Emmy Award, an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement and an International Cinematographers Guild Award. His credits include such high profile projects as The Last Stand, Immortals, Flight Plan, Fantastic Four, X-Men 1 & 2, Into the Blue, Red Riding Hood, Garfield, Batman Forever, Hollow Man, Men of Honor, Deep Blue Sea, Stuart Little, Contact, Batman & Robin, Mars Attacks, Executive Decision, Stargate, and Free Willy, among many others. — Stump currently serves on the AMPAS' Science and Technology Council. He also serves as co-chair of a SMPTE study group on High Frame Rate for Digital Cinema.
Ron Garcia
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Ron Garcia, ASC, is a Life member of SMPTE and is the inventor of a Film Calibration system used to control color management in film-to-tape transfers and film recorders. Garcia is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Science, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and a committee member of the Academy Sci-Tech Awards in 2008. He has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1994.
Lou Levinson
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Lou Levinson received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1979, having worked his way through school as a tape operator and colorist. After graduating, he worked at Columbia Pictures Videocassette services, where he helped to maintain the first flying spot scanner installed in the midwest. In September 1980, he was hired as a colorist at Modern VideoFilm (MVF), becoming the 13th employee there. Thirteen years later, he left to join colorist the MCA/MEI Telecine Research Center as a colorist, working in what was the third HD telecine room in the world. From 1998 to 2008, Levinson worked as a senior colorist at Post Logic Studios. From 2008 to 2012, he was a supervising colorist at Kodak-Laser Pacific/HIG/Technicolor. He is currently a consultant and free-lance colorist. A longtime ASC Associate Member, he has been on the ASC Technology Committee since its inception and is currently chair of the Digital Intermediate/Finishing subcommittee.
Al Barton
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Al Barton has spent 29 years as a technologist in production, post-production, and manufacturing for television and feature films. Most recently he worked in production/post-production and distribution of feature films for Sony Pictures. Barton has participated in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Telcommunications Union(ITU), and Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum (ISDCF) committees. He chairs the Workflow subcommittee of the ASC Technology Committee. Barton also participates in the AMPAS committees. He was a key member of DCI and helped create the digital cinema specification.
Ron Burdett
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Ron Burdett is an experienced business and technology management executive in the entertainment industry. He received a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Bradley University. Burdett is founder and president of Sunset Digital and has worked as general manager at Technicolor and Eastman Kodak Co. He is currently a member of the ASC Technology Committee, as well as co-chair of the ASC Motion Imaging Workflow subcommittee.
Bill Feightner
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William Feightner graduated from California State University Fresno with B.A. degree and proceeded onto law school. After one year as a law student he was offered a summer job at Compact Video in Burbank. That part-time job led to his career in the entertainment industry. He received a technical achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the creation of a Digital Color Separation process for archival of motion pictures. Feightner has received an Emmy Award for special effects work on the television series “Moonlighting,” a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a Monitor Award for the opening segment of “The Magical World of Disney.
Gary Demos
bio
Gary Demos has been a pioneer in the development of computer-generated images for use in motion pictures, and in digital film scanning and recording. He founded Digital Productions (1982- 1986), and was awarded an AMPAS Scientific and Engineering Award in 1984 along with John Whitney Jr. “For the Practical Simulation of Motion Picture Photograph By Means of Computer-Generated Images.” Demos also founded Whitney-Demos Productions (1986-1988), DemoGraFX (1988-2003), and Image Essence LLC (in 2005). — Demos is the recipient of the AMPAS 2005 Gordon E. Sawyer Oscar for lifetime technical achievement. Since 1990, he has been exploring layered compression coding and is active in preparing for future imaging and image processing technology. Demos is involved in the ASC Technology Committee and the AMPAS ACES project. He has presented numerous papers at SMPTE, and is a SMPTE Fellow.
Don Eklund
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Don Eklund currently works at Verance Corp. in San Diego as vice president of business development. Prior to that he held an executive position with Sony Pictures where he helped execute the launch of DVD, UMD, and Blu-ray.
Eric Rodli
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Eric Rodli has been involved in the management and development of entertainment technology since the late 1980s when he became president of Iwerks Entertainment; a pioneer in large-format film, motion simulation theaters, and other immersive technologies. He subsequently has had senior roles in a variety of entertainment and media organizations, including being a partner in the entertainment consulting practice of PwC as well as president of Kodak's Motion Picture Division. He currently is a consultant for Laser Light Engines, a leader in providing laser illumination systems for cinema and related applications. He is an Associate Member of the ASC. Rodli received a B.A. in economics from University of California, San Diego, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Steve Schklair
Garrett Smith
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Garrett J. Smith is currently chief technology officer at Ha Productions, based in Santa Barbara, CA. He previously served as vice president, production technology and digital mastering operations at Paramount Pictures. During his 24-year tenure at Paramount, Smith participated in the development of DVD, HDTV, and Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI). Prior to Paramount Pictures, he worked in various post-production positions including post-production supervisor for “Ripley's Believe It or Not;” director, post-production for Columbia Pictures Television; and manager, film services at CBS Network Television. Smith is a member of AMPAS and serves on the Science and Technology Council. He is also an Associate Member of the ASC and an adjunct associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
John Scheele
bio
John Scheele is a visual effects supervisor and producer, working in CG and animation for films and television. His work includes Blade Runner (2007 Final Cut), World Trade Center, Batman Forever, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, and TRON 1982. Scheele is co-chair of the Joint Technology subcommittee on Virtual Production.
David Morin
bio
David Morin participated in the early development of motion capture and 3D software at Softimage, as director of special projects when Softimage was part of Microsoft, and vice-president of special projects and content group when Softimage became part of Avid Technology. Morin later joined Manex Entertainment as president of the MVFX division, a visual effects house. Today Morin assists the Media & Entertainment division of Autodesk from his base in Los Angeles. He currently chairs the Autodesk Film CTO Advisory Council, a product focus group of large studio facilities. He is also cochair of the Virtual Production Committee.
Copyright: © 2013 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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