Jim Houston, a senior engineer who was a pioneer in motion imaging standards, computer animation, and digital restoration, died at age 61 Thursday in Pasadena from a heart attack. His death was announced by the Hollywood Section of Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (Smpte),
Houston worked for 34 years for Sony Pictures Entertainment, Pacific Title & Art, Walt Disney Feature Animation and, since February of this year, Samsung Research America. He won two Academy Awards for Scientific and Engineering Achievement.
“Jim made a profound impact on Smpte and the industry in general,” said Smpte Hollywood Section Chair Brian Gaffney. “He was a founding member of the Academy Color Encoding System (Aces) committee. He wrote influential...
Houston worked for 34 years for Sony Pictures Entertainment, Pacific Title & Art, Walt Disney Feature Animation and, since February of this year, Samsung Research America. He won two Academy Awards for Scientific and Engineering Achievement.
“Jim made a profound impact on Smpte and the industry in general,” said Smpte Hollywood Section Chair Brian Gaffney. “He was a founding member of the Academy Color Encoding System (Aces) committee. He wrote influential...
- 3/27/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly in Singinʼ in the Rain (USA 1952) by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen
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The Retrospective of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival will celebrate the centenary of Technicolor. The Retrospective will present around 30 magnificent Technicolor films, some of which have been elaborately restored. They were made in the early years between the dawn of Technicolor and 1953 – and include six British films.
“The blazing red of Southern skies in Gone with the Wind or the ecstatic yellow of the raincoats in Singin’ in the Rain – in those days, the play of dramatically intensified colours was a sensation. The Technicolor process combined with cultural and economic trends to produce great cinematic works of art that still thrill audiences today,” says Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick.
As of 1915, inventors Herbert T. Kalmus, Daniel Comstock and W. Burton Wescott developed the two-colour process Technicolor No.
Copyright: George Eastman House, Rochester, © 2014 Warner Bros Ent. All Rights Reserved.
The Retrospective of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival will celebrate the centenary of Technicolor. The Retrospective will present around 30 magnificent Technicolor films, some of which have been elaborately restored. They were made in the early years between the dawn of Technicolor and 1953 – and include six British films.
“The blazing red of Southern skies in Gone with the Wind or the ecstatic yellow of the raincoats in Singin’ in the Rain – in those days, the play of dramatically intensified colours was a sensation. The Technicolor process combined with cultural and economic trends to produce great cinematic works of art that still thrill audiences today,” says Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick.
As of 1915, inventors Herbert T. Kalmus, Daniel Comstock and W. Burton Wescott developed the two-colour process Technicolor No.
- 11/13/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The Berlin International Film Festival will mark the 100th anniversary of color cinematography with a retrospective to the glory days of Technicolor. The 65th Berlinale will screen around 30 Technicolor classics including Gone With The Wind, Singin' in the Rain and The Wizard of Oz. Read More Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films Of All Time The retrospective will cover the period from the dawn of Technicolor in 1915, when inventors Herbert T. Kalmus, Daniel Comstock and W. Burton Wescott first developed the two-color process that revolutionized movie making, through to 1953, when the introduction of color negative film marked the
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- 11/12/2014
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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