Creating Content in Houses of Worship
Veteran filmmaker Ken Wales will share insights on the impact of entertainment technology on storytelling as the keynote speaker of Createasphere’s Executive Marketplace for Houses of Worship this July.
Ken was the Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed and award-winning CBS Television series Christy. He enjoyed a long running partnership with director Blake Edwards, producing many films with him including The Great Race, Darling Lili, and The Revenge of the Pink Panther among others. Ken also produced the Emmy nominated, Golden Globe winner miniseries John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, and was associate producer for the first season of Cagney and Lacey. He spent time in the studio system at Walt Disney Pictures, where he was Vice President of Production. Ken has most recently earned acclaim for the powerful film Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilberforce’s grueling but victorious campaign to end Britain’s slave trade. Read more..
John Underkoffler, Oblong Industries, Opens the World with the Wave of a Hand
A gripping keynote at Createasphere’s Digital Asset Management Conference
When John Underkoffler presented last month’s Keynote Address at Createasphere’s Digital Asset Management Conference in Universal City, he was met with the conference equivalent of “Bravo! Encore!” from an enthusiastic audience. Underkoffler had taken attendees into the world of gestural interfaces, his viewpoint of the evolution of the personal computer, and offered insights about the profound meaning of data.
Underkoffler is the Founder and Chief Scientist for Oblong Industries, a company aiming to transform the way we work, create and collaborate. Their g-speak spatial operating environment (SOE) is a radically new platform that made its public debut in the tech-forward movie Minority Report. Read more..
LOUIS CIOFFI, ACE: DEXTER, IN THE CUT
Missing your favorite show? Check out this interview from Louis Cioffi, ACE while you wait for the new season to begin this fall.
Louis Cioffi, ACE, has found “Dexter” to be an enthralling assignment for the past 4 seasons. An award-winning editor for his work on the highly acclaimed series, Cioffi joined “Dexter” in 2007. Cioffi has worked extensively in network, cable and features and is currently working on independent film, “Hidden Moon.”
Createasphere: What was your first job in “the industry? Read more..
HPA Winners Unveiled at Gala Evening Celebration
Written by Christine Purse
Cyril Drabinsky of Deluxe is awarded for Lifetime Achievement.
The Hollywood Post Alliance presented the Sixth Annual HPA Awards to a sold out audience of industry insiders and luminaries on November 10, 2011 at the Skirball Center atop Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, CA. The HPA Awards honor the best of the best talent working behind the scenes in motion pictures, television and commercials as well as the most innovative technologies in post.
The winners of the 2011 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards are:
Outstanding Color Grading using a DI process - Feature Film
“The Help”
Steven J. Scott // EFILM
Outstanding Color Grading – Television
"Mad Men – Blowing Smoke”
Tim Vincent // LaserPacific
Outstanding Color Grading - Commercial
Nissan “Zero”
Siggy Ferstl // Company 3
Outstanding Editing - Feature Film
“The Social Network”
Angus Wall, A.C.E. and Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.
Outstanding Editing - Television
“Downton Abbey – Series 1 Episode 1”
John Wilson, A.C.E. // Carnival Film & Television
Outstanding Editing - Commercial
American Express “Curtain”
Chris Franklin // Big Sky Editorial
Outstanding Sound - Feature Film
“Green Lantern”
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Rick Kline // Warner Bros. Post Production Services
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers // Soundelux
Outstanding Sound - Television
“House – Bombshells”
Brad North, Joe DeAngelis, Luis Galdames and Jackie Oster // Universal Studios Sound
Outstanding Sound - Commercial
Dream House “Trailer #1”
David Brolin // Universal Studios Sound
Bill Neil // Buddha Jones Trailers
Outstanding Compositing - Feature Film
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
Jeff Sutherland, Jason Billington, Chris Balog and Ben O’Brien // Industrial Light & Magic
Outstanding Compositing - Television
“Boardwalk Empire – Boardwalk Empire”
Paul Graff, Brian Sales, Merysa Nichols and Jesse Siglow // Crazy Horse Effects, Inc.
Outstanding Compositing - Commercial
Jameson “Fire”
Dan Glass, Gabby Gourrier, Chris Bankoff and Jeff Willette // Method Studios
A number of special awards, which had been announced earlier, were bestowed during the evening including:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Cyril Drabinsky, President and CEO of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.
Engineering Excellence Award:
- Dolby Laboratories // Professional Reference Monitor
- Sony Professional Solutions of America // OLED Monitor
- Lightcraft Technology // Previzion
- IBM // Linear Tape File System
Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation
- Testronic Labs // File-Based QC Lab
- Steven J. Scott of EFILM // “Tree of Life” DI Environment
 Tom Sherak, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences with HPA Lifetime Achievement winner Cyril Drabinsky, President and CEO of Deluxe Entertainment Services |
 Editing presenters Maysie Hoy, ACE and Stephen Rivkin, ACE |
 Overview of the Skirball Center HPA Awards audience |
 ASC President Michael Goi, Creativity & Innovation AND Feature Color Grading in a DI winner, Steve Scott, EFilm, and producer Todd London |
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