Post Production Master Class Speakers
Glenn Allen , Co-Founder/VFX Producer/VFX Supervisor, Brainstorm
In 1994, Glenn was hired by Ron Howard as an assistant editor on "The Paper". This 10 year collaboration on Howard's team saw Glenn's skills mature alongside some of the greatest post-production talent in the industry. During his tenure with Howard, Glenn's particular interest in visual effects was sparked while making the Academy Award winning "Apollo 13". Aside from Howard's films, Glenn's keen eye for stunning visual effects was cultivated on notable visual effects pictures such as "Sleepy Hollow" and "Mission To Mars". This specialization led to a more hands-on approach in the cutting room, providing Ron Howard with conceptual ideas for visual effects on "A Beautiful Mind" (Academy Award - Best Picture) and "The Missing". Concurrently, other accomplished Directors such as Brian DePalma, Jonathan Demme, and Frank Oz also recognized Glenn's talent, and quickly enlisted his services on their films.
Glenn's talent as a Visual Effects Producer and Compositor has been recognized on films such as: "The Stepford Wives", "Cinderella Man", "Freedomland", "Man Of The Year",and "The Brave One", starring Jodie Foster. Glenn has also shown his talents as a screenwriter on an independent film, and has written and directed his own award-winning independent feature. Glenn's passion for great storytelling is his motivation for providing filmmakers with visual effects that will enrich thier films and enable them to realize their goals. When he is not working late at the Brainstorm office or chasing his four children around, he is either watching movies or writing screenplays.
Terry Brown, CTO, Mega Playground
Terry began his career in 1980 as a Field Service Engineer for Thomson CSF Broadcast in Stamford, CT. Shortly thereafter, he was named Regional Field Service Manager for the Western United States, and relocated to California where he was mainly responsible for service and sales support for the ENG camera and graphics systems products.
In 1983, Terry was hired by Pacific Video (now LaserPacific Media Corporation) as an Engineer and Graphics Specialist. In 1990, Terry became the Chief Engineer. During his 19 years with LaserPacific, he has been instrumental in many of the revolutionary developments at the company including the recent development of the 24P, High Definition Digital Laboratory services. LaserPacific Media Corporation received a Scientific and Technological Emmy™ award in 2001 for its significant contributions to the creation of the 24P High Definition technology. Terry was one of the four LaserPacific engineering team responsible for working with 13 manufactures including Sony on 24P technology and workflows. In October 2001, Terry was promoted to Vice President Engineering, continuing the development of new technology for the television and theatrical film communities.
After 21 years at LaserPacific, Terry resigned his position to pursue new opportunities at Technicolor/Thomson as Senior Vice President, World Wide Technology, relocating back to the east coast in the New York City area. In this position, Terry was a member of the Corporate CTO office responsible for advancing technology across all four Technicolor business units. Eventually Technicolor needed Terry full time back in California at which time he made the decision to stay on the east coast and leave the company.
Currently Terry has assumed the CTO position of Mega Playground in New York City with the task of building new businesses and designing the facilities to enable these businesses. He has conceived and implemented a new service offering called “DP Dailies” that combines color science, new dailies systems technology from Digital Film Technology, and financial benefits to yield a postproduction workflow that is truly unique.
Pankaj Bajpai, Senior Colorist, Encore
Joe Beirne, PostWorks NYC/Orbit Digital
Sam Daley, Colorist, Technicolor-NYhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2207707/
Finishing credits include: "Mildred Pierce", "Martha Marcy May Marlene", "Catfish", "Tiny Furniture".
Dailies credits include: "Black Swan", "The Fighter", "I Am Legend", "The Departed".
Richard Friedlander , Co-Founder/VFX Producer, BrainstormFor the next 22 years, Richard worked alongside an amazing array of Academy Award winning editors including Stephen Rotter (The Right Stuff), Alan Heim (All That Jazz), Bill Reynolds (The Sting, Sound Of Music) and Dan Hanley and Mike Hill (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind). Beginning in 1992, Richard joined Ron Howard's editorial team where he worked on all of Howard's films for the next decade, including the groundbreaking Apollo 13. This experience proved to be pivotal as it led to the collaboration with his future partner, Glenn Allen, and triggered his interest in visual effects.
Richard worked on several major visual effects pictures, including Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Brian DePalma's Mission To Mars, and Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind, (Academy Award - Best Film). As a result of these experiences, Richard embarked on an ambitious project to launch a visual effects company. Brainstorm Digital, created in 2005, has exceeded all expectations. When Richard is not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 children.
Joe Gawler, Senior Colorist, Deluxe NY
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310695/
Credits include: "Friends with Kids", "Mr. Popper's Penguins", "Midnight in Paris", "The Beaver", "Letters to Juliet"
Ed Lachman, ASCEd Lachman, ASC grew up in a family who's tradition spanned the history of cinema—his father was a film importer and exhibitor and his grandfather had a number of vaudeville houses that became some of the first movie theatres.
He attended art school in Paris, but it was a class in filmmaking that got him interested in cinematography.
Lachman began shooting commercials and documentaries. His feature credits include Desperately Seeking Susan, London Kills Me, Mississippi Masala, Less Than Zero, My New Gun and Light Sleeper, for which he received a 1992 Independent Spirits Award nomination from the Independent Film Project/West. His work on Far From Heaven earned him several accolades including Oscar and ASC Award nominations, and an Independent Spirit Award in addition to critical recognition from industry associations.
Marc Loftus, Senior Editor, Post MagazineMarc Loftus is the Senior Editor and Director of Web Content for Post Magazine. He has been with the monthly publication for nearly 20 years, reporting on new technologies and creative techniques relating to film, television and commercial post production. In that time, he has witnessed the transition from linear to nonlinear, analog to digital, stereo to surround, SD to HD, tape-based to file-based, and 2D to 3D. Marc is a graduate of The New York Institute of Technology.
Matthew Mallinson
In addition to being the founder of ALLCREATIVE NY, Matthew Mallinson is a filmmaker, working as a director, producer and editor. Among his directorial highlights is “Joker’s Wild”, a murder mystery and festival favorite, broadcast on HBO, Showtime and A&E. Matthew is one of the producers of “The Wrong Coast” a stop-motion animation series produced for Bravo. As an editor, he’s most noted for editing the feature film Chameleon Street, which was turned over to him by the producer after a year of post-production angst. Chameleon Street went on to win the Grand Jury prize at Sundance. Matthew has served as the lead instructor for the Editing Intensive (Avid, Final Cut, After Effects, Pro Tools) at NYU-SCPS. He’s also a first rate utility infielder!
ALLCREATIVE NY was founded by Matthew Mallinson as a user group focusing on the 3 A’s: Adobe, Apple, and Avid. We combine an interest in learning how to best use these computer based technologies with an emphasis on the creative process. Our meetings attract a cross section of the creative community, whether it be an aspiring actor who wants to work both sides of the camera, or the editor, director, graphic artist, cameraperson, producer who wants to find out what the latest tools can do to help them in their creative endeavors. Members, aka “Creatives”, socialize with their peers in film, video, and the arts at our monthly meetings. Beginner or advanced, Mac or PC, we encourage a social and networking atmosphere, looking forward to having some fun, featuring guest speakers focusing on “All Things Creative”.
Our meetings conclude with great door prizes from Tekserve, Pond5, digieffects, Focal Press, noise industries, O’Reilly Media, Contour Design, etc.
Francis Power, Post Production SupervisorFrancis Power is a graduate of Columbia University where he was fortunate to have Andrew Sarris as his production advisor. While in New York City over the past eight years he has worked in feature and documentary post production on several films including PARAÍSO, SHINE A LIGHT, CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR, THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE, EL CANTANTE, THE NAMESAKE, and THE PRODUCERS, in addition to maintaining a studio for post sound and music production. Most recently he post supervised GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD and is a post consultant for HUGO.
Anthony Raffaele, Deluxe NY
Andrew Stubbs Johnston, Creative Director - SuperfadA native of Washington D.C., Andrew attended George Mason University and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2003 with a B.F.A in Studio Art and a Minor in Art History. He began work at DC based Henninger Media Services as a designer/animator working for clients such as Discovery Channel, PBS, National Geographic and various political campaigns. While at Henninger, he attended a Flame certification course with Discrete at their LA training facility. In 2005 he won a Gold "Poli" award for Best Animated Promo for a Democratic Candidate.
In 2005, Andrew moved to New York and coincidentally was able to harness his political design background almost immediately by designing the show open and logo for Comedy Central's Emmy nominated Colbert Report while at Verb! Media. Shortly after Andrew began working at Süperfad New York, where he is now a Creative Director.
While at Süperfad, Andrew has worked on countless design projects in all stages of the process: from designing boards, to shooting live action, editing, and animating. Projects include the redesign of the HBO Sports show open, Summer and Winter X Games campaigns as well as commercials for Etrade, American Express, Pepsi, and many others.
Most notably, Andrew Art Directed Süperfad's Durex - Get It On Viral. It went on to win 2 CLIO Awards, sweep 4 AICP Awards including the coveted "Humor" category, a Cyber Lion at Cannes, was a D&AD nominee, and additional awards at the One Show, and Art Director's Club of New York. It also received a record 12+ million views online, was named one of the "Best Virals of 2009". It has recently been included in the MOMA permanent archives as well as the global ACT Responsible Exhibit of the best social responsibility advertising in the world.
Michel Suissa, The Studio-B&H
A native of Paris, France, Michel’s career in the industry began early. While studying at the renowned School of Visual Arts and Techniques in Paris, Michel split his time between video installation art and traditional filmmaking.
Always on a quest for new concept and ideas, Michel has developed a unique methodology that finds its essence in the combination of his creative imagination and his constant technical experimentation.
During his career as a Flame and VFX artist, he has redefined the rules of visual style and image treatment that have often been adopted as industry standards. His acute design sense and imagination combined with his extensive knowledge of post production drive Michel’s comprehensive approach to his work.
Michel has collaborated with internationally acclaimed commercial and broadcast design talents such as the late visionary graphic designer Tibor Kalman of M&Co. and pioneer award-wining broadcast designer Harry Marks; directors Marcus Nispel, Steve Chase, Bob Giraldi, Edouard Nammour; feature film directors Spike Lee and Marco Ferreri; design firms Scott Miller and Associates, PMcD Design.
As natural progression, Michel moved on to become a director and a creative director, developing a distinctive approach to live action production. Michel has been on-set or on location successfully directing commercials and supervising the post production process on all his projects for the last decade.
Michel's achievements include high profile campaigns for such clients as:
AT&T, American Stock Exchange, Motorola, Bengay, Discovery Channel, ESPN, Johnson & Johnson, Major League Baseball, NASDAQ, New York Lottery, PBS, Showtime Networks, Texas Instruments, WebMD and HGTV.
The advertising, entertainment and motion graphic industries have recognized his work for its innovative style and excellence. He is the recipient of a number of awards from the Association of Imaging Technology and Sound, The International Monitor Awards, The Clios, the International Flame Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, the New York Film Festival, Promax & BDA and the Telly Awards.
On the technical side, Michel has been an instrumental collaborator to many prominent technology manufacturers. Most notably, he has acted as an R&D and feature consultant to Discreet Logic (now Autodesk) helping shape some of their flagship products. More recently he has assumed the same role with Assimilate Inc for their SCRATCH product line.
Michel is also a technology consultant and application specialist for The Studio-B&H, the professional service division of the company.
Michel currently lives in New York City.
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