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FELLOWS HONOURED IN NYC
White Plains, NY -- Eighteen new Fellows were honoured at the SMPTE
Honors and Awards Ceremony to be held during the 145th Technical
Conference and Exhibition on Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at the
Hilton New York, and also during the Fellows Luncheon on the following
Saturday afternoon.
Listed below are the new SMPTE Fellows and background information
on each honoree.
Darcy Antonellis
Darcy Antonellis is executive-vice president, distribution and technology
operations for Warner Bros. Technical Operations Inc. Her responsibilities
include the management of the studio and network technical operations
components for content storage, fulfillment and distribution. Prior
to joining Warner Bros. she worked at CBS Inc. for 14 years and
held several positions. She won two Emmys for Technical Production
of both the 1994 Lillehammer and 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, which
she received while working for CBS as vice-president of Olympic
and Technical Operations. In 2002, she was selected as one of Broadcasting
and Cable magazine’s top ten “Next Wave” female
industry executives in the area of technology. Antonellis has served
as Program Chair for SMPTE conferences and is a Manager in the Hollywood
Section.
Curt Behlmer
Curt Behlmer is the managing partner and CTO of Digital Cinema Venture
(DCV), where he is responsible for management of technical affairs,
including system design and integration, vendor relations, training,
and DCV’s research and development effort. He is a 2003 recipient
of the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation, awarded by the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in recognition of his
long-standing support and service to the Academy and the motion
picture industry. Behlmer is Chair of the SMPTE Digital Cinema Technology
Committee and is a member of both the Standards Committee and the
Study Group on Audio Production and Post-Production for Motion Picture
and Television Entertainment Programming.
Roy T. Brubaker
Roy Brubaker is senior-vice president, video post-production and
general manager, film laboratory, for Crest National. Prior to that
he was the general manager of FotoKem’s video services for
seven years, and prior to that, vice-president of operations for
worldwide distribution at Lorimar Studios. While employed at Lorimar,
he was an active participant in the launch of the electronic post-production
process for editing and distributing television programming worldwide,
which continues to be the standard today. He has over 20 years experience
in operations and administration for motion picture, television,
and videodisc/DVD. Brubaker is SMPTE’s Sustaining Membership
Chairman and a Governor for the Hollywood Region.
Colin F. J. Davis
Colin Davis is vice-president, imaging technologies, at Command
Post & Transfer Corp., responsible for the film operations in
both Toronto and Vancouver. Prior to that, he worked at Kodak for
27 years and held numerous positions, eventually becoming marketing
vice-president and business manager, entertainment imaging, Kodak
Canada. In 1996, he was the recipient of the prestigious Bill Hilson
Award, “for outstanding service contributing to the development
of the motion picture industry in Canada.” Also, in 2002,
he was a recipient of the Canadian Picture Pioneers Ancillary Award
for his contribution to the motion picture business. Davis is an
active member of SMPTE and has held numerous positions in the Toronto
Section and at International conferences.
Bruce Devlin
Australian-born Bruce Devlin is currently a principal research engineer
at Snell & Wilcox. He has contributed to the compression technology
portfolio of the company and has been awarded numerous patents.
Devlin set up the European Union Integrated Society Technology funded
project G-FORS, aimed to create a standardized file format for the
exchange of content between storage devices. This format received
the DigitalTV Editors pick of the show at NAB 2001. Devlin is co-chair
of the Pro-MPEG/AAF MXF File Format Working Group, chairman of the
Pro-MPEG MXF Implementation Group, chair of the AAF conformance
activity, and most recently, an active participant on SMPTE technology
committees. He has published many articles on the subject of MXF.
Alan A. Hart
Alan Hart is currently an executive-vice president at Modern VideoFilm,
where he is responsible for all technical resources. He started
his television career in 1967 with KCET Channel 28, the PBS station
in Los Angeles, following his discharge from the U.S. Navy. During
this time, he was involved in numerous major drama productions and
musical shows that highlighted many major artists. Hart was a member
of the Emmy winning crew for the first Hollywood Television Theatre
production, “The Andersonville Trial,” directed by George
C. Scott. As chief engineer, he was responsible for installation
of the Harris BT 55U1 UHF transmitter and a new broadcast antenna.
Hart has served as Manager and Chair of the Hollywood Section. He
is now serving his second term as a Governor for the Hollywood Region
and is also on the Board of the SMPTE Foundation.
Masaru Jibiki
Masaru “Mac” Jibiki retired from Fuji Photo Film Co.
in 2003 after a tenure of 37 years. He contributed significantly
to building new film stocks such as the industry’s first high-speed
color negative, Fuji 500T speed product. Jibiki held numerous positions
at Fuji in both the U.S. and Japan. In the U.S., he worked as sole
North American technical manager and was responsible for handling
customer concerns and testing new film products. He was also the
chief liaison between the manufacturing facility and end users.
In Japan, he worked on the F-Series of color-negative film products
that were introduced in the late 1980s. Jibiki has served on various
committees and organizations, including SMPTE Standards committees,
and the Fuji Gold Medal Award committee.
Stephen B. Lyman
Stephen Lyman is a senior staff broadcast engineer at Dolby Laboratories,
Inc. He began his career designing custom audio equipment for a
recording studio and console manufacturer. Lyman made the transition
to television after joining Central Dynamics, where he worked on
the system design of large video production switchers. Prior to
joining Dolby, he worked at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and
developed a system of standard audio and video measurement techniques.
He was heavily involved with the company’s effort to implement
high-definition television, digital audio broadcasting, and other
new technologies. Lyman has been involved in the development of
audio and video standards within the Audio Engineering Society,
IEEE, and SMPTE throughout his career.
Thomas L. McMahon
Tom McMahon is a senior architect for Dolby Research, where he is
responsible for efforts to identify, analyze, evaluate, and pursue
opportunities for the company to establish positions in new technology
areas. In the early 1990s, McMahon was a consultant for various
clients, including Sony Pictures, Adobe Systems, and Mercury Computer,
in the areas of computer graphics and video systems architecture.
In early 1982, he co-founded Symbolics Graphics Division, rising
to the position of vice-president and general manager of that division,
and VP of R&D for the corporation over an 11-year period. McMahon
is currently a SMPTE Head of Delegation to MPEG. He is also on the
Board of the Hollywood Post Alliance.
Takuo Miyagishima
Takuo Miyagishima began his career with Panavision in 1955. Since
then, under his guidance, the company has been honored with two
Academy Awards of Merit: In 1978, for the Panavision Panaflex motion
picture system, and in 1994, for the anamorphic taking system. He
has received numerous Scientific and Engineering and Technical Achievement
Awards. In 2000, he received the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
from AMPAS. He was also the 1991 recipient of the Fuji Gold Medal
Award from SMPTE. Miyagishima serves on the SMPTE Projection Technology
Committee and the Working Group on Telecine Practices. He is an
associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Roger R. A. Morton
Roger R. A. Morton is a research fellow at Eastman Kodak Co., currently
working on scene-to-screen optimization of both cinema and television
systems. Morton has recently developed a method to predict one type
of digital artifact in motion picture systems. During his career,
he has developed new digital concepts and brought them to market.
He is a pioneer in algorithms for image analysis, and developed
methods for objectively comparing motion picture systems that utilize
different technologies. He has also made significant contributions
to digital copiers, digital three-dimensional printing and display,
and automatic audio equalization. Morton has received 64 U.S. patents,
plus the corresponding foreign patents. He has authored 22 published
scientific works.
Peter Mulder
Peter Mulder is the owner of Digiframe, consulting in digital media
technology. He has been involved in system design and integration
of many analog and digital television production facilities, including
studios, outside broadcast vehicles, editing, and film transfer
tools. In 1998, he received the award for “outstanding contribution”
to the enhanced and interactive TV Davic 1.3 specification. In 2002,
he received the TV-Anytime award for his contributions to the TV-Anytime
specification. Mulder is an active participant in many broadcast-related
international standards committees such as the SMPTE engineering
committees, EBU, and DVB-MHP. He is chairman of the Ad-hoc Group
on MPEG-7-MXF Harmonization.
Iain A. Neil
Iain Neil is currently executive vice-president, R&D and optics,
and chief technical officer at Panavision, Inc. His work has included
the design and development of the Primo series of spherical and
anamorphic lenses, both fixed focal length and zooms; video systems;
viewfinder optics; and HDTV optical systems. Neil has over 150 worldwide
patents, issued and pending, in visual and infrared optical design,
systems for defense, industrial and consumer applications, including
HDTV. He has also given numerous presentations, many of which have
been published. Neil has received 11 Scientific and Technical Achievement
awards for the design of lenses and optical systems, and 2 Emmy
Statuette engineering awards. He is also the 1999 recipient of the
Fuji Gold Medal Award from SMPTE, in recognition of his lens work.
D. Peter Owen
Peter Owen currently serves as chairman and technical consultant
of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) Council. Prior
to joining IBC, he worked at Quantel, Inc., where he held several
positions involving product design, development, manufacturing,
customer support, and interfacing with the creative and technical
communities. He was also involved with promoting emerging technologies
such as nonlinear applications and high-definition television. Owen
has served as International Governor of SMPTE. As a member of the
U.K. DTI/DCMS e-cinema group, he managed and presented “Celluloid
or Silicon,” a regional road show bringing issues of digital-in-the-cinema
to a wide audience. He has presented technical papers at international
conferences and other industry events.
Karl Paulsen
Karl Paulsen is vice-president of engineering at Azcar USA and Azcar
Technologies, where he leads the technology efforts and manages
a staff of Karl Paulsen 22 engineers and technicians. He has spent
nearly three decades in engineering operations and management at
broadcast television stations, fixed and mobile production companies,
and media-graphics facilities. Paulsen has written over 120 articles
in the field of video and media server technologies, including two
books. He currently participates on SMPTE engineering committees
and has served as Section Chair and held other Officer positions
in the Pacific Northwest Section. Paulsen is a Life Member and certified
broadcast professional engineer in the SBE.
Graham Roe
Graham Roe has enjoyed a lifetime of experience at the leading edge
of broadcast technology. He made numerous contributions to the European
color system trials in the late 60s, culminating with the launch
of the U.K. color TV service in 1967. Roe also introduced and refined
the Chroma Key to replace back projection and led the development
team that designed the pioneering “Ace” field store
standards converter. In 1999, he started his own technology consultancy,
specializing in the latest broadcast developments, from media streaming
to HDTV and metadata. Roe has written many articles for broadcast
magazines and has worked on SMPTE and RTS (Royal Television Society)
technology committees, as well as the IBC conference committee.
Stephen C. Scott
Stephen Scott is a television equipment architect consultant. With
the philosophy that equipment design goes beyond the boundaries
of the product itself and includes its installation, usage, interoperability
with operators and other equipment, long-term serviceability, and
overall functionality, Scott is currently exploring several product
concepts. He previously worked at Miranda Technologies as group
leader of an engineering design team and concentrated on time code,
audio, and the non-active picture aspects of the digital video signal.
Scott has a U.S. patent relating to the recovery of Vertical Interval
Time Code (VITC). He participates on several SMPTE technology committees.
Leon Silverman
Leon Silverman, executive vice-president of Laser Pacific Media
Corp., has helped introduce new technology to Hollywood for the
past 26 years. He played a key role in establishing Laser Pacific’s
electronic laboratory, which pioneered many of the tools and techniques
that are now the standard for the electronic post-production of
film. Laser Pacific has received two Emmy awards in recognition
of his contributions in engineering development. He is currently
focused on new digital post-production methods and technology, which
will expand the company’s role in the motion picture community.
Silverman is a Manager of the SMPTE Hollywood Section and also chairs
the Education Committee. He is president and a founder of the Hollywood
Post Alliance.
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