BIOGRAPHICAL

Continuously working in the San Francisco Film Industry since 1975
(not counting one screenwriting Spring in Paris)

A Career in Three Acts
Act One- The Photochemical Era
I came to San Francisco in 1975 to study cinema at San Francisco State University.
W.A.Palmer hired me as an apprentice color timer in his motion picture laboratory.
Act Two- The Telecine Era
In 1985, I entered the telecine practice at Diner+Allied.
One Pass Video hired me in 1987 to be a post production supervisor for their telecine department.
In 1991,Western Images brought me on as a telecine technical director and then as the senior colorist. After the company closed in 2001, I freelanced at other San Francisco telecine houses including Varitel Video, American Zoetrope, Retina, and SpyPost.
Act Three- The Digital Cinema
Since 2004, I have been working on ways to make my craft affordable, practical, and a creative advance for filmmakers especially in the San Francisco Bay Area and now internationally in Hong Kong.
I am a committed advocate for the independent cinema and in particular social issue non-fiction.
I have trained others in the craft and welcome inquiries from universities and colleges.

Please visit my Screen Credits  page for a list of projects and clients from The Digital Cinema.

Coda: Restoration
Recent film restorations:
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Reassemblage
Surname Viet Given Name Nam
Dark Circle
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
The Cockettes
Teknolust


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