AT PRESENT | INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR IN MOTION PICTURE COLOR FINISHING

Freelance Motion Picture Color Grader on Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro "COLOR", AVID Symphony Nitris, and DaVinci color enhancement systems, working at client location or in studio at COLORFLOW, Zaentz Media Center, 2600 Tenth Street at Parker, Berkeley, CA

2005-2007 | Freelance Colorist

Spy Post, 577 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 tel: 415.621.7791
Freelance colorist on Spirit telecine and DaVinci 2K Plus color correction system

2003-2005 | Freelance Colorist

Retina 153 Townsend Street, Suite 620, San Francisco, CA 94103
Proficient with DaVinci 2K Plus color corrector and Spirit Datacine.
Projects include the HDTV film transfer and color correction for the restoration and DVD release of The Grateful Dead feature film.

2005 | Freelance Digital Intermediate Colorgrader
Monaco Labs and Video, 234 Ninth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
First operator of the company's new digital colorgrade application, SCRATCH by Assimilate, on The Darwin Awards feature film

2004 | Freelance Digital Intermediate Colorgrader

PIXAR Animation, Emeryville,CA
Project: Co-colorist on The Incredibles feature film using Discreet Lustre colorgrading application and solo colorist on DVD extra materials using Final Cut Pro

2002-2003 | Technical Writer

ESC Entertainment, Alameda, CA 94501
Wrote and edited web and print documentation for Warner Brothers’ special effects company on Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions and Catwoman. Documented ESC’s proprietary software for Shake compositing, Maya/Mental Ray shaders, and post-production pipeline applications.

2001-2002 | Freelance Colorist

National trainer/demonstrator for the SONY Vialta High Definition Telecine, SONY Broadcast Electronics

1993-2001 | Senior Telecine Colorist Western Images, San Francisco, CA
Color correction of film and videotape for television commercials, long format television, theatrical feature master recordings, and digital projection. Supervised a staff of six.

Special Projects
Colorgraded Master DVD release recordings of A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 1 and 2 and short subjects for PIXAR Animation

1991-1993 | Telecine Colorist Western Images, San Francisco, CA
Colorist for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles for Lucasfilm’s ABC-TV series.
Awards: 1994 International Monitor Award, best color correction for film originated TV series:
Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom

1988-1991 | Telecine Colorist Diner+Allied, San Francisco, CA

1987-1988 | Post Production Coordinator One Pass Video, San Francisco, CA

1984-1987 | Telecine Colorist and Film Timer Diner+Allied, San Francisco, CA
Supervised and trained other colorists and film timers

1975-1984 | Film Timer W.A.Palmer Films 611 Howard St., San Francisco, CA