THE DIGITAL STUDIO, an iHollywood Forum Inc. summit exploring the impact of digital technologies on film and TV, will be held June 19-20, 2003, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm at the Wyndham Belage Hotel in West Hollywood. Keynote speakers will include Chuck Comiskey, visual effects supervisor for James Cameron's Earthship Prods.; Steve Wright, technical director Cinesite; and Volker Engel, Oscar award-winner for Best Special Effects for INDEPENDENCE DAY.
Topics will include VFX, animation, high-definition filmmaking, digital intermediates, digital cinema, digital storyboarding, production and post-production, DVD home video, HDTV and marketing and distribution.
Featured Speakers:16 x 9 Prods.: Kristen Cox, president/ceoAarmadillo: Colin Ritchie, founderAdobe: Dave Trescot, director, Dynamic Media GroupApple: Bill Hudson: senior strategic business development manager for professional applicationsArtesia Technologies: David Lipsey, vp of Media and EntertainmentBernie Laramie: television producer (CSI)Cinesite: Stephen Wright, technical directorCobalt Entertainment: Steve Schklair, founder/principalDigitalFilm Tree: Ramy Katrib, founderDigital Fountain: Charlie Oppenheimer, vp of marketing and business developmentDiscreet: Joe Klingler, vp of softwareDisney Studios: Mark Drop, producer (LLOYD IN SPACE)DreamWorks: Alex MacDowell, production designer (MINORITY REPORT, CAT IN THE HAT)DreamWorks: Ron Frankel, previsualization supervisor (CAT IN THE HAT)DTS: Mike Archer director of cinema divisionEarthship Prods.: Chuck Comiskey, producer and visual effects supervisor (GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS)HBO: Carl Hixson, director of digital technologyIBM: Steve Canepa, vp media and entertainmentJVC: Larry Librach, assistant vp, business development - broadcast and entertainmentLA Times: Jon Healey, technology reporterLaserPacific: Leon Silverman, evpFotoKem: Chad Knowles, gm, digital media groupHD Vision Studios: Randall Dark, president/co-founderHollywood Reporter: Chris Marlowe, technology/new media associate editorMGM Studios: Bruce Markoe, vp of post-productionPanavision: John Galt, svp, advanced digital imagingPixel Magic: Ray McIntyre Jr., president and head of digital effectsQuantel: Tom McDonald, vp marketingPost Logic Studios: Barry Snyder president/ceoSony Pictures Studios: Kevin O'Connell, supervising sound mixerTechnicolor Creative Services: Richard Andrews, presidentTechnicolor: Kirk Kessler, vp of digital mediaUncharted Territory: Volker Engel , ceo/co-founderWalt Disney Co.: William Marks, director of business developmentZoic Studios: Emile Edwin Smith, computer graphics and special effects supervisor (BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER finale)
For more information, contact iHollywood Forum at 310-815-3884 or email: info@iHollywoodForum.com.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
