American Cinematographer - January 2009 - (Page 94)

Clubhouse News Lieberman, Neyman Join Society The Society has welcomed Charlie Lieberman and Yuri Neyman as active members. After earning a B.A. in anthropology from Northern Illinois University, Charles Lieberman, ASC settled in and photographic engineering at the Moscow State Film Institute. After graduating with honors, he began notching director-of-photography credits on features, including the critically acclaimed Mayakovsky Laughs (1975). Neyman’s work was considered by the state to be “ideologically dangerous,” and he was forced to emigrate from the U.S.S.R. as a political refugee. Landing in New York City, Neyman began his stateside career at the bottom rung of the camera department. He quickly climbed the ranks, however, and began shooting documentaries and commercials before enjoying his feature breakout with the cult hit Ngai Becomes Associate Tony Ngai, marketing manager for Hong Kong-based Salon Films, has joined the ASC as an associate member. Active in Hong Kong’s motion-picture industry since 1969, he has served as section chair of SMPTE’s Hong Kong chapter for most of the last decade, and he is an active member of the advisory board of Hong Kong’s Institute of Vocational Education. Ngai’s other affiliations include the British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society, the Digital Cinema Society and the Chinese Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. ASC Onstage at Expos Glen MacPherson, ASC and Peter Anderson, ASC recently shared their insights about 3-D cinematography at the HD Expo in Burbank. MacPherson sat down with director Eric Brevig and visual-effects coordinator Eric Torres for “Myth Busting 3-D,” a discussion moderated by Vince Pace, founder of PaceHD. Later that day, AC contributor Douglas Bankston interviewed Anderson about the cinematographer’s wide-ranging 3-D credits. ASC members also participated in the recent DV Expo, where they conducted a series of master classes. George Spiro Dibie, ASC moderated the sessions, each of which featured clips from cinematographers’ work followed by a discussion. ASC members Richard Crudo, Allen Daviau, Michael Goi, Richard Kline, Daniel Pearl, Robert Primes, Owen Roizman, David Stump and Rodney Taylor participated in the classes. Stump also participated in the “Full Resolution HD Workflow Workshop” with cinematographer Joe di Gennaro and post supervisor Peter Mavromates; the discussion was moderated by Thomson Grass Valley’s Mark Chiolis. I Chicago to pursue a career in still photography. He landed a series of jobs in camera shops and advertising studios before setting out as a freelance photographer. One of his first assignments was to photograph indigenous cultures in small villages across 14 countries for a series of anthropology books. Returning to Chicago, Lieberman displayed his work in a gallery and was subsequently hired as a still photographer on a documentary about Olympic athletes. This first taste of motion-picture production prompted Lieberman to change tacks, and he began working as a cinematographer in documentary, industrial and educational films. His first break in features came with Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986). He remained in Chicago, primarily shooting commercials, until 1989, when he relocated to Los Angeles. Since then, he has earned credits on such features as South Central (1992) and Love is a Gun (1994) and on such series as My So-Called Life, Party of Five, Joan of Arcadia and Heroes. Born in Kharkov, Ukraine, Yuri Neyman, ASC studied cinematography 94 January 2009 Liquid Sky (1982). Other credits include the features D.O.A. (1988), Brittle Glory (1997) and Civil Brand (2002), and the telefilms Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993) and Scattered Dreams (1993). For more than a decade, Neyman has applied his scientific knowledge to help cinematographers maintain control of their images through all stages of production. Through his company, Gamma & Density Co., he has developed the Thorough Control System and the Cinematographers’ Color Correction Process, or 3cP. He is also an instructor at the American Film Institute.

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American Cinematographer - January 2009 Contents Editor’s Note Short Takes: Triangle of Need Production Slate: Frost/Nixon, The Wrestler Close Focus An Old Soul Brothers in Arms A Cut Above Post Focus: HPA Awards, Still Me New Products & Services International Marketplace Classified Ads Ad Index In Memoriam: Robert C. Jessup, ASC Clubhouse News ASC Close-Up: Gabriel Beristain

American Cinematographer - January 2008

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