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Deschanel Takes Manhattan Caleb Deschanel, ASC recently completed his first foray into theater directing with the one-act, one-person play Burning in China. Written by Gary Moore, a friend of Deschanel’s since they were students at Johns Hopkins University, the play was staged at the Fourth Street Theater as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. The performance was bookended by video footage Deschanel shot in 1989 while visiting Moore in Shanghai. Members Meet, Greet Student Academy Award Winners The 2010 Student Academy Award winners recently spent time with ASC members Jonathan Erland, Victor J. Kemper, Michael Goi, Karl Walter Lindenlaub, Isidore Mankofsky, Daryn Okada and Woody Omens. Thirteen students from 11 colleges and universities were honored: Varathit Uthaisri won the gold medal in the Alternative category for Surface: Film from Below, Emily Henricks won the Alternative silver medal for Multiply, Jennifer Bors won the gold medal in the Animation category for Departure of Love, Isaiah Powers and Jeremy Casper shared the Animation silver medal for Dried Up, Andres Salaff won the Animation bronze medal for Lifeline, Ruth Fertig won the Documentary gold medal for Yizkor (Remembrance), Maria Royo won the Documentary silver medal for Rediscovering Pape, Kevin Gordon and Rebekah Meredith shared the Documentary bronze medal for Dreams Awake (Suena Despierto), Luke Matheny won the gold medal in the Narrative category for God of Love, Kim Spurlock won the Narrative silver medal for Down in Number 5, Lubomir Kocka won the Narrative bronze medal for The Lunch Box, and Tanel Toom won the Honorary Foreign Film award for The Confession. Taylor, Anderson Converse With Vlahos Peter Anderson, ASC recently joined Paul Vlahos, color scientist and image compositor Price Pethel, and Deluxe Laboratories’ David Gray in conversation with special-effects pioneer Petro Vlahos for a panel discussion presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Science and Technology Council. The panel was moderated by Bill Taylor, ASC, an Academy governor. Since the 1940s, Petro Vlahos has served the motionpicture industry as a design engineer, field engineer and systems engineer. His wideranging patents have covered cameracrane motor controls, screen-brightness meters, safe squib systems, projection screens and more. He also created the analog and digital hardware and software versions of Ultimatte, the first high-quality electronic compositing system. Kodak Archives “OnFilm” Campaign Kodak has launched an online archive of its long-running “OnFilm” campaign. Begun in 1988, the advertisements have highlighted the art of filmmaking through philosophical and inspirational remarks from cinematographers and other filmmakers; more than 250 filmmakers have so far been featured. The archive currently goes back to 2005, and Kodak plans to eventually include everyone who participated in the campaign. “The objective of the campaign was to interview members across the entire film community,” says ASC associate member Judy Doherty, Kodak’s marketing director for the Americas. “Since the inception of ‘OnFilm,’ that has been an ongoing goal: to continue that legacy and to build on this heritage for many years to come.” To view the “OnFilm” archive, visit www.kodak.com/go/onfilm. ●

Top: Seated (left to right) are ASC members Jonathan Erland, Karl Walter Lindenlaub, Daryn Okada, Woody Omens, Michael Goi, Victor J. Kemper and Isidore Mankofsky. Standing (left to right) are Andres Salaff, Emily Henricks, Rebekah Meredith, Jeremy Casper, Ruth Fertig, Maria Royo, Varathit Uthaisri, Jun Oshimi, Bobby Webster, Luke Matheny, Rasto Trizma, Stuart Bury, Lubomir Kocka, Kevin Gordon, Jennifer Bors, Isaiah Powers, Tanel Toom and Kim Spurlock. Bottom (left to right): Peter Anderson, ASC; Price Pethel; Petro Vlahos; Paul Vlahos; David Gray; and Bill Taylor, ASC.

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Photos by Matt Petit, courtesy of AMPAS.

Kucinsky Becomes Associate Chet Kucinsky, the chief operating officer for Technicolor North America Film, has joined the ASC as an associate member. He began his management career with RCA before joining Pacific Dunlop Automotive Batteries. In 1990, he joined Technicolor’s parent company, Thomson, where he held a number of positions as the company transitioned from consumer electronics to media and network services. Kucinsky became Technicolor North America’s COO in 2005, and he now oversees the activities of Technicolor’s North Hollywood and Mirabel, Quebec, facilities, including frontend services, 35mm and 70mm release printing, and preservation and restoration.

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