Ian Chisholm

Motion Picture Engineer

brief CV

In January 2004 I retired from full time work in the film and TV industry.  Since then I have worked as an independent consultant and trainer specializing in DI, colour, and picture quality issues at the computer / celluloid interface.  I provided the technical content for the BKSTS Digital Intermediate wall chart.
In October 2006 the BKSTS gave me The Roland Chase Award.
I have also had the time to pursue other interests.

1998 - 2004 Double Negative.
Total responsibility for colour and film quality control.
Also involved in all aspects of engineering a new computer visual FX company.
At Double Negative we worked on many high profile movie projects, beginning with Pitch Black (2000) and including Billy Elliot (2000), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Bridget Jones' Diary (2001, 2004) and Finding Neverland (2004) as well as many others.

1990 - 1998 Moving Picture Company.
Designed, built and wrote the software for the Filmtel video to film transfer system.
Total engineering responsibility for the original Digital Film installation.
From a standing start the Digital Film department built a serious track record of mainstream feature film work, including Richard III (1995), Goldeneye (1995), The English Patient (1996) and The Borrowers (1997).

1983 - 1992 Computer FX.
Co founder of a pioneering computer graphics company in the days when computer animation was really difficult.

1982 - 1983 Moving Picture Company.



Motion control and plotter based computer animation.

1967 - 1982 BBC.
Engineering Research (Kingswood Warren) then Television Studio Engineering.
Early development work on digital frame store based FX.
Patent granted for work on blue screen shadow reproduction.

1963 - 1967
Manchester University, in the days when it housed Atlas, the most powerful computer in the world.
BSc Physics and Electronics.


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