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Jim Mann/Colorist/davinci Product Specialist

Image:Mann_Head2.jpg Image:Nanijing_Rd.jpg Jim on Nanijing Road in Shanghai

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I began my career as an assistant editor/colorist at JSL Video on 45th St. focusing entirely commercials. In 1988 I sought to get some “film under my belt” and joined duArt labs as a colorist. For the next 9 years I worked on long format projects, docs for PBS, features for Sony Classics, archival films and the occasional spot thrown in. At duArt, I worked with Bud Greenspan on his film “Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory” which won the 1995 International Monitor Award for Best Color Correction in a Documentary. In 1997 I resigned duArt to launch a freelance career and traveled the world providing on-site Colorist training courses for daVinci Systems and consulted or provided product demonstrations for Aaton, Avid, Cintel, Digital Vision and daVinci. In 2004 I moved to Europe and entered the world of DI, joining Synchro Film and Video, in Vienna, Austria. I served as head of DI operations using the Nucoda film master to conform, color correct, dust bust, tweak LUTs, composite titles, you name it I did it. Today, I’m home in New York City working with Spirit 2K and a daVinci 2K Plus at Postworks New York.----

Jim has knowledge of these Color Correction platforms:

  • daVinci 2K PLUS(Certified Instructor)
  • Nucoda Film Master
  • daVinci Resolve
  • daVinci DUI 8:8:8 as long as the names have not been worn off the key caps!

Check out the Video of "Congo Bush Pilots" at: National Geographic Explorer "Congo Bush Pilots".(1080i, T2T)..............Some more of Jim's work: Emirates Airline's 777 Video tour

Toyota Rescue :30 on Reel Exchange.com

Or take the Video Tour at: Mazda MX-5 2008 Video Tour

Or at: RX-8 2008 Video Tour

View Jim's: Linkedin Profile

Jim's Credits Include:

Dailies Colorist for:

  • An Invisible Sign of My Own-DP Lisa Rinzler <35mm 3-Perf> (2008) Currently filming
  • Unorthodox- DP Chuck Minsky ASC <35mm 3-Perf> (2008)
  • All Good Things- DP Michael Seresin <35mm 3-Perf> (2008)
  • Vicious Kind -DP Brad Stonesifer <35mm 3-Perf> (2008)
  • HBO “The Wire” Dailies – Season 5 <35mm 3-Perf> (2007)(Co-Colorist)
  • PBS/Steeplechase Films “We Shall Remain: Tecumseh”<S16mm> Ric Burns, Dir. (2007)
  • Peter and Vandy -DP Frank DeMarco <S16mm> (2007)
  • Under New Management-DP Pete Biagi <35mm 3 Perf> (2007)
  • Shoot First and Pray You Live DP-Robert Bruce McCleery <35mm 2-Perf technoscope> 2007)
  • Against the Current, <Super 16MM> Sean Kirby DP (2007)
  • Universal Pictures “The Bourne Ultimatum” – NY Unit (Co-Colorist) <35mm> Oliver Wood DP(2007)
  • BUICK RIVERA <Super 16mm> Igor Martinovic DP(2007)
  • Import/Export Ed Lachman DP and Wolfgang Thaler DP (2005-6)
  • Paramount Pictures "The Stepford Wives"- Rob Hahn DP (2004)
  • Paramount Pictures "The Manchurian Candidate"- Tak Fujimoto DP (2004)
  • The Village-Roger Deakin- DP (2004)
  • The Honeydripper- Dick Pope BSC (2006)
  • The Education of Charlie Banks- Alex Nepomniaschy DP (2006)

Feature Colorist for:

  • National Geographic Explorer "Congo Bush Pilots" 1080i (2008)
  • "Notes on Marie Menken" A Film (Doc)by Martina Kudlacek (2006)

"[A] Handsome tribute... Interviews with various avant-garde luminaries help to excavate Menken's memory and reputation from the footnotes of film history while clips and entire reels of her rarely seen oeuvre are intercut. Beautifully transferred clips."—Variety

  • Bud Greenspan's "Lillihammer: 16 Days of Glory" Winner-1995 International Monitor Award for Best Color Correction in a Documentary
  • Agnieszka Holland's “Europa, Europa” Winner: Golden Globe “Best Foreign Film” (1993) MGM/UA Home Entertainment
  • Blood Brothers: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
  • Svetozar Ristovski’s “Mirage” (2005) Winner: Best feature, Anchorage International Film festival
  • Angelina Maccarone’s “Fremde Haut" ("Alien Skin") (2005)
  • Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family (1993) Nominated: 1994 Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature, & Winner: Best Documentary, 1993 Sundance Film Festival
  • Hal Hartly's "Flirt"
  • James Mangold's "Heavy" Winner: Grand Prix Asturias, Best feature
  • Woody Allen's "Don't Drink the Water"
  • Bud Greenspan's "Atlanta's Olympic Glory"
  • Whit Stillman's "The Last Day's of Disco"

Short Format:

  • US Open (Tennis)
  • Mazda RX8 and MX5 Miata (See links above)(2007)
  • Toyota/Camry “Rescue” (2006)
  • Volkswagen/KFC/Taco Bell/Secret Deodorant/Suzuki/Pizza Hut/Ritz Crackers


Episodic Colorist:

  • "SOKO Wien" (2005) [TV-Series]
  • "Hack" (2002) [TV-Series 2002-2004]


POST-PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

PostWorks-New York 2007-Current

  • Provide Dual Sync dailies transfer for “A” features and give immediate feedback to the Director of Photography.
  • Advise clients as to the optimum workflow for projects.
  • Conducted daVinci 2K PLUS troubleshooting seminar.
  • Supervise and mentor Assistant Colorists

Freelance Colorist 2006-2007

  • Presented daVinci 2K plus training course to daVinci customers in China and Korea.
  • Served as a Product specialist and Demo Artist for daVinci systems at NAB.
  • Provided Dual sync HD/SD Dailies with Flex files for Postworks Soho and Technicolor Creative services in New York.

Synchro Film and Video, Vienna 2004-2006

  • Senior Colorist: Datacine and Digital Intermediate operations
  • daVinci 2k and Nucoda Color Correction.
  • 2K film Scanning for DI, Feature and Commercial Film Transfers.
  • Knowledge of digital restoration applications, Cine-Space Monitor Calibration Teranex Star film, MTI’s Intellideck DRS and daVinci’s Revival Digital Powerhouse.

Freelance Colorist, Self Employed 1997-2004

  • Product Specialist for daVinci 2K+ and Cintel Film Scanners.
  • Provided on-site Colorist training courses to the Library of Congress and the National Archives of Canada, in addition to daVinci’s worldwide clients.
  • Provided detailed tutorials to technical operators and plain language explanations to facilities’ executives.
  • Served as a Consultant for Nucoda/Digital Vision, Avid Technologies and daVinci Systems, providing advice on product functionality and development.

Colorist: DuArt Film and Video, New York, NY 1988-1997

  • 1995 International Monitor Award for Best Color Correction in a Documentary:

“Lillehammer ’94: 16 Days of Glory”

  • Worked closely with Lab Personnel, providing analysis of lab/film issues.
  • Transferred features for Sony Classics among others.
  • Carried out liquid gate transfers of Archival film. (Perchloroethylene)

Colorist/Assistant JSL Video, New York, NY 1983-1988

  • Coordinated sessions and tracked both film and video elements through the postproduction process.

RELATED EMPLOYMENT Optical Technician/Supervisor Vicon Industries, Inc 1980-1983

  • Supervised the modification of TV, fix focus and zoom lenses.
  • Performed precision optical work on lenses and TV cameras.
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