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3D TECHNOLOGY AWARDS ANNOUNCED: OCT 19
I3DS Awards Committee pleased to announce recognition for outstanding achievements in Stereoscopic 3D technology at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. More info here
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Board of Governors

Executive Committee

Chairman
BUZZ HAYS
Sony 3D Technology Center
Sony Corporation of America
Senior Vice President

Chair-Elect
JIM MAINARD
DreamWorks Animation (DWA)
Head of Production Development

1st Vice-Chair, Treasurer
JEANNINE PATTON
Vice President & General Manager
Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory
Division of Panasonic Corporation
of North America

Vice-Chair
DAVID SHACKLEY
Discovery Communications
Senior Vice President
Creative
3D Net

LENNY LIPTON
Oculus 3D
President

JIM CHABIN
International 3D Society
President & CEO

JEFF BRANDLIN, CPA
International 3D Society
Chief Financial Officer

Board of Governors
*listed alphabetically

SANDY CLIMAN
3ality Digital
Chief Executive Officer

MARIA COSTEIRA
XpanD
Chief Executive Officer

PETER DOBSON
Mann Theatres
Chief Executive Officer

ROB ENGLE
Sony Pictures Imageworks
3D Visual Effects Supervisor

GREG FOSTER
IMAX Filmed Entertainment
Chairman and President

RON GELLER
Dolby Laboratories, Inc
VP, Worldwide Content Relations

CHARLOTTE HUGGINS
Salient Features
Producer

PETER KOPLIK
MasterImage 3D
Executive Vice President

BRIAN LENZ
BSkyB
Director, Product Design and TV Product Development

MIKE POLYDOROS
Lionsgate
EVP Exhibitor Relations and Operations

KURT SCHWENK
Paramount Pictures
VP Post Production Services

LISA TRUITT
National Geographic Cinema Ventures
President

The Walt Disney Studios*
*Board Seat

Representing Members:
JASON BRENEK
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Senior Vice President Worldwide Digital Cinema and Cinema Programming

MARTIN SANSING
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Vice President of Distribution Strategy

 


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COMMITTEES



AWARDS
Co-Chair
Lenny Lipton
Oculus 3D
President

EDUCATION
Co-Chair
Stig Gruman
Autodesk
VP, Digital Entertainment

FINANCE
Chair
Jim Mainard
DreamWorks Animation (DWA)
Head of Production

IN-HOME
Chair
Ami Dror
XpanD
Strategic Business Development

INTERNATIONAL
Chair
Maria Costeira
XpanD
Chief Executive Officer

SPEAKERS BUREAU COMMITTEE
Co-Chair
Scott Hettrick
3DHollywood.Net
Founder

3D SOCIETY SPONSORS

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Founding Sponsors
Member Sponsors
Awards Sponsors
Awards Partner
3D Council


SIGNATURE SPONSOR

XpanD

X6D Limited is a European company whose products and services are marketed under the XpanD brand name. XpanD was created by industry veterans in theatrical exhibition, entertainment, film production & distribution, and specialty film and digital technologies and is funded by a European investment fund. This broad range of professional entities are the driving force in creating the ultimate Digital 3D experience.


FOUNDING SPONSORS

MasterImage 3D

MASTERIMAGE 3D, LLC is the fastest growing 3D solutions provider in the world. With 3D applications for cinemas, flat panel displays and mobile phones, their innovative products deliver a realistic and immersive visual experience to their customers. MASTERIMAGE 3D is proud to lead the way in next-generation 3D design and production. their technologies allow for the sharpest and most stunning stereoscopic 3D experience. MASTERIMAGE 3D has also successfully developed groundbreaking autostereoscopic technologies for glasses-free viewing of 3D content.

Panasonic

Founded in 2002, Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL) is the only video research lab of its kind located in Hollywood, Ca. It builds on the more than 15 years that Panasonic has been conducting on-site research into technologies such as digital conversion for film-based movies, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 codec development, DVD & Blu-ray authoring, and digital cinema. In 2009, Panasonic announced Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory Advanced Authoring Center (PHL-AC). The Center is focused on 3D Full HD (3D FHD) Blu-ray format-establishment, MPEG-4 MVC encoder and authoring tool development, and will work directly with studios and 3D content owners to bring 3D FHD Blu-ray titles to market.

Dolby

From the advent of moving pictures to the invention of TV, historic developments drove image technologies through the 20th century. Among them, color and high definition (HD) were two major advances. Now, Panasonic presents a third breakthrough in the form of full-HD 3D. This new viewing experience is creating a new dimension of videorealism.

DreamWorks Animation (DWA)

DreamWorks Animation SKG is devoted to producing high-quality family entertainment through the use of computer-generated (CG) animation. With world-class creative talent and technological capabilities, their goal is to release two CG animated feature films a year that deliver great stories, breathtaking visual imagery and a sensibility that appeals to both children and adults.

IMAX

IMAX Corporation is one of the world's leading entertainment technology companies, specializing in immersive motion picture technologies. The worldwide IMAX theatre network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event Hollywood films around the globe, with IMAX theatres delivering the world's best cinematic presentations using proprietary IMAX, IMAX 3D, and IMAX DMR technology.


MEMBER SPONSORS

Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world's number one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 180 countries. Discovery empowers people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity through 100-plus worldwide networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Investigation Discovery, Planet Green and HD Theater, as well as leading consumer and educational products and services, and a diversified portfolio of digital media services including HowStuffWorks.com.


AWARDS SPONSORS

MadM3dia

MadM3dia is dedicated to high-quality stereoscopic 3D experiences and emerging technologies that stretch the boundaries of imagination and entertainment across all digital platforms. They are passionate about creating high-quality entertainment experiences that stretch the imagination to achieve what Walt Disney called "the plausible impossible."


AWARDS PARTNER

People's Choice Awards

People's Choice, the original metric of pop culture, is dedicated to providing entertainment fans with a platform to express their opinions. The annual People's Choice Awards live telecast gives fans a chance to honor their favorite entertainers, while the People's Choice official website, peopleschoice.com, lets enthusiasts voice their choices year round through polls and contests.


3D COUNCIL

3rd i QC

3rd i defines what it means to be an Experiencialist in the field of quality assurance for DVD, Blu-ray and 3-D. The company's practices are based on 14 years of real world testing and technological expertise, all of which it has applied to new, state of the art 3-D quality control.

Deluxe Digital UK

Deluxe Digital UK is a dedicated and innovative organization that principally offers services in digital and data feature film post-production and distribution. Deluxe Digital UK has a reputation the world over for incomparable service, the strongest production values and a continual commitment to technical investment and innovation.

MobScene

Mob Scene Creative + Productions is a motion picture (and entertainment) advertising and production company created by people who come from the worlds of creative advertising, production, motion graphics, internet and publicity who believe that total integration of our expertise is the best way to meet the evolving demands of modern day marketing. We have no "divisions." We are a seamless and integrated solution who know how to do "it"…whatever "it" might be today.

Reliance MediaWorks

Reliance MediaWorks Limited is India’s fastest growing film and entertainment services company and a member of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. Reliance MediaWorks has a dominant and comprehensive presence in Film Services: Motion Picture Processing and DI; Visual Effects; Film Restoration and image enhancement; Digital Mastering: Studios and Equipment rentals with facilities located at US and India.