3dfx Interactive Company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1994, that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units, and later, graphics cards.
Abbas Kiarostami Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer.
Abby Singer American production manager and assistant director between the 1950s and the 1980s; famous for the shot named after him.
Abel Ferrara American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies, his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings.
Academy Film Archive Organization established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ educational and cultural activities, including the preservation of motion picture history.
Adobe Connect A suite of software for remote training, web conferencing, presentation, and desktop sharing.
Advanced Micro Devices American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara County, California that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets.
Alfred Stieglitz American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form.
Andrei Tarkovsky Russian filmmaker, theatre director, writer, and film theorist.
André Bazin Renowned and influential French film critic and film theorist.
André Kertész Hungarian-born photographer known for his groundbreaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay.
André Roche Artist, illustrator and author of comics and children's books.
Ang Lee Taiwanese American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Annie Leibovitz American portrait photographer; best known for her engaging portraits, particularly of celebrities.
Ansco The brand name of a photographic company based in Binghamton, New York, which produced photographic films, papers, and cameras from the mid-19th century until the 1980s.
Ansel Adams American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West.
Apple American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.
Argus American maker of cameras and photographic products, founded in 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Arnaldo Jabor Brazilian film director, screenwriter and producer of Lebanese descent.
Arnold Newman American photographer noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians.
Arri A German manufacturer of motion picture film equipment.
Ars Electronica Center A center for electronic arts run by Ars Electronica situated in Linz, Austria, at the northern side of the Danube opposite the city hall of Linz.
Art Clokey American pioneer in the popularization of stop-motion clay animation.
Art Wolfe American photographer and conservationist, best known for color images of landscapes, wildlife, and native cultures.
Beko A Turkish domestic appliance and consumer electronics brand of Arçelik A.Ş. controlled by Koç Holding.
Bell & Howell U.S.-based services organization and a former manufacturer of cameras, lenses, and motion picture machinery.
Bell Media Canadian media conglomerate that is the mass media subsidiary of BCE Inc.
Benoît Delhomme French film cinematographer who has also worked in American and British films.
BenQ Taiwanese multinational company that sells and markets technology products, consumer electronics, computing and communications devices under the "BenQ" brand name, which stands for the company slogan Bringing Enjoyment N Quality to life.
Better Light Company in San Carlos, California, US that manufactures high-end digital scanning backs for view cameras, which are used in many photographic applications.
Bill Brandt British photographer and photojournalist.
Bill Plympton American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker.
Bill Pope American cinematographer and filmmaker; known for his collaborations with directors Sam Raimi, The Wachowskis, and Edgar Wright.
Billy Bitzer merican cinematographer, notable for his close association and pioneering work with D. W. Griffith.
Blackmagic Design An Australian digital cinema company and manufacturer based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Blackmagic Fusion A post-production image compositing developed by Blackmagic Design and originally authored by eyeon Software.
Blender Free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, and computer games.
Bobby Roth Television and film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Bob Clampett American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer; best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series.
Bob Rafelson American film director, writer and producer.
Bryan Bertino American film director, producer, and screenwriter; best known as the writer/director of The Strangers (2008), as well as writing its sequel.
Bushnell Corporation American firm that specializes in sporting optics and outdoor products.
Buster Keaton American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer.
CableLabs A not-for-profit innovation and research and development lab founded in 1988 by American cable operators. System operators from around the world are eligible to be members.
Cactus Cactus is a brand owned by Harvest One Limited, a Hong Kong company specialized in the design and engineering of photographic wireless lighting equipment including wireless flash triggers, wireless flashes, portable softboxes and studio umbrellas.
Cambo Camera A manufacturer of high quality, mainly large format cameras based in Kampen, the Netherlands, and has the distinction of being the first studio camera manufacturer to produce an all-metal large format camera.
Caméra D'Or Award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film and awarded by an independent jury.
Canal+ French premium television channel launched in 1984.
Canon EF-M Lens Mount A derivative of the Canon EF lens mount designed for use with the Canon EOS M mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera. The EF-M lens mount is one of Canon's two new systems for mirrorless cameras, the other being the RF mount.
Canon EF-S Lens Mount A derivative of the EF lens mount created for a subset of Canon digital single-lens reflex cameras with APS-C sized image sensors.
Canon EF Lens Mount The standard lens mount on the Canon EOS family of SLR film and digital cameras.
Canon EOS R 30.3 megapixel full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
Canon Inc. Japanese multinational corporation specializing in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, professional displays, TV broadcasting and film equipment, projectors, etc.
Cartoon Network American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment, a division of AT&T's WarnerMedia.
Casio Japanese multinational consumer electronics and commercial electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Catherine Breillat French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema at the European Graduate School.
Cecil Beaton British fashion, portrait, and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
Cecil Wray Cecil Wray (1866-1944) was a British inventor and early chronophotographer.
Chantal Akerman Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York.
Charles Beseler Company Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania industrial company addressing four primary markets: public and corporate steel shelving and furniture, iron shelving and storage, shrink wrap packaging and silver halide photography (film photography).
Charles Urban Anglo-American film producer and distributor; one of the most significant figures in British cinema before the First World War.
Chen Kaige Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema.
Christie A company that manufactures DLP projectors and various digital cinema devices, and offers a selection of LCD projectors, line array audio solutions, and collaboration and presentation solutions which are used in various settings.
Cintel British digital cinema company founded in 1927.
Cinémathèque Française French non-profit film organization founded in 1936 that holds one of the largest archives of film documents and film-related objects in the world.
Claude Zidi French film director and screenwriter who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies.
Claudio Miranda Chilean cinematographer; best known as the Academy Award-winning director of photography on Ang Lee's film Life of Pi.
CNN International International television channel that is operated by CNN. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with parent network CNN's national and international news bureaus.
Cognex Corporation American manufacturer of machine vision systems, software and sensors used in automated manufacturing to inspect and identify parts, detect defects, verify product assembly, and guide assembly robots.
Conrad Hall French Polynesian-born American cinematographer.
Consumer Technology Association Standards and trade organization representing more than 2,200 consumer technology companies in the United States.
Cooke Optics A camera lens manufacturing company based in Leicester.
Cosina A manufacturer of high-end optical glass, optical precision equipment, cameras, video and electronic related equipment, based in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Costa-Gavras Greek-French film director, screenwriter and producer who lives and works in France.
Costas Ferris Greek film director, writer, actor, and producer.
Creative Technology Singaporean multinational technology company headquartered in Jurong East.
David Bailey English fashion and portrait photographer.
David Di Donatello Film awards given out each year by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano
David Doubilet American photographer; known primarily for his work published in National Geographic Magazine where he is a contributing photographer and has been an author for 70 feature articles since 1971.
David Lynch American filmmaker, painter, musician, and actor.
David Zaslav President and chief executive officer of Discovery Inc. since January 2007.
Da Vinci Systems An American digital cinema company founded in 1984, based in Coral Springs, Florida, and wholly-owned by JDSU.
DirecTV American direct broadcast satellite service provider based in El Segundo, California and is a subsidiary of AT&T.
Discovery, Inc. American mass media company based in New York City.
Discovery Channel American pay television network and flagship channel owned by Discovery, Inc., a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.
Dish Network American television provider based in Englewood, Colorado.
Disney Channel American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Worldwide unit of the Walt Disney Television subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
DJI Chinese technology company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
Dolby Laboratories American company specializing in audio noise reduction and audio encoding/compression.
Don McCullin British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife.
Doremi Labs Developer and manufacturer of digital servers and format converters for the digital cinema, broadcast, post production and professional A/V markets.
Doris Dörrie German film director, producer, and author.
Dorothea Lange American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
Edison Manufacturing Company Company organized in 1889 by the inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison that manufactured batteries, machinery and equipment, and also produced kinetoscope films.
Edison Studios American film production organization, owned by companies controlled by inventor and entrepreneur, Thomas Edison.
Edith-Russ-Haus An art gallery in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, dedicated to new media art.
Edward Steichen Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and curator.
Edward Weston American photographer; has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers..." and "one of the masters of 20th-century photography."
Elia Suleiman Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin.
Eli Noyes American animator most noted for his stop-animation work using clay and sand.
Ellen Kuras American cinematographer whose body of work includes narrative and documentary films, music videos, and commercials in both the studio and independent worlds.
Elliott Erwitt American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings.
Elphel A company was founded in 2001 by Russian physicist Andrey Filippov, who emigrated to the US in 1995.
Ericsson Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm.
Ermanno Olmi Italian film director and screenwriter.
Esfir Shub Soviet filmmaker and editor in both the mainstream and documentary fields.
ESPN American multinational basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).
Foscam Chinese video products manufacturer founded December 2007 in Shenzhen.
Four Thirds System A standard created by Olympus and Eastman Kodak for digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) and mirrorless camera design and development.
Fox Sports Brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world.
Frank Capra Italian-American film director, producer, and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Frank Wanlass American electrical engineer; best known for inventing CMOS.
Frans Lanting National Geographic photographer, author, and speaker.
Fraunhofer Society German research organization with 72 institutes spread throughout Germany, each focusing on different fields of applied science (as opposed to the Max Planck Society, which works primarily on basic science).
Freddie Young British cinematographer; best known for his work on David Lean's films Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Ryan's Daughter (1970).
Freddy Buache Swiss journalist, cinema critic and film historian.
Fujifilm Japanese multinational photography, imaging, printing, and biotechnology company headquartered in Tokyo.
Fujinon A brand of optical lenses made by Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd, now known as Fujifilm
Fujitsu apanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Funai Japanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Daitō, Osaka, Japan.
FX American pay television channel owned by the Walt Disney Television unit of The Walt Disney Company through FX Networks, LLC.
Gary Sullivan American electrical engineer who led the development of the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and HEVC video coding standards and created the DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) API/DDI video decoding feature of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Gaspar Noé Argentine filmmaker based in Paris, France.
GeForce 2 Series The second generation of NVIDIA's GeForce graphics processing units.
GeForce 256 The original release in Nvidia's "GeForce" product-line.
General Electric American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York City and headquartered in Boston.
General Radio A broad-line manufacturer of electronic test equipment in Massachusetts, U.S. from 1915 to 2001.
Glauber Rocha Brazilian film director, actor, and screenwriter.
GlobalFoundries American semiconductor foundry headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States.
Goetz Collection A private collection of contemporary art in Munich, Germany.
Golden Globe Awards American awards recognizing excellence in film, both American and International, and American television.
Golden Leopard The top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival
Google USA-based multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
GoPro An American technology company founded in 2002 by Nick Woodman.
Gordon Willis American cinematographer and film director, best known for his photographic work on seven Woody Allen films
Gore Verbinski American film director, screenwriter, producer, and musician.
Harold Edgerton Professor of electrical engineering at MIT; credited with transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device.
Harry K. Fairall An American camera operator, inventor and producer.
Hartblei An international manufacturer of optical equipment for photography based in Kiev and Munich.
Harvey C. Nathanson American electrical engineer who invented the first MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) device of the type now found in products ranging from iPhones to automobiles.
Haskell Wexler American cinematographer, film producer and director.
Hasselblad Swedish manufacturer of medium format cameras, photographic equipment, and image scanners based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Helena Smith Dayton American filmmaker, painter and sculptor working in New York City who used fledgling stop motion and clay animation techniques in the 1910s and 1920s,
Helena Solberg Brazilian-born documentarist who, since 1971, has made her career in the United States.
Henri Cartier-Bresson French humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35 mm film.
Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Hoyte Van Hoytema Dutch-Swedish cinematographer; recent high-profile work includes Her, Interstellar, the James Bond film Spectre, Dunkirk, Ad Astra, and Tenet.
HTC Taiwanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV An industry standard (ETSI TS 102 796) and promotional initiative for hybrid digital TV to harmonize the broadcast, IPTV, and broadband delivery of entertainment to the end consumer through connected TVs (smart TVs) and set-top boxes.
IGB Electronics Brazilian consumer electronics company based in Manaus, and with offices in São Paulo.
Ikegami Tsushinki A Japanese manufacturer of professional and broadcast television equipment.
Imai Foundation An institution dedicated to the preservation, research and distribution of video art and media art and associated activities.
IMAX A proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately 1.43:1 & 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating.
IMAX Corporation American-Canadian theatre company which designs and manufactures IMAX cameras and projection systems.
Impakt Festival A yearly manifestation on media art, founded in 1988 in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands
Jeff Cronenweth American cinematographer based in Los Angeles, California who is known for his role as the director of photography on the David Fincher films Fight Club, The Social Network, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Jem Cohen Afghanistan-born American filmmaker based in New York City.
Jody Lee Lipes NYU Film School graduate, whose first feature-length film, Antonio Campos' Afterschool, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes film festival in 2008.
Joe Dante American film director, producer, editor and actor.
Joel Meyerowitz American street, portrait and landscape photographer.
John Alcott English cinematographer; known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick.
John Huston American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist.
John Logie Baird Scottish engineer, innovator, one of the inventors of the mechanical television, demonstrating the first working television system on 26 January 1926, and inventor of both the first publicly demonstrated colour television system, and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube.
John Sayles American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist.
Karl Freund German cinematographer and film director best known for photographing Metropolis (1927), Dracula (1931), and television's I Love Lucy (1951-1957).
Karl Struss American photographer and a cinematographer of the 1900s through the 1950s.
Küstendorf Film And Music Festival Annual event held during early January in the village of Drvengrad (also known as Küstendorf) in the Mokra Gora region of Serbia.
Leni Riefenstahl German film director, actress, photographer, and Nazi sympathizer.
Lensbaby A line of camera lenses for SLR cameras that combine a simple lens with a bellows or ball and socket mechanism for use in special-effect photography.
Leonard Kastle American opera composer, librettist, and director.
Leos Carax French film director, critic, and writer.
Lev Kuleshov Russian and Soviet filmmaker and film theorist; founder of the world's first film school, the Moscow Film School.
Lewis Hine American sociologist and photographer; his photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States.
Louis Malle French film director, screenwriter and producer.
Lowepro Brand of carrying bags for cameras, laptops, imaging accessories, and portable consumer electronics with corporate headquarters in Petaluma, California.
LucasArts LucasArts Entertainment Company, LLC, doing business as Lucasfilm Games, is an American licensor.
Luc Moullet French film critic and filmmaker, and a member of the Nouvelle Vague or French New Wave.
Lucrecia Martel Argentine film director, screenwriter and producer.
Lumen Eclipse A public media arts gallery located in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded to expand public awareness of local, national, and international artists.
Lumières Award French film award presented by the Académie des Lumières to honor the best in the French-speaking cinema of the previous year.
LumoPro LumoPro is a brand of lighting and studio equipment for amateur and professional photographers.
LUX The principal center for the promotion and distribution of experimental film and video works in the UK.
Lytro American company founded in 2006 by Ren Ng which developed light-field cameras.
László Benedek Hungarian-born film director and cinematographer.
Léon Bouly French inventor who created the word: "cinematograph."
M39 Lens Mount A screw thread mounting system for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily rangefinder (RF) Leicas. It is also the most common mount for Photographic enlarger lenses.
M42 Lens Mount A screw thread mounting standard for attaching lenses to 35 mm cameras, primarily single-lens reflex models.
Mack Sennett Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'.
Magic Lantern A firmware add-on for various Canon digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and the EOS M.
Magnavox American electronics company founded in the United States.
Mamiya Japanese company that manufactures high-end cameras and other related photographic and optical equipment.
Michael Ballhaus German cinematographer who had collaborated with directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and James L. Brooks.
Michael Cimino American film director, screenwriter, producer, and author.
Michael Kenna American politician who served as alderman of Chicago's 1st Ward from 1897 to 1923 and again from 1939 to 1943.
Michael Powell English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.
Michel Houellebecq French author, known for his novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer.
Michel Legrand French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist.
Micro Four Thirds System A standard released by Olympus and Panasonic in 2008, for the design and development of mirrorless interchangeable lens digital cameras, camcorders and lenses.
Micro Precision Products British optical company that between 1941 and 1982 produced cameras and related equipment.
Microsoft American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Windows Group of several proprietary graphical operating system families, all of which are developed and marketed by Microsoft.
MicroTiles Modular 16" × 12" (408 mm × 306 mm) rear projection cube units that can be built together into a large video wall-style display.
Miloš Forman Czech-American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968.
Minolta A-mount System A line of photographic equipment from Minolta introduced in 1985 with the world's first integrated autofocus system in the camera body with interchangeable lenses.
Minox Manufacturer of cameras, known especially for its subminiature camera.
Mitsubishi A group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries.
Mitsubishi Electric Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer.
Monte Hellman American film director, producer, writer, and editor.
Motorola An American multinational telecommunications company founded on September 25, 1928, based in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Movietone Sound System An optical sound-on-film method of recording sound for motion pictures that guarantees synchronization between sound and picture.
Murali Nair Indian film director and screenwriter.
Nagra A brand of portable audio recorders produced from 1951 in Switzerland.
Nanni Moretti Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Nuke A node-based digital compositing and visual effects application first developed by Digital Domain, and used for television and film post-production.
O. Winston Link American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam locomotive railroading on the Norfolk & Western in the United States in the late 1950s.
Open IPTV Forum A non-profit consortium and standards organization focused on defining and publishing open for end-to-end Internet Protocol television (IPTV) standards.
Optoma Corporation A multi-national audio and visual solutions provider specializing in the design and manufacturer of projectors, professional audiovisual solutions, digital cinema, laser projectors, LED projectors, DLP projectors, interactive projectors, image processing equipment and software, projection mapping, digital signage and retail solutions, and professional audio products
Oskar Fischinger German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter, notable for creating abstract musical animation many decades before the appearance of computer graphics and music videos.
Pentax A brand name used primarily by Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company Ricoh for 35mm cameras, sport optics (including binoculars and rifle scopes), and CCTV optics.
Pentax K-mount A bayonet lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras.
Perpetual Art Machine Founded in New York City in January 2006 by artists Chris Borkowski, Aaron M. Miller, Raphaele Shirley, and Lee Wells in collaboration with Alexis Hubshman, president of the Scope art fair.
Peter Carl Goldmark An Hungarian-American engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing microgroove 331⁄3 rpm phonograph disc, the standard for incorporating multiple or lengthy recorded works on a single disc for two generations.
Peter Jackson New Zealand film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Peter Pau Hong Kong cinematographer and film director; best known to western audiences as for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Phase One Danish company specializing in high-end digital photography equipment and software.
Phil Alden Robinson American film director and screenwriter whose films include Field of Dreams, Sneakers, and The Sum of All Fears.
Philippe Rousselot French cinematographer and film director best known for his wide range of work in both European and mainstream American cinema.
Philips Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Amsterdam, formerly one of the largest electronics companies in the world, currently focused in the area of health technology, with other divisions being successfully divested.
PictureTel Corp. One of the first commercial videoconferencing product companies.
Pioneer Corporation Japanese multinational corporation based in Tokyo, Japan, that specializes in digital entertainment products.
Pirjo Honkasalo innish film director who has also worked as a cinematographer, film editor, producer, screenwriter and actress.
Plaubel German camera maker, founded in November, 1902, by Hugo Schrader.
PocketWizard Wireless radio triggering system for off-camera lighting developed in the late 1990s.
Polaroid Corporation American company that brand licenses and markets a portfolio of consumer electronics to companies that distribute consumer electronics and eyewear.
PowerVR Division of Imagination Technologies (formerly VideoLogic) that develops hardware and software for 2D and 3D rendering, and for video encoding, decoding, associated image processing and DirectX, OpenGL ES, OpenVG, and OpenCL acceleration.
Praktica Brand of camera manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden in eastern Germany, formerly within the GDR prior to German reunification in 1990.
Prix Jean Vigo An award in the Cinema of France given annually since 1951 to a French film director in homage to Jean Vigo.
Profoto Swedish company that develops photographic flashes and other light shaping tools for professional photographers.
Radeon R100 Series The first generation of Radeon graphics chips from ATI Technologies.
Raindance Foundation Founded in October 1969 by Frank Gillette, Paul Ryan, Michael Shamberg, Louis Jaffe, and Marco Vassi. Raindance was a self-described "alternate culture think-tank" that embraced video as an alternative form of cultural communication.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder West German filmmaker, actor, playwright, theatre director, composer, cinematographer, editor, and essayist.
Ray Dolby American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR.
Raúl Ruiz Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher whose work is best known in France.
RCA Photophone The trade name given to one of four major competing technologies that emerged in the American film industry in the late 1920s for synchronizing electrically recorded audio to a motion picture image.
RealD 3D A digital stereoscopic projection technology made and sold by RealD.
Red Digital Cinema An American company that manufactures professional digital cinematography cameras and accessories.
Robert Burks American cinematographer; known for being proficient in virtually every genre.
Robert Capa Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist; considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.
Robert Doisneau French photographer; champion of humanist photography and with Henri Cartier-Bresson a pioneer of photojournalism.
Rogue Pictures American independent production company founded in 1997 and was based in Universal City, California.
Rollei German manufacturer of optical instruments founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig.
Roman Kroitor Canadian filmmaker who was known as an early practitioner of cinéma vérité, as co-founder of IMAX, and as creator of the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic animation system.
Ross A succession of London-based lens designers and their company.
Rudolph Maté Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, film director and film producer who worked as cameraman and cinematographer in Hungary, Austria, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, before moving to Hollywood in the mid-1930s.
Russell Metty American cinematographer who won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color, for the 1960 film Spartacus.
S3 ViRGE S3 Virtual Reality Graphics Engine (ViRGE): one of the first 2D/3D accelerators designed for the mass market.
Samyang Optics South Korean manufacturer of camera lenses for several major brands of third-party mounts for still photography and video cameras
Sanyo Japanese electronics company and formerly a member of the Fortune Global 500 whose headquarters was located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan.
Satyajit Ray Indian film director, writer, and illustrator.
Science Channel American pay television channel that is owned by Discovery, Inc.
Screen Actors Guild An American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide.
Screen Writers Guild An organization of Hollywood screenplay authors, formed as a union in 1933.
Seagull Camera Chinese camera maker located in Shanghai, China.
Sebastião Salgado Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist.
Segundo De Chomón A pioneering Spanish and French film director, cinematographer and screenwriter.
Seiko Epson Japanese electronics company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of computer printers, and information and imaging related equipment.
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet film director and film theorist, a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.
Sigma Corporation Japanese company, manufacturing cameras, lenses, flashes and other photographic accessories.
Silicon Graphics American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and software.
Silicon Imaging A 2K digital video camera built on a single 16 mm sized CMOS sensor manufactured by Altasens.
Silvestri Camera Italian manufacturer of professional photographic cameras and large format cameras.
Sinar Photography AG Swiss company based in Zurich manufacturing specialized high-resolution view cameras for studio, reproduction, landscape and architecture photography.
Singh-Ray American maker of photographic filters based in Arcadia, Florida, and established in 1962.
Sky Group British media and telecommunications conglomerate owned by Comcast and headquartered in London.
Slik Corporation Manufacturer and brand of camera tripods with headquarters located in Hidaka City, Japan.
Sohrab Shahid-Saless Iranian film director and screenwriter; one of the most celebrated figures in Iranian cinema in the 20th century.
Soligor Trade mark for the American Allied Impex Corporation, used from 1956 for lenses and later cameras imported from Japan.
Sony Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo.
Sony E-mount A lens mount designed by Sony for their NEX ("New E-mount eXperience") and ILCE series of camcorders and mirrorless cameras.
Sony Pictures An American entertainment company that produces, acquires and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and recorded videos) through multiple platforms.
Sophie Delaporte French photographer who lives between Paris and New York
Sundance Institute Non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists.
Sun Microsystems American company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC.
Sunpak Sunpak is a Japanese manufacturer of photographic equipment.
Suzanne Schiffman Screenwriter and director for numerous motion pictures.
Sven Nykvist Swedish cinematographer who worked on over 120 films, but is better known for his work with Ingmar Bergman.
Taïeb Louhichi Tunisian film director, screenwriter, and filmmaker.
Technicolor SA French multinational corporation that provides services and products for the communication, media and entertainment industries.
Terence Davies English screenwriter, film director, novelist, and actor.
Terry Gilliam American-born British film director, screenwriter, animator, actor, comedian, and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
Terry Zwigoff American filmmaker whose work often deals with misfits, antiheroes, and themes of alienation.
Texas Instruments American technology company that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globally.
Tex Avery American animator and director, known for producing and directing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation.
Thelma Schoonmaker American film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese for over fifty years.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. The main holding company for the various manufacturing companies established by the inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison.
Thomas Edison American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor.
Thomas Wiegand German electrical engineer who substantially contributed to the creation of the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and H.265/MPEG-H HEVC video coding standards.
Thomson-CSF A French company specialized in the development and manufacture of electronics with a heavy focus upon on the aerospace and defense sectors of the market.
Tri-Ergon A sound-on-film system developed around 1919 by three German inventors.
Triggertrap Company that created several different hardware and software products centered on triggering SLR cameras.
Tru2way A brand name for interactive digital cable services delivered over the cable video network, for example, interactive program guides, interactive ads, games, chat, web browsing, and t-commerce.
Tunebite A proprietary media converter sold by Audials which is specifically designed to legally by-pass DRM protection from songs, audiobooks, videos, and movies.
United States Patent And Trademark Office Agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that issues patents to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property identification.
Universal Pictures American film studio owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.
Venus Optics Chinese manufacturer of photographic lenses, specialized in the design of innovative macro and wide angle lenses.
Verizon Fios Bundled Internet access, telephone, and television service that operates over a fiber-optic communications network with over 5 million customers in nine U.S. states.
Vertigo Entertainment American film and television production company based in Los Angeles, founded in 2001 by Roy Lee and Doug Davison.
Vesa-Matti Loiri Iranian-Kurdish film director, producer and writer.
Vestel Turkish home and professional appliances manufacturing company consisting of 18 companies specialized in electronics, major appliances, and information technology.
Videoart At Midnight International forum fostering contemporary art, in particular: film, new media art, and video art.
Video Data Bank International video art distribution organization and resource in the United States for videos by and about contemporary artists.
Vidyo Video communications company founded as Layered Media, now part of Enghouse systems provides software-based collaboration technology and product-based visual communication products.
Vittorio De Sica Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Vittorio Storaro Italian cinematographer widely recognized for his work on numerous classic films including The Conformist, Apocalypse Now, and The Last Emperor.
Vivitar Manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of photographic and optical equipment originally based in Santa Monica, California.
VIVO Media Arts Centre An artist-run centre and video distribution library located in Vancouver, Canada.
Voigtländer Company within the optics and photographic industry, headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany.
Voodoo2 A set of three specialized 3D graphics chips on a single chipset setup, made by 3dfx.
Voodoo 5 The last and most powerful graphics card line that 3dfx Interactive released.
Vsevolod Pudovkin Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter and actor who developed influential theories of montage.
Vtape Canada's largest distributor of video art, and the world's largest distributor of Indigenous and First People's film and video.
W. Eugene Smith American photojournalist; described as the most important American photographer in the development of the editorial photo essay.
Walker Evans American photographer and photojournalist; best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression.
Wallace McCutcheon Sr. Pioneer cinematographer and director in the early American motion picture industry, working with the American Mutoscope & Biograph, Edison, and American Star Film companies.
Walter Salles Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence.
Warner Bros. American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in Burbank, California; subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.
Yousuf Karsh Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals.
Zenit Russian (and formerly Soviet) camera brand manufactured by KMZ in the town of Krasnogorsk near Moscow since 1952 and by BelOMO in Belarus since the 1970s.
ZKM Center For Art And Media Karlsruhe A cultural institution, which was founded in 1989 and since 1997 is located in a listed industrial building in Karlsruhe, Germany, a former munitions factory.
Zorki Name of a series of 35mm rangefinder cameras manufactured in the Soviet Union between 1948 and 1978.
