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.
20th Century Studios American film studio that is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company.
A. D. Flowers American special effects artist best known for his work on Tora! Tora! Tora!, which won him an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 43rd Academy Awards.
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.
Adrienne Fazan American film editor who first started cutting films in 1933.
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.
Anne Bauchens American film editor; noted for her collaboration over 40 years with the director Cecil B. DeMille.
Anne V. Coates British film editor with a more than 60-year-long career.
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.
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.
Ben Snow Special effects artist who has been nominated four times at the Academy Awards.
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.
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.
Bob Beemer American sound mixer who has won four Oscars.
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.
Bryan Bertino American film director, producer, and screenwriter; best known as the writer/director of The Strangers (2008), as well as writing its sequel.
C. Chapin Cutler American electrical engineer at Bell Labs; inventor of the differential pulse-code modulation (DCPM).
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.
Caleb Deschanel American cinematographer and director of film and television.
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.
Cameron Waldbauer Canadian (mechanical and physical) special effects supervisor.
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.
Carl Dreher Electrical engineer, two-time Academy Award-nominated sound engineer, and an author who primarily dealt with technical and scientific topics.
Carlo Rambaldi talian special effects artist, winner of three Oscars.
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).
Christian Rivers New Zealand storyboard artist, visual effects supervisor, special effects technician, and director.
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.
CMX Systems Company founded jointly by CBS and Memorex that developed some of the very first computerized systems for linear and non-linear editing of videotape for post-production.
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.
Coen Brothers American film directors, producers, screenwriters, and editors.
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.
Colin Chilvers English film director and special effects coordinator.
Columbia Pictures American film studio and production and distribution company.
Commodore CDTV A home multimedia entertainment and video game console developed by Commodore International and launched in April 1991.
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.
Cotton Warburton Film and television editor with sixty feature film credits.
Craig Barron American visual effects artist, currently Creative Director at Magnopus.
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 W. Allen American film and television stop motion model (puppet) animator.
David Watkin British cinematographer, an innovator who was among the first directors of photography to experiment heavily with the usage of bounce light as a soft light source.
Dion Beebe Australian-South African cinematographer.
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.
Doane Harrison merican film editor whose career spanned four decades.
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).
Dorothy Spencer merican film editor with 75 feature film credits from a career that spanned more than 50 years.
Doug Chiang Taiwanese-American film designer and artist.
Douglas Shearer Canadian American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures
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 Snyder American cameraman, cinematographer (director of photography), and visual effects/special effects artist.
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.
Ernest Palmer Hollywood cinematographer for more than 160 films.
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%).
F. Hudson Miller Motion picture sound editor and designer for feature films in Hollywood.
Farciot Edouart Motion picture special effects artist and innovator, a recognized specialist and innovator in the area of "process photography", also known as rear projection.
Faroudja A San Francisco based IP and research company founded by Yves Faroudja.
Fatih Akin German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent.
Fleischer Studios American corporation that originated as an animation studio located at 1600 Broadway, New York City, New York.
Floyd Crosby Academy Award-winning American cinematographer, a descendant of the Van Rensselaer family, and father of musicians Ethan and David Crosby.
FOBA Swiss company that makes photographic studio equipment.
Folmar Blangsted Film editor for more than seventy feature films and television programs.
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 E. Eulner Sound editor who is also a member of Skywalker Sound.
Frans Lanting National Geographic photographer, author, and speaker.
Franz Planer Austrian-born cinematographer born in Karlsbad, Austria-Hungary.
Françoise Bonnot French film editor with more than 40 feature film credits.
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.
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 Daniel English sound editor, with 51 different films from 1955 to 1988.
Harold Edgerton Professor of electrical engineering at MIT; credited with transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device.
Harold F. Kress American film editor with more than fifty feature film credits.
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.
Hoyt Yeatman American visual effects artist and supervisor.
HTC Taiwanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Hugh S. Fowler American film editor with about 38 feature film credits from 1952 – 1972.
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.
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.
John Dunning American film editor who worked on several large-scale Hollywood movies from 1947 to 1970.
John Dykstra American special effects artist, pioneer in the development of the use of computers in filmmaking and recipient of three Academy Awards, among many other awards and prizes.
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 Mathieson English cinematographer and commercial director.
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.
L. B. Abbott American special effects expert, cinematographer, and cameraman.
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.
Lowepro Brand of carrying bags for cameras, laptops, imaging accessories, and portable consumer electronics with corporate headquarters in Petaluma, California.
Lumen Eclipse A public media arts gallery located in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded to expand public awareness of local, national, and international artists.
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.
Michael Ballhaus German cinematographer who had collaborated with directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and James L. Brooks.
Michael Chandler American film editor of feature and documentary films, and a writer and director of documentary films.
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.
Milton Krasner American cinematographer who won an Academy Award for Three Coins in the Fountain (1954).
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.
Miroslav Ondříček Czech cinematographer who worked on over 40 films, including Amadeus.
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.
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.
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.
Per Hallberg Swedish film sound editor whose work has appeared in over 40 movies.
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 E. Berger American film editor with about fifty feature and television film credits.
Peter Ellenshaw English matte designer and special effects creator.
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.
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.
Rachael Tate British sound editor in the film industry.
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.
Ralf D. Bode German-born American cinematographer best known for his Academy Award-nominated work on Coal Miner's Daughter.
Ralph Dawson American film editor who also did some acting, directing, and screenwriting.
Ralph E. Winters Canadian-born film editor who became one of the leading figures of this field in the American industry.
Ralph Kemplen British film editor with more than fifty film credits between 1933 and 1982.
Raúl Ruiz Chilean filmmaker, writer and teacher whose work is best known in France.
RCA American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919.
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.
Reginald Mills English film editor and one-time film director with more than thirty feature film credits.
Robert Burks American cinematographer; known for being proficient in virtually every genre.
Robert C. Jones American film editor, screenwriter, and educator.
Robert Capa Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist; considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.
Rogue Pictures American independent production company founded in 1997 and was based in Universal City, California.
Roland Gross American film editor and television editor.
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.
Ronald Neame English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter.
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.
Samuel Fuller American screenwriter, novelist, and film director known for low-budget, understated genre movies with controversial themes.
Samuel Goldwyn Studio The name that Samuel Goldwyn used to refer to the lot located on the corner of Formosa Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, as well as the offices and stages that his company, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, rented there during the 1920s and 1930s.
Samyang Optics South Korean manufacturer of camera lenses for several major brands of third-party mounts for still photography and video cameras
Sandra Adair American film editor who has worked with director Richard Linklater since 1993.
Sanyo Japanese electronics company and formerly a member of the Fortune Global 500 whose headquarters was located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan.
Scott Hecker Sound editor who has nearly 100 films to date.
Scott Millan American sound re-recording mixer, a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Sound Director for Technicolor at Paramount Studios.
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.
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.
Skip Lievsay American supervising sound editor, re-recording mixer, and sound designer for film and television.
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.
Sol Halperin American special effects artist as well as a cinematographer.
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.
Sunset Las Palmas Studios Independent production lot providing stages and related services to television, movie and commercial production companies.
Susan E. Morse American film editor with more than 30 film credits.
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.
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.
Ub Iwerks American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician,
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.
Verna Fields American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive.
Vernon L. Walker American special effects artist and cinematographer.
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.
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.
Walt Mulconery American film editor who was most known for his work on films such as The Karate Kid, Flashdance and the English version of The Adventures of Milo and Otis.
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.
Zach Staenberg American film editor; best known for his work on action films and the Matrix Trilogy.
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.
Álex Rodríguez exican film editor with more than twenty film credits.
