Gary Demos named senior algorithm scientist
Veteran motion picture technologist and Oscar winner Gary Demos is delivery his expertness to restoration business Lowry Digital.
Demos has been named senior algorithmic program scientist at Lowry, which was acquired by Reliance Big Entertainment in April. The company develops and uses image-processing technology for film return; for sweetening of moving pictures for current productions and Blu-ray Disc preparation; and for image retrieval and furbish up.
Demos standard the 2006 Gordon E. Sawyer Award for lifespan technical achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
From the mid-1970s until 1981, Demos was a scientist for Information International, where he contributed to the ontogeny of high-speed film scanners and recorders that were used during such productions as "Tron."
In 1981, he co-founded Digital Prods., which pioneered the use of a Cray supercomputer for creating digital visual effects on films like "2010." In 1988, Demos formed DemoGraFX, where he worked on higher-resolution imagery.
Demos and his colleagues earned Technical Achievement Awards from the Academy in 1985 for breakthroughs in CGI, in 1995 for pioneering work with digital film scanning and in 1996 for advancements in digital film compositing.
Lowry Digital has contributed to the restoration of films including "Casablanca," "Singin' in the Rain" and "Sunset Boulevard."
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