Natalie M. and Herbert T. Kalmus Medal Recipients

In recognition of his vision, actualization, and continued refinement of on-set color management and color grading tools, as embodied in the Pomfort Livegrade software platform, providing cinematographers and digital imaging technicians a system that is creatively flexible yet technically robust, with an underlying image and metadata pipeline architecture supporting a wide range of workflows, resulting in ubiquitous adoption on live-action sets worldwide.

 

 

2021 -Harald Brendel - For the design and implementation of the color management system used in the ARRI ALEXA family of cameras, including the underlying LogC capture encoding, the ARRI Wide Gamut color space specification, and the creation of the K1S1 filmic viewing transforms. These were instrumental in assisting cinematographers and post-production facilities transition from film to digital image acquisition, providing confidence on set and reliable outcomes in post-production. Brendel was a key contributor to the development of ARRISCAN film scanner and the AMPAS Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) during his long tenure as an image scientist for ARRI.