Tony Ngai

Tony Ngai | Asia-Pacific Region, 2021-2022

Tony Joined SMPTE Hollywood section as a student member in 1964 when he was sent by Salon Films (H.K) Ltd to Panavision for technical training and ever since he was attracted by the width and depth of motion imaging knowledge that can be learned from SMPTE. Even more so, he was so impressed by the passions of SMPTE’s participants in media entertainment technology from 1974 till now. Hence, he was one of the strong supporters when SMPTE-HK was established in 1994 as membership chair and then he became Section chair from 2003 to 2014 as well as 2018 to 2020. In year 2017, he was honored to receive SMPTE’s Life Fellow status. Furthermore, he was also honored that Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers gave his a “Professional Achievement Award” in their 30th anniversary in 2018. Throughout the years with his contribution to SMPTE as well as motion imaging community in Hong Kong, he was always trying to organize workshops, seminars, master classes etc. aim to extend the spirit of SMPTE in area of education and training to stakeholders. His Macro goal is to contribute his soft skills (experience, knowledge and connection) to support the reach of SMPTE in Asia regions and aim to add values to SMPTE members including SMPTE students members, whereas his micro goal on area of technology education is focusing on Media over IP which is a major evolution for television industry and a must for television engineers to comprehend.