Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)
(written from a Production point of view)
CBS Digital (not to be confused with "CBS Digital Media Group", the original name of CBS Interactive) is a group that belongs to CBS Corporation. It was founded by Craig Weiss, among others, in the early 1990s, and is responsible for the visual effects for a variety of television shows, including Jericho and 24.
More recently, they have been involved in the remastering of I AM ERROR, I AM ERROR, and I AM ERROR under the project supervision of Michael Okuda. It is run by department director Craig Weiss and is located at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. For the newly created CGI effects used in the remastered Original Series, CBS Digital made use of the Autodesk Maya CGI software, (Sci-fi & fantasy modeller, Vol. 26, p. 49) but has switched to the more ubiquitous LightWave 3D software, for their subsequent remastering projects. (source)
Staff
- TOS Remastered staff
- Ryan Adams – CBS Television Mastering
- Howard A. Anderson, Jr. – Original Visual Effects
- Chris Barsamian – Animator
- Alena Bejenarou
- Javier Bello – Lighting Technical Director
- Jimmy Berndt – Lead Effects Animator
- Melissa Berryann – Assistant to Mr. LaFountaine
- Loren Bivens – Animator
- Petri Blomqvist – Technical Consultant
- Deane Boeka – Compositor
- Shoghi Castel de Oro – Animator
- Jiyeon Cho – Matte Artist
- Sun Chung – Matte Artist
- Chris DeCristo – 2D Supervisor
- Doug Drexler – Technical Consultant
- Eric Ehemann – Lead Animator
- Max Gabl – Lead Matte Artist
- George Garcia – Digital Artist
- David Grant – Director of Marketing Services
- Harvey Holt – VP CBS Stage Operations
- James Holt – Compositor
- Jena Huynh – Visual Effects Coordinator
- Robert H. Justman – Technical Consultant
- Peter H. Kane – Senior VP Business Affairs
- Gary Kerr – Technical Consultant
- Apollo Kim – Digital Modeler
- Raymond King – Lighting Technical Director
- Michael Klausman – President CBS Studio Center
- Nicki Kreitzman – Compositor
- David LaFountaine – Executive Producer
- Dawn Meredith – Matte Artist
- Peter Molnar – Director of Broadcast Services
- John Nogawski – President of CBS Television Distribution
- Denise Okuda – Producer
- Michael Okuda – Producer, Digital Artist
- Masao Okazaki – Technical Consultant
- Toni Pace – Visual Effects Producer
- Mike Parker – Effects Animator
- Luis Pazos – Production Assistant
- Erik Press
- Ryan Reeb – Matte Artist
- David Rossi – Producer
- Betty Rothenberg – Quality Control
- Wendy Ruiz – Visual Effects Coordinator, I/O Coordinator
- Heekyung Shin – Lighting Technical Director
- John Small – Systems Support Engineer
- Ryan Swanno – Compositor
- Chris Tezber – Visual Effects Coordinator, Digital Artist
- Brian Vogt – Lead Lighting Technical Director
- Craig Weiss – Director of Visual Effects
- Cliff Welsh – Compositor
- Niel Wray – Visual Effects Supervisor
- TNG Remastered staff
- Mesrop Abrahamian – Rotoscope Artist
- Ryan Adams – Director, Multimedia, CBS Television Distribution
- Jimmy Berndt – Lead Effects Animator
- Jasper Bivens – Artist
- Loren Bivens – VFX Supervisor
- Michael Brown – Executive Producer/Creative Director
- Eric Bruno – Lead Compositor
- Doug Drexler – Technical Consultant
- Maureen Doyle – Artist
- Joe Espina – Editor
- Greg Faust – Re-Recording Mixer, Chace Audio
- Wade Felker – Film transfer
- Todd Frey – DRS Artist
- Max Gabl – Lead Digital Matte Painter
- Demitre Garza – Flame Artist
- Tony Graf – Compositor
- David S. Grant – Vice President Multimedia CBS Television Distribution
- Douglas E. Graves – Digital Modeler
- Don Greenberg – Senior Flame Artist
- Jon Grinsberg – Editor
- Hilary Groner – Technical Operations
- Marvin Hildebrandt – Colorist
- James Holt – Digital Compositor/Flame Artist
- Dylan Hucklesby – Digital Restoration
- Nicki Kreitzman – Compositor/Editor
- Kelly Kroells – Artist
- Janice Lee – Compositor
- Michelle Liu – Graphic Designer
- Mary Joy Macalintal – VFX Coordinator
- Eric McClain – Film transfer
- Steven Miller – Flame Artist
- Kiki Morris – Editor
- Paul Nesmith – Editor
- Denise Okuda – Project Consultant
- Michael Okuda – Project Consultant
- Sarah Paul – Project Manager
- Chris Payne – Flame Artist
- Tobias Richter – Subcontracted Digital Modeler
- Wendy Ruiz – Head of Mastering & Restoration
- Keven Scotti – Operations Manager
- Sean Sweeney – Media Coordinator
- Chris Tezber – VFX Coordinator, Digital Artist
- Amanda Vackrinos – Coordinator
- Brian Vogt – Manager of Lighting-Mental Ray & Comp TD
- Deron Warner – Editor
- Craig Weiss – Director of Visual Effects
- Jayme Wing – Digital Compositor
- Niel Wray – 3D Supervisor
External links
- CBS Digital – official site
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- 2006 "Behind the Scenes at CBS Digital" feature at TrekMovie.com
- 2012 five part interview with the staff of CBS Digital at TrekCore