Index to Academy Oral Histories Petro Vlahos

Petro Vlahos (Engineer) Call number: OH143 THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR, 162 Academy Awards, 14, 22, 32–33, 36–41, 43, 45, 48–50, 71, 98, 108, 119–120, 126–127, 173–174 Academy of Picture Arts and Sciences, 37, 41, 50 Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 48 Access to Energy (newsletter), 190 Adobe Systems Incorporated, 61 Advantedge (compositing software), 122 Albertson's (supermarket), 92 Alcoa, Inc., 16, 22 Alliance of Television Film Producers, 1 American Cinematographer Manual, 22, 51, 146, 149, 195–196 American Movie Classics (AMC television channel), 63 American Society of Cinematographers (A. S. C.), 25 Ampex Corporation, 115 "Animation Program Service, An" (bulletin), 142 Aquinas, Thomas, 140 ArcLight Cinemas, 71 Aristotle, 131, 140 "Art and Science of the Traveling Matte" (paper), 44 ASPHALT JUNGLE, 62 Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers, 1, 8, 10, 12, 19, 22, 53–54, 56, 71, 102, 127, 141 Association of Motion Picture Producers, 1 "Autobiography Relative to Composite Photography" (paper), 53 Bart, Peter, 127–128 Bell Telephone Laboratories, 86–87, 163–164 BEN-HUR, 5, 9–10, 28, 43, 53, 98, 161, 165, 196 Bendick, Marc, 11 Berman, Ari, 126 Betamax (videotape format), 24 BILLY JACK, 69 Bishop, Bill, 126 Brady Tower Co., 143 Bryan, Bill, 113 BUGS!, 100 Byron Motion Pictures, 53–54 Camera 65 (widescreen system), 164–165 Cameron, James, 100, 119 Campbell, John, 181 CELCO, Inc., 103–104 Central Casting, 11, 93, 102 Cinefusion, 119–120, 126 CinemaScope (widescreen system), 63–64 Cineon ( film production system), 55 Cinesite ( subsidiary), 55–56 Clark, Frank P. "Pete", 12, 59–60, 127 "Color Difference Traveling Matte as Practiced by Bill Taylor of the Ray Mercer Company" (technical memorandum), 146–147 colorization, 61–63 Columbia Pictures, 26 Columbia Studio Camera Department, 14, 41 Compton Junior College (California), 34, 78–79 Consolidated Film Inc., 29 COSMOS (television series), 104–105, 121 Croat, Andre, 16 Crosby, Bing, 3 Curtis, Jamie Lee, 33 Dadourian, Arpag, 126 THE DELUGE (short), 119 Digital Broadcast Company, 124 Disneyland, 91 distance learning, 154–155 Dolby (audio processing technology), 88 Douglas Aircraft, 3, 33–35, 39, 83–84, 86, 97, 158, 161 Dow Chemical Company, 27 Doyle, Christopher, 70 Driffield, Vero C., 42 Duncan, Dewey, 34–35, 78–79 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 12, 173–174 Eastman Color , 52 Eastman-Kodak Company, 36–37, 52, 55, 174, 195 Eddie, Nelson, 98 Ediflex (editing system), 24 Emmy Awards, 48–49, 108, 119 Farmer, Herbert, 189 Feeney, Ray, 40, 119, 126 Fellinger, David, 126 "Film Is Still Master in a Digital World" (keynote speech), 49 film stock, 52, 173–174 FLUBBER, 47 Ford, Glenn, 9 Freund, Karl, 14–17, 25, 73 "The Front Projection Process of Composite Photography" (technical paper), 51, 195–196 Gelson's (supermarket), 91 General Electric Corporation, 13, 34–35, 167 GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS, 119 goniophotometer, 11, 18, 95–97 Gore, Albert Jr., 189–191 Gottschalk, William "Bill", 53, 102 Gould Pumps, Inc., 186 Grass Valley Group, 112, 114–115 Hankins, Max, 14–15 HERO, 70 Hewlett-Packard, 62 Hill, Armin J., 5–6, 12, 127, 162, 167, 169 Hoag, Robert, 9–10, 43 Holcomb, Arthur, 14, 41 Hollingsworth, _____, 148 Hollywood Film Company (HFC), 60 The Hollywood Reporter (trade publication), 19, 120 Holm, Wilton R., 12, 26, 127, 142, 166–167, 171, 173–174 HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS, 121, 151 Houston Fearless Co., 52 Hughes Aircraft Company, 53–54, 187 Hughes, David, 116 Hurter, Ferdinand, 42 Hurwitz, Charles, 182 iMatte Corporation, 123–124, 126, 152, 156, 170–171, 175, 177 IMAX (widescreen system), 100 Independent Television News Company, 109, 116 Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), 55, 62 Information Displays (book), 188–189 Interactive Motion Control (company), 113 Interactive Video Conferencing Display System (IVDS), 126 International Correspondence School, 78 International Organization for Standardization, 23–25, 49, 89–90 iSkia (front projection system), 175–177 Iwerks, Ub, 7, 41, 45–48 Jennings, Peter, 118 Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), 15 Joblove, George H., 62 Journal of the SMPTE (publication of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers), 51, 57, 59, 69, 87–88, 91, 94, 150 KCET, 104 Keaton, Buster, 120 Kelly, William "Bill", 2, 5, 26, 163, 166 Keylight (compositing software), 122 Khrushchev, Dr. _____ (Mosfilm chief engineer), 91–92 Knockout (compositing software), 126, 156, 177 Kyoto Protocol, 191 labor unions, 11, 19, 93, 134–135 THE LAST BROADCAST, 195 Laughlin, Thomas R. "Tom", 69 Lindbergh, Charles, 96 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 7, 46, 82–83, 164 Los Angeles Times (newspaper), 140 MacDonald, Jeanette, 98 Majestic Radio and Television Corporation, 76 Manco Plating, Inc., 22, 71 Mancovision, 71 Margaret Herrick Library, 52 Marx Brothers, 164 McGinnis, George, 79 McGraw-Hill (publishing company), 188–189 McHardy, Annie Ruth (Petro's mother), 75, 81, 86 Memory Head (camera motion control system), 113–116, 177–178 Methocel (glue), 27 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 4–5, 10, 26, 43, 147, 161, 163–164 Meyer, Herbert, 12–13, 26–27, 29–30, 127, 167–168 Mitchell cameras, 14 Mole-Richardson Company, 14, 61 Morse Code, 80 Mosfilm (film studio), 91 Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), 10, 140 Music Television Videos, Music Video Awards, 119 NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), 15, 191 National Association of Broadcasters, 113, 115 National Association of Theater Owners (NATO), 57, 65, 145, 149 National Broadcasting Company, 110 National Bureau of Standards, 17, 20, 73, 96 National Carbon Company, 14–15 NATURAL BORN KILLERS, 145 NetMeeting (internet conferencing), 154 North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), 188, 193 THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, 47 Occidental Petroleum Company, 186 THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, 6, 97, 165 Optical Coating Laboratories, Inc. (OCLI), 45–46, 165–166 THE ORCHESTRA (television), 119 Pacific Lumber Company, 181–182 Panavision, 19–20 Paramount Pictures, 13, 15, 19, 31, 104 Parker, Joe, 113 Patterson, Richard, 119, 126 Photoshop, 61 Poetics (book), 131 Pohl, Wadsworth E., 41–43 The Post Group (post production facility), 115 Primatte (compositing software), 122 "A Program to Revitalize the Motion Picture Industry" (memorandum), 131–134 Provorov, _____ (son of Fyodor), 92 Provorov, Fyodor (Mosfilm cinematographer), 91–92 "Psycho-Physical Factors in Photographing and Viewing Motion Pictures" (technical memorandum), 143–145 The Radio Amateur's Handbook, 77, 80 Radio Corporation of America (RCA), 39, 45, 53, 106 Rand, Ayn, 140 Rand Corporation, 11 "A Rational Basis for Rating Motion Pictures" (memorandum), 139–141 Ray Mercer Company, 146 Research Center, 1–2, 12, 14–20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 31–32, 44–45, 54, 57–67, 69, 87–88, 94, 102, 127–134, 136–148, 150, 161, 167, 169, 172–174, 187, 189 publications by Petro Vlahos, 20–21, 74–75, 127–132, 137–148, 150 "Research Center Documentation Series and Filing System" (memorandum), 143 Research Council, 1–3, 5–16, 19, 21–23, 26–32, 45, 52, 71, 87, 93–94, 96, 127, 161–163, 165–166 Robinson, Arthur B., 190 Robinson, Keith, 120 "Role of Research in the Motion Picture Industry" (memorandum), 128–131 Rotten Tomatoes (website), 140 Rybczynski, Zbigniew, 114, 119 "Safety With Motion Picture Pyrotechnic Special Effects" (technical paper), 59 Sagan, Carl, 104–105, 121 San Pedro High School (California), 76 Satin, David, 119 Sauve, George, 126 SBD Navy dive-bomber (aircraft), 3, 33, 35 Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 33, 134 Science and Technology Council, 2, 29–30, 36–37 Scientific and Technical Awards, 14, 22, 32–33, 36–41, 43, 45, 48–50, 98, 120, 126–127, 174 Scientific and Technical Awards Committee, 37–41 "Scientific or Technical Award Criteria for Scaling Achievement" (paper), 40 Scotchlite (reflective material), 149, 153–154, 175–176 Screen Actors Guild, 19 Screen Test Home Video Adventure, 115 Seabury (family name), 81 "Selection and Specification of Rear Projection Screens" (technical paper), 94–95 Shatner, William, 136 Shearer, Douglas, 4–5, 8–9, 29, 87, 97–98, 141, 147, 161–166 SHERLOCK JUNIOR, 120 Side By Side (television set-top device), 124 Inc., 55, 115–116 Sizzler (fast-food restaurant), 92 SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, 63 Society for Information Display, 187–188 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, 22, 24, 49, 51, 60, 87–92, 97, 135, 146, 194 SON OF FLUBBER, 162 Sony (corporation), 24, 114, 121 special effects, 27, 59–60 Special Effects In Motion Pictures (book), 60 THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, 6, 165 STAR TREK (television), 136 Stewart Filmscreen Corporation, 11, 19, 95–96 Stewart, Lamar, 96 Swedish Film Institute, 142, 149 Sylvania (company), 29, 73–74, 167 Systems Development Corporation, 11–12, 39, 56, 93–94, 143, 167, 188–189, 192–193 Taft Building (Hollywood, California), 8 TANGO (short), 119 Tarentino, Quentin, 168 Taylor, Bill, 119, 146–147, 196 Technicolor, 7, 10, 23, 41, 46, 48, 165 "Technicolor blood", 27, 168 Technicolor-Herbert T. Kalmus Gold Medal Award, 45, 49 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 31 three-dimensional motion pictures, 100–101 three-dimensional photography, 18, 92, 95, 98–102, 142, 149–152, 168–169 3M Corporation, 51, 149, 168 "Traveling Matte Composite Photography" (technical paper), 195 traveling mattes, 6–10, 16, 22–23, 26, 31–32, 41–50, 53–55, 62, 64–66, 96–97, 103–119, 121–123, 126, 129, 146–147, 149, 160–162, 165–166, 170, 174, 194–196 traveling mattes -- color difference traveling matte process, 6–10, 22–23, 26, 31, 41–46, 160, 166, 170, 195–196 traveling mattes -- Newsmatte, 111–112 traveling mattes -- sodium traveling matte process, 6–9, 41, 45–48, 53, 161–162, 165–166 traveling mattes -- Ultimatte (compositing device and software), 31–32, 44, 48, 50, 53–55, 62, 64–66, 103–114, 116–119, 121–123, 126, 129, 174 Twentieth Century-Fox, 7, 46, 63–64, 165 Ultimatte Corporation, 44, 53–54, 67, 102, 152, 174–175, 177–178, 180–181, 186–187 "The Unconstitutionality of Laws That Govern Drive-in Theaters" (memorandum), 137–138 United States Army, 193 United States Forest Service, 181 United States Navy, 56, 193 Universal Pictures, 6, 12, 36, 162 Universal Studios Screen Test Home Video Adventure, 115 Universal Studios (theme park), 115 University of California, Berkeley, 15 University of California, Davis, 85 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 20–21, 187, 189 University of California, Los Angeles Library, Arts Library, 21 University of Southern California (USC), 146–147, 189 U.S.S. Enterprise (ship), 171–173 Valenti, Jack, 171, 173 Variety (trade publication), 127–128 VHS ("Video Home System" videotape format), 24 Viola, Bill, 119 Virtual Studio, 113, 115–116 , 6–10, 16, 22–23, 26, 31–32, 41–51, 53–55, 62, 64–66, 96–97, 103–119, 121–123, 126, 129, 142–143, 146–147, 149, 160–162, 165–166, 170, 174, 194–196 Vlahos-Gottschalk Research Corporation, 53, 102, 173 Vlahos, Jennie, 186 Vlahos, John, 75–76, 80–82, 84–85, 157–158 Vlahos, Petro -- arc lamps (project work), 14–16, 71 Vlahos, Petro -- batteries (project work), 20, 73 Vlahos, Petro -- blood pressure measurement device, 196–197 Vlahos, Petro -- camera cranes (project work), 16, 52 Vlahos, Petro -- camera flicker (project work), 13–14, 41, 52 Vlahos, Petro -- diffuse lighting (project work), 28, 71 Vlahos, Petro -- manipulation (project work), 61 Vlahos, Petro -- dual-gain screen (project work), 152–154, 170–171 Vlahos, Petro -- early life, 75–82, 97–98 Vlahos, Petro -- education, 34–35, 77–79, 84 Vlahos, Petro -- four-ought cable (project work), 12–13, 72, 168 Vlahos, Petro -- front projection (project work), 51 Vlahos, Petro -- global warming letter, 189–191 Vlahos, Petro -- high-definition scanners and printers (project work), 45, 53–54 Vlahos, Petro -- home design, 178–180, 183 Vlahos, Petro -- iMatte (project work), 123–124 Vlahos, Petro -- information display (project work), 187–188 Vlahos, Petro -- inventing, discussion of, 158–160 Vlahos, Petro -- iSkia (project work), 175–177 Vlahos, Petro -- junction boxes (project work), 60–61 Vlahos, Petro -- keynote speech at SMPTE conference, 135–136 Vlahos, Petro -- kinesthetic presentations (project work), 125 Vlahos, Petro -- movie screens (project work), 11, 16–22, 27, 53, 65–66, 71, 73, 94–96, 162, 191–192 Vlahos, Petro -- patent applications (project work), 126, 153–157, 180 Vlahos, Petro -- printer bulbs (project work), 29, 73–74 Vlahos, Petro -- pyrotechnics (project work), 27–28, 59–60 Vlahos, Petro -- Redway, California, life in, 178–186 Vlahos, Petro -- return to Los Angeles, California, 186 Vlahos, Petro -- screening room (project work), 35–36, 74 Vlahos, Petro -- screenplay assessment system (project work), 67–70 Vlahos, Petro -- sonar (project work), 56, 193 Vlahos, Petro -- sound tracks (project work), 57–59, 63–65, 88, 149, 194 Vlahos, Petro -- "Technicolor blood," (project work), 27, 168 Vlahos, Petro -- test films (project work), 2–3, 163–164 Vlahos, Petro -- theater seat placement (project work), 68 Vlahos, Petro -- theater sound (project work), 89, 91 Vlahos, Petro -- three-dimensional photography (project work), 18, 92, 95, 98–102, 142, 149–152, 169 Vlahos, Petro -- traveling mattes (project work), 6–10, 16, 22–23, 26, 31–32, 41, 41–46, 42–50, 53–55, 62, 64–66, 96–97, 103–119, 121–123, 126, 129, 146–147, 149, 160–162, 165–166, 170, 174, 194–196 Vlahos, Petro -- Ultimatte (project work), 32, 66, 102–114, 116–119, 121–122 Vlahos, Petro -- USS Enterprise (project work), 171–173 Vlahos, Sandra, 186 Vlahos, Virginia A., 86, 92, 187, 196 Walt Disney Company, 7–8, 48, 53, 161, 195 Warner Bros., 6, 14, 96 Watson, Waldon O. "Watty", 36, 74 Wavelength Releasing, 195 Weather Central (weather service), 153 WebEx (internet conferencing), 154 Western Electric, 4, 86–87, 97, 161, 188 Westrex, 87 Widmer, J. Arthur, 6, 80, 97 Writers Guild of America, 19, 134–135, 201