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Curt Behlmer
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The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences has awarded Curt Behlmer and Richard Glickman
the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation. The medals will be presented
during the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation dinner on
Saturday, March 1, 2003.
Behlmer and Glickman will each receive a Bonner Medal for their
longstanding support of and service to the Academy and the motion
picture industry.
Behlmer has dedicated his career to developing and implementing
technology applications to further the quality of motion pictures.
Currently, as a managing partner with Digital Cinema Ventures, he
is responsible for systems development and deployment of advanced
technology solutions for motion picture exhibition.
Recently, with ShoWorks Entertainment, Behlmer designed state-of-the
art digital screening rooms and post-production facilities in Hollywood,
San Francisco and New York. He also is currently serving as chairman
of the digital cinema standards committee (DC28) of the Society
of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.
While working with Warner Bros. in the 1990s, Behlmer oversaw the
transition of the post-production and sound editorial departments
to modern non-linear digital signal processing. By implementing
comprehensive network and facility management software, he integrated
the various post-production, sound editorial and archive facilities
there.
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Richard Glickman
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Early in his career, Behlmer was at the forefront of the development
of the timecode interlock of film equipment, video recorders and
multi-track audio recorders for post-production mixing applications,
implementing one of Hollywood's early high-speed re-recording systems
with separate stem recorders. Behlmer has been an active member
of the Academy for more than 20 years, having served as a Sound
Branch Governor, vice-chair of the Sound Branch Executive Committee,
and as a member of both the Sci-Tech Awards Committee and the Theater
Standards Committee.
Glickman has operated as an independent consulting engineer since
1971, carrying out a variety of product design and technical marketing
projects for various clients in the entertainment industry. As a
technical consultant to Robert Hagel, president of The Burbank Studios
(now Warner Bros. Burbank), Glickman spent eight years advising
on new technologies and upgrading facilities, which included a complete
redesign of TBS Stage 2 into a partially automated facility intended
for both film and television production.
Glickman began in the industry in 1959 as chief engineer of ColorTran
Industries. He directed their pioneering use of the tungsten halogen
lamps to achieve a new range of lightweight, portable professional
lighting equipment.
In 1964, Glickman was honored by the Academy with a Technical Achievement
Award for these advancements in the design and application to motion
picture photography of lighting units using quartz iodine lamps.
Glickman directed the subsequent design and development efforts
at ColorTran that resulted in multiple lamp fixtures and the first
daylight balance PAR 64 light sources and the company's entry into
the electronic dimming field. During his 11-year tenure at ColorTran
he was active in the Education Committee of the Hollywood Branch
of the SMPTE, and presented technical papers at the organization's
national conferences.
Glickman served as national vice-chairman of the Theater, Television
and Film Lighting Committee of the Illuminating Engineering Society
and also served on the U.S. Sub-Committee on Entertainment Lighting
of the CIE (the international illumination standards organization).
For more than 25 years, Glickman has been a member of the Scientific
and Technical Awards Committee and has served on the steering committee
of that group for more than 20 years.
Author of numerous articles, Glickman also has presented seminars
and lectured all over the world.
"In addition to their longstanding service to the Academy,
these men are exemplary in their respective fields," said Richard
Edlund, chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee.
"Both have worked tirelessly for the industry and the Academy
and personify what the Bonner Medal represents."
Named in honor of the late director of special projects at Warner
Hollywood Studios, the Bonner Medal is awarded for outstanding service
and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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