Randall P. Dark is a Canadian writer, director, and producer[1] recognized as an early proponent of HDTV.[2][3]
Career
editIn 1995, Dark and his company, HD Vision, were involved with the United Nations 50th Anniversary where they shot, in HDTV, President Bill Clinton's speech in San Francisco.[4] In 1999, Dark and HD Vision produced a documentary for PBS about the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. This program aired in HDTV in June 1999.[5]
Much of Dark's work involves sweeping nature cinematography including Trinity River Raft Ride featuring Eddie Bracken. One of the 3D projects Dark directed in 2010 was 3 Cities in 3D, which was shot with the Panasonic 3D camera. The cities featured were Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Sevierville and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.[6] Randall also worked on HD projects with Julie Andrews, Willie Nelson, Harry Connick Jr., Lyle Lovett, Sting, Bill Clinton, Leonard Nimoy and Stephen Hawking[7]
Dark was listed in the Studio Daily Top 50 Independent Category as a creative and technologist.[8] He is also on the advisory board for the Caucus Foundation.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Randall P. Dark". IMDB. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ^ Frazer, Bryant (21 June 2010). "Field-Testing the Panasonic AG-3DA1 3D Camcorder". Studio Daily. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ^ Kienzie, Claudia. "20/20 HD Vision". Post Magazine. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ^ Maier, Susan. "HDTV: Who Needs The FCC?". HDTV Magazine. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ^ "HD VISION produces balloon festival documentary with PBS". Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ^ Bunish, Christine. "Inside View: Randall P. Dark". Markee Magazine. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
- ^ "High definition visionary | Tabaret | University of Ottawa". www.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ^ "Who are the StudioDaily 50?". Studio Daily. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
- ^ "Caucus Foundation". www.caucusfoundation.org. Retrieved 2017-05-25.